Stalled getting dependencies when running setup on new livebok desktop install (Windows 11)

[BigTom]

Hi,

Sorry uif this is the wrong place. I expect it will be an RTFM rather than a bug.

I am running livebook desktop 0.13.3 on Windows 11.

..\AppData\Local\Livebook\rel\vendor\archives only has hex-2.1.1 in it.

In the setup I run:

Mix.install([
  {:req, "~> 0.5.0"}
])

and I get:

Unchecked dependencies for environment dev:
* req (Hex package)
  the dependency is not available, run "mix deps.get"

** (Mix.Error) Can't continue due to errors on dependencies
    (mix 1.17.1) lib/mix.ex:588: Mix.raise/2
    (mix 1.17.1) lib/mix/tasks/deps.loadpaths.ex:48: Mix.Tasks.Deps.Loadpaths.run/1
    (mix 1.17.1) lib/mix/task.ex:495: anonymous fn/3 in Mix.Task.run_task/5
    (mix 1.17.1) lib/mix.ex:947: anonymous fn/5 in Mix.install/2
    (elixir 1.17.1) lib/file.ex:1665: File.cd!/2
    (mix 1.17.1) lib/mix.ex:911: Mix.install/2
    #cell:setup:1: (file)

Livebook log has:

[Livebook] Application running at http://localhost:59838/?token=epdgogxdzlyadycrkn4diqpkpnndiazf

As I said, probably an RTFM but I am stalled out. This ran fine on the previous version.

[josevalim]

No worries, this seems to be an issue somewhere. Do you have Elixir installed in your machine? If so, can you try running that Mix.install command inside IEx?

[BigTom]

Mix.install on iex works fine but my windows install is Elixir 1.16 on OTP-26.
Mix.install on iex on WSL also works and that is 1.17.2-otp-27

[jonatanklosko]

Also, just to make sure, does it consistently happen if you install without cache?

[BigTom]

<small voice>
I didn't try setup without cache
I thought it was probably an RTFM issue
</small voice>

[jonatanklosko]

All good, it's unusual, looks like sometimes there may be transient issues installing deps and leave cache in invalid state. We also have ideas how to automatically suggest the "fix" to the user.

[josevalim]

I created #2715.