Thanks I did update the CLI and it is running 
I may have found the solution. I notice you posted on the post that
SO the project was created by the freelancer in his workbench environment and he simply send me all the project files. SO All I have to do is create a new project first and copy the dot workspace in the new project Right? I am not sure about the exact steps. Perhaps there is a simple way to asking him for exporting his workbench preference file and then I can import that preference file. That way we have the same work environment.