Webpacker not generating files

[diegomichel]

When deploying my application to staging Webpacker shows that it compiles the files to certain folder but there are not folder or files.

npm list|grep webpacker
├─┬ @rails/webpacker@3.5.3

deploy@ubuntu-xenial:~/webapps/app/current$ bundle exec gem list webpacker

*** LOCAL GEMS ***

webpacker (3.5.3)

deploy@ubuntu-xenial:~/webapps/app/current$ RAILS_ENV=staging bundle exec rails webpacker:compile
Webpacker is installed 🎉 🍰
Using /home/deploy/webapps/app/releases/20180702085943/config/webpacker.yml file for setting up webpack paths
-- execute("ALTER TABLE tags MODIFY name varchar(255) CHARACTER SET utf8 COLLATE utf8_bin;")
   -> 0.0911s
Compiling…
Compiled all packs in /home/deploy/webapps/app/releases/20180702085943/public/packs-staging
deploy@ubuntu-xenial:~/webapps/app/current$ ls /home/deploy/webapps/app/releases/20180702085943/public/packs-staging
ls: cannot access '/home/deploy/webapps/app/releases/20180702085943/public/packs-staging': No such file or directory
deploy@ubuntu-xenial:~/webapps/app/current$ 

Config file

deploy@ubuntu-xenial:~/webapps/app/current$ cat config/webpacker.yml 
# Note: You must restart bin/webpack-dev-server for changes to take effect

default: &default
  source_path: app/javascript
  source_entry_path: packs
  public_output_path: packs
  cache_path: tmp/cache/webpacker

  # Additional paths webpack should lookup modules
  # ['app/assets', 'engine/foo/app/assets']
  resolved_paths: []

  # Reload manifest.json on all requests so we reload latest compiled packs
  cache_manifest: false

  extensions:
    - .vue
    - .js
    - .sass
    - .scss
    - .css
    - .module.sass
    - .module.scss
    - .module.css
    - .png
    - .svg
    - .gif
    - .jpeg
    - .jpg

development:
  <<: *default
  compile: true

  # Reference: https://webpack.js.org/configuration/dev-server/
  dev_server:
    https: false
    host: localhost
    port: 3035
    public: localhost:3035
    hmr: false
    # Inline should be set to true if using HMR
    inline: true
    overlay: true
    compress: true
    disable_host_check: true
    use_local_ip: false
    quiet: false
    headers:
      'Access-Control-Allow-Origin': '*'
    watch_options:
      ignored: /node_modules/

staging:
  <<: *default

  # Staging depends on compilation of packs at runtime for development.
  compile: true

  # Cache manifest.json for performance
  cache_manifest: true

  # Compile staging packs to a separate directory
  public_output_path: packs-staging

test:
  <<: *default

  # Test depends on compilation of packs prior at runtime for development.
  compile: true

  # Compile test packs to a separate directory
  public_output_path: packs-test

production:
  <<: *default

  # Production depends on precompilation of packs prior to booting for performance.
  compile: false

  # Cache manifest.json for performance
  cache_manifest: true

Everything works fine in development.

[diegomichel]

I think it was because the devtools weren't installed in the server were the files were generated. In the package.json I move the devDependencies to the dependencies and now the files are being generated.

Bests,
Diego.