tobytripp
Hi there, I’m trying to get started with Nerves but I get an error on the final step of the installation process.
I’m on an M1 Mac,
Elixir 1.15.1
Erlang 26.0.2
When I try to install nerves_bootstrap, the following is the result:
$ mix archive.install hex nerves_bootstrap
Resolving Hex dependencies…
Resolution completed in 0.019s
New:
nerves_bootstrap 1.11.5
- Getting nerves_bootstrap (Hex package)
All dependencies are up to date
Compiling 12 files (.ex)== Compilation error in file lib/attic/env.ex ==
** (ArgumentError) could not call Module.put_attribute/3 because the module Nerves.Bootstrap.Aliases is in read-only mode (@after_compile)
(elixir 1.15.1) lib/module.ex:2305: Module.assert_not_readonly!/2
(elixir 1.15.1) lib/module.ex:2007: Module.put_attribute/5
lib/attic/env.ex:2: (module)
Any ideas?
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jjcarstens
@tobytripp Can you try the newly released nerves_boostrap v1.12.1? It completely removes the legacy tasks that are showing in your failure traces here so I’m hopeful it fixes things for you
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tobytripp
That seems to have worked, thanks! At least, it ran without error.
Thanks again!