gettext fails to compile in Phoenix 1.1.0 installation

[cedricgc]

Hello, when trying to compile dependencies in a new Phoenix 1.1.0 application the libary gettext fails to compile. It seems to not recgonize a module called :yecc. I have reproduced the error with some other info that may be useful. let me know if there anything else you need.

$ elixir --version
Elixir 1.1.0
$ erl -eval 'erlang:display(erlang:system_info(otp_release)), halt().' -noshell
"18"
$ uname -a
Linux worker 3.13.0-57-generic #95-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jun 19 09:28:15 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ mix archive.install https://github.com/phoenixframework/phoenix/releases/download/v1.1.0/phoenix_new-1.1.0.ez
Found existing archive(s): phoenix_new-1.0.4.ez.
Are you sure you want to replace them? [Yn] Y
creating .mix/archives/phoenix_new-1.1.0.ez
$ mix phoenix.new example
...
$ cd example
$ cat mix.lock
%{"connection": {:hex, :connection, "1.0.2"},
"cowboy": {:hex, :cowboy, "1.0.4"},
"cowlib": {:hex, :cowlib, "1.0.2"},
"decimal": {:hex, :decimal, "1.1.0"},
"ecto": {:hex, :ecto, "1.1.0"},
"fs": {:hex, :fs, "0.9.2"},
"gettext": {:hex, :gettext, "0.9.0"},
"phoenix": {:hex, :phoenix, "1.1.0"},
"phoenix_ecto": {:hex, :phoenix_ecto, "2.0.0"},
"phoenix_html": {:hex, :phoenix_html, "2.3.0"},
"phoenix_live_reload": {:hex, :phoenix_live_reload, "1.0.1"},
"plug": {:hex, :plug, "1.0.3"},
"poison": {:hex, :poison, "1.5.0"},
"poolboy": {:hex, :poolboy, "1.5.1"},
"postgrex": {:hex, :postgrex, "0.10.0"},
"ranch": {:hex, :ranch, "1.2.0"}}
$ mix deps.compile
==> connection
Compiled lib/connection.ex
Generated connection app
==> poolboy (compile)
Compiled src/poolboy_worker.erl
Compiled src/poolboy_sup.erl
Compiled src/poolboy.erl
==> decimal
Compiled lib/decimal.ex
Generated decimal app
==> poison
Compiled lib/poison.ex
Compiled lib/poison/decoder.ex
Compiled lib/poison/parser.ex
Compiled lib/poison/encoder.ex
Generated poison app
==> gettext
could not compile dependency :gettext, "mix compile" failed. You can recompile this dependency with "mix deps.compile gettext", update it with "mix deps.update gettext" or clean it with "mix deps.clean gettext"
** (UndefinedFunctionError) undefined function: :yecc.file/2 (module :yecc is not available)
:yecc.file('src/gettext_po_parser.yrl', [parserfile: 'src/gettext_po_parser.erl', report: true])
(mix) lib/mix/compilers/erlang.ex:84: anonymous fn/3 in Mix.Compilers.Erlang.compile/3
(elixir) lib/enum.ex:1385: Enum."-reduce/3-lists^foldl/2-0-"/3
(mix) lib/mix/compilers/erlang.ex:83: Mix.Compilers.Erlang.compile/3
(elixir) lib/enum.ex:1043: anonymous fn/3 in Enum.map/2
(elixir) lib/enum.ex:1385: Enum."-reduce/3-lists^foldl/2-0-"/3
(elixir) lib/enum.ex:1043: Enum.map/2
(mix) lib/mix/tasks/compile.all.ex:19: anonymous fn/1 in Mix.Tasks.Compile.All.run/1

[zhangsoledad]

The problem also happen on my server when i upgrade phoenix 1.1

[josevalim]

How did you install Erlang? You are missing the Erlang parser or Erlang
parser tools package.

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The problem also happen on my server when i upgrade phoenix 1.1
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[josevalim]

You are likely missing the Erlang-parsetools package. Some distributions break Erlang into multiple Packages so you need to install them manually. Elixir v1.2 will include a better error message.

[zhangsoledad]

@cedricgc
wget https://packages.erlang-solutions.com/erlang-solutions_1.0_all.deb && sudo dpkg -i erlang-solutions_1.0_all.deb
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install erlang
in my aws EC2(ubuntu) it work

[josevalim]

Did it solve the problem or this is how it was installed? :)

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@cedricgc https://github.com/cedricgc
wget https://packages.erlang-solutions.com/erlang-solutions_1.0_all.deb
&& sudo dpkg -i erlang-solutions_1.0_all.deb
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install erlang
in my aws EC2(ubuntu)

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[zhangsoledad]

@josevalim I install elixir follow http://elixir-lang.org/install.html

sudo apt-get install erlang can solve the problem

[cedricgc]

I too followed the instructions on the official website for the Ubuntu box. I think the erlang bundled with the elixir install does not have the required packages. I will try again when I get back home and report results.

[cedricgc]

Following @zhangsoledad instructions resolved the issue. I think the erlang shipped with elixir needs to be updated with these libraries or have Ubuntu and Debian boxes explicitly apt-get install erlang as well as elixir in the download instructions.

[josevalim]

That's the problem, the default erlang in ubuntu and debian installs is broken into multiple packages. There is nothing we can do about it, I think it was already asked multiple times for them to not do that.

[cedricgc]

I suggest for the ubuntu and debian instructions on http://elixir-lang.org/install.html have another line explicitly downloading erlang through apt-get after apt-get install elixir

[adam-stokes]

Just to add to this, I actually followed the instructions at http://elixir-lang.org/install.html as well but on my ubuntu 14.04 install I needed to also do:

sudo apt-get install erlang-parsetools
sudo apt-get install erlang-dev

Not sure if I even need erlang-parsetools but that was the ordered I did and seemed to work smoothly after that.

[mibamur]

@battlemidget thanks

[jmccaffrey]

I've been trying to get this all running on cloud9, so I can work with students and help them play around with elixir & phoenix, and I was stuck with this gettext issue.
Thanks for the tip on
sudo apt-get install erlang-dev
that solved my problem
(for whatever reason erlang-parsetools would not install everything)

[adam-stokes]

@jmccaffrey erlange-parsetools probably didn't depend on erlang-dev