Running spago build returns error installing dependencies

Question

I just started with purescript. Running spago build always return an error which says -

Failed to install dependency "effect"
Git output:
fatal: destination path '.' already exists and is not an empty directory.
Aborting installation
[error] Installation failed
[error] Error:
[error] ExitFailure 1

Any clue as to where I'm going wrong? https://i.stack.imgur.com/w4XKv.png

Have you tried running the same command again? – Fyodor Soikin Jul 26 '22 at 14:52 — Fyodor Soikin, Jul 26 '22 at 14:52
yeah dozens of times. same result – Atharva Joshi Jul 27 '22 at 04:08 — Atharva Joshi, Jul 27 '22 at 04:08
Try removing the `.spago` directory – Fyodor Soikin Jul 27 '22 at 05:01 — Fyodor Soikin, Jul 27 '22 at 05:01

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 26 '22 at 21:33

I just faced and solved this problem in Windows 11. The root cause of my problem was attempting to run spago inside a directory managed by Dropbox.

My solution was to move my build directory to somewhere not managed by Dropbox, but this is not ideal because I would like my work to be automatically backed up and shared between devices.

I'd be interested to hear if anyone has better solutions using spago (and git) and Dropbox together on Windows 11. Ideally, there should be some way to make git less sensitive to whatever hidden files Dropbox is sticking in folders.

Aniket Kumar · Answer 2 · 2023-06-01T14:27:48.080

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If you just installed purescript compiler or the spago package manager globally using:

npm install -g purescript
npm install -g spago

Then, Please close your terminal / IDE / Editor completely and then reopen. Everything should work then.

PS: On VSCode, restarting via Reload Windows does not do the trick. Close and restart.

edited Jun 01 '23 at 14:27

answered Jun 01 '23 at 14:26

Aniket Kumar

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