Oh, I tried pushing everything to my remote repo and recloning but the problem reoccurs. I guess that’s what was meant by archive because I tried mix archive.remove but I don’t think that a thing? I also tried removing the _build directory but that doesn’t work either. I’m going to try recloning the repo in a new user-area to see if I can isolate whether it’s the code or a corruption of some sort in the environment but any further suggestions welcome.
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NobbZ
Easiest thing to remove an archive is to remove the corresponding subfolder from ~/.mix/archives.
A good estimate of the exact path can be made from the module redefinition warnings you posted earlier.
Also you usually do not want to install full phoenix applications as an archive. Those are meant for small extensions to mix. Not fully fledged applications.
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NobbZ
That won’t help against module clashes with a globally installed archive. That’s why I said it has to be removed first to it sorted step by step.
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PeterDavidCarter
I’ve removed the archive. What’s the correct way to install for a fully fledged app i.e. how should I install it now to make sure I don’t have similar issues now or in the future? I simply followed the instructions in the Phoenix Framework setup guides and was not aware of the term archive specifically.
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NobbZ
You usually do releases using destillery or similar tools.
Can you also please show where the guides suggest to do mix archive.install except for phx_new? That we can file a bug and correct the guides.
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PeterDavidCarter
I tried Distillery but a bunch of things broke so I moved more low-tech. Nothing told me to do mix archive.install except I did a Google search on Phoenix Framework and ‘archive’ and that was all of relevance that came up. You seemed to be assuming I would know what you meant about removing an archive and that seemed the only way you would have. At the moment I am between jobs and my main focus is to make the app work and make money, or at least use it as a portfolio. I haven’t had time to look into all the details and I’m kind of “funds limited”. I just follow the tutorials where they seem to suit and assume if I do I’m in safe hands.
I have never done a mix archive.install except where I Google searched what you said and that seemed the only logical conclusion. The guides aren’t even clear on what the archive is, and I certainly didn’t run any commands relative to it prior to the problem, though I’d like to help get it cleared up for future users.
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OvermindDL1
Sounds like you should submit a PR to fix the documentation on it. 
It is primarily just for mix plugins.
And you really should learn Distillery.
This implies that there are bugs in your application as it stands. Specifically what are the things that broke?
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