I have created a project using mix phx.new my_app --no-ecto and everything looked fine. However I am not able to run the created project.
When I execute mix phx.server (after running mix deps.get)I get the following error:
===> Compiling ranch
===> Command ' OTP' not found in namespace bare
** (Mix) Could not compile dependency :ranch, "/home/user/.asdf/installs/elixir/1.7.3-otp-21/.mix/rebar3 bare compile --paths "/home/user/Workspace/exercises/islands_interface/_build/dev/lib/*/ebin"" command failed. You can recompile this dependency with "mix deps.compile ranch", update it with "mix deps.update ranch" or clean it with "mix deps.clean ranch"
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 19.04
Release: 19.04
Codename: disco
elixir 1.7.3-otp-21
erlang 21.1
What am I doing wrong?
I just found out what the error was.
This is the absolute path of the project:
/home/user/Workspace/Functional Web Development with Elixir, OTP, and Phoenix/islands_interface
Turns out, phx.server errors out because it is inside the folder /Functional Web Development with Elixir, OTP, and Phoenix/. Turns out that space in ' OTP' in the error message is from the folder's name.
To prove my theory I created a project called test under /home/user/Workspace/. Everything worked perfectly.
Further investigation revealed the source of the problem. A Phoenix dependency, rebar3, has a bug with folders that have commas in their names.
https://elixirforum.com/t/phoenix-could-not-compile-dependency-ranch/22939/16?u=fl4m3ph03n1x