couldn't find file 'dataTables/jquery.dataTables.bootstrap3'

[nekapoor]

Hello,

I followed your instructions and in my app, I get this error. I'm not sure if anyone else has experienced this, but I have no idea how to solve it.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks so much.

[ricardodovalle]

@nekapoor It is weird.

You got the error at production or development environment?
What version of gem are you using?
Could you post your Gemfile, application.css and application.js, please?

[nekapoor]

I get this in my development environment. I've pasted the relevant code below. Thank you so much.

APPLICATION.JS

//= require jquery
//= require jquery_ujs.js
//= require dataTables/jquery.dataTables
//= require dataTables/jquery.dataTables.bootstrap3

//= require_tree .

APPLICATION.CSS:

*= require_self
*= require dataTables/jquery.dataTables
*= require dataTables/jquery.dataTables.bootstrap3

*= require_directory .

GEMFILE:

source 'https://rubygems.org'

ruby "1.9.3"
gem 'rails', '~> 3.2'
gem 'jquery-rails'
gem 'unicorn' #roll back to this gem 'thin'
gem 'devise', '3.0.3'
gem "omniauth-facebook"
gem "omniauth-google-oauth2"
gem 'bigbluebutton-api-ruby'
gem "exception_notification", :git => "git://github.com/rails/exception_notification", :require => 'exception_notifier'

gem 'rails_admin', '0.4.9'
gem 'cancan'
gem 'haml'
gem 'sidekiq'
gem 'slim'
gem 'sinatra', :require => nil
gem 'clockwork'
gem 'less-rails'
gem 'therubyracer', platforms: :ruby
gem 'surveyor'
gem "paperclip" #, "~> 3.0"
gem 'ancestry'
gem 'wiziq-ruby', github: 'LearnToBeFoundation/wiziq-ruby'
gem 'kaminari'
gem 'bootstrap-kaminari-views'
gem 'twilio-ruby'
gem "recurrence", :require => "recurrence/namespace"
gem 'json'
gem 'acts-as-taggable-on'
gem 'useragent'
gem 'hub'
gem 'pg'
gem 'bitly'
gem 'active_attr'
gem 'jquery-datatables-rails', git: 'git://github.com/rweng/jquery-datatables-rails.git'

group :development, :test do
gem 'thin'
gem 'rspec-rails'
gem 'shoulda-matchers'
gem 'coderay', '~> 1.0.5'
gem 'jazz_hands', github: 'nixme/jazz_hands'
gem 'rb-fsevent'
gem 'guard-rspec'
gem 'factory_girl_rails'
gem 'quiet_assets'
end

group :development do
gem "better_errors"
gem "binding_of_caller"
end

group :test do
gem 'fivemat'
end

group :assets do
gem 'sass-rails', '> 3.2.3'
gem 'coffee-rails', '> 3.2.1'
gem 'jquery-ui-rails'

gem 'uglifier', '>= 1.0.3'
end

group :production, :staging do
gem 'newrelic_rpm'
end

[ricardodovalle]

Please, try with a closed version:

gem 'jquery-datatables-rails', '~> 1.12.2'

This version 1.12.2 I am using at production at a client product and it is working.
I did a lot of update yesterday, but I created a "dev" branch to avoid troubles, maybe I did some mistake at master branch.

I will look closer your files and the master branch

[nekapoor]

it worked! thank you so much!

[Vadorequest]

I had the same issue, I tried to install the gem based on the dev branch but it failed.

Finally:
gem 'jquery-datatables-rails', '~> 1.12.2', git: 'git://github.com/rweng/jquery-datatables-rails.git'

Worked. Thanks.

[ricardodovalle]

@Vadorequest I am working at dev branch, there a lot of error.

It is weird, because you don't need to add github address with you are using a closed version like '1.12.2'

Did you try only gem 'jquery-datatables-rails', '~> 1.12.2' ?

Thanks.

[Vadorequest]

Oh, I didn't try without the git url, because that was in the example in the README. My mistake was to try to use the dev branch.

[ricardodovalle]

#98 merged
If the error persist, please reopen

[baxang]

I ran into the same problem in production (works fine in development env) with the gem version 1.12.2.

ActionView::Template::Error (couldn't find file 'dataTables/jquery.dataTables.bootstrap3'

Reading previous comments, I think the error should have been fixed. I would love to hear any idea. Thank you!

[heber28]

i get the same error, but i changed the asset files in this way:

app/assets/javascripts/application.js

//= require dataTables/jquery.dataTables
//= require dataTables/bootstrap/2/jquery.dataTables.bootstrap

app/assets/stylesheets/application.css

*= require dataTables/bootstrap/2/jquery.dataTables.bootstrap

because i was using bootstrap 2
https://github.com/rweng/jquery-datatables-rails

this worked fine

[stevenm]

I had a much simpler reason, the installer had inserted the require line in my application js

//= require dataTables/bootstrap/3/jquery.dataTables.bootstrap

BEFORE the Bootstrap require line

swapping them around so require bootstrap first then data tables solved