Error during installation #341

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OVERLORD · 2026-02-04T18:45:46+03:00

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-04 18:45:46 +03:00

Originally created by @Nixellion on GitHub (May 18, 2017).

I'm trying to install BookStack using these Instructions (https://www.bookstackapp.com/docs/admin/installation/) on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and I get an error while running php artisan key:generate and\or php artisan migrate commands.

PHP Warning:  require(/var/www/bookstack/BookStack/bootstrap/../vendor/autoload.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /var/www/bookstack/BookStack/bootstrap/autoload.php on line 18
PHP Fatal error:  require(): Failed opening required '/var/www/bookstack/BookStack/bootstrap/../vendor/autoload.php' (include_path='.:/usr/share/php') in /var/www/bookstack/BookStack/bootstrap/autoload.php on line 18

Do I need to perform some additional steps to set this up?

Originally created by @Nixellion on GitHub (May 18, 2017). I'm trying to install BookStack using these Instructions (https://www.bookstackapp.com/docs/admin/installation/) on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and I get an error while running `php artisan key:generate` and\or `php artisan migrate` commands. ``` PHP Warning: require(/var/www/bookstack/BookStack/bootstrap/../vendor/autoload.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /var/www/bookstack/BookStack/bootstrap/autoload.php on line 18 PHP Fatal error: require(): Failed opening required '/var/www/bookstack/BookStack/bootstrap/../vendor/autoload.php' (include_path='.:/usr/share/php') in /var/www/bookstack/BookStack/bootstrap/autoload.php on line 18 ``` Do I need to perform some additional steps to set this up?

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2026-02-04 18:45:48 +03:00

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-04 18:45:59 +03:00

@Shackelford-Arden commented on GitHub (May 18, 2017):

@Nixellion I feel like I've run into this myself before... but I can't remember exactly what I needed to do.

My go to reason for most errors though is permissions haha. I looked through the script and pulled out what Dan does to the respective folders in 4 of the instructions.

chown www-data:www-data -R bootstrap/cache public/uploads storage 

chmod -R 755 bootstrap/cache public/uploads storage

It does look like though that the error is occurring within PHP. Are all of the dependencies installed?

@Shackelford-Arden commented on GitHub (May 18, 2017): @Nixellion I feel like I've run into this myself before... but I can't remember exactly what I needed to do. My go to reason for most errors though is permissions haha. I looked through the script and pulled out what Dan does to the respective folders in 4 of the instructions. ``` chown www-data:www-data -R bootstrap/cache public/uploads storage chmod -R 755 bootstrap/cache public/uploads storage ``` It does look like though that the error is occurring within PHP. Are all of the dependencies installed?

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-04 18:46:03 +03:00

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (May 20, 2017):

Yeah, My guess is that the dependencies have not been installed with composer since it's looking inside the vendor file in that 'No such file' error. Running the following will install composer then install BookStack dependancies:

php -r "copy('https://getcomposer.org/installer', 'composer-setup.php');"
php -r "if (hash_file('SHA384', 'composer-setup.php') === '669656bab3166a7aff8a7506b8cb2d1c292f042046c5a994c43155c0be6190fa0355160742ab2e1c88d40d5be660b410') { echo 'Installer verified'; } else { echo 'Installer corrupt'; unlink('composer-setup.php'); } echo PHP_EOL;"
php composer-setup.php
php -r "unlink('composer-setup.php');"
php composer.phar install

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (May 20, 2017): Yeah, My guess is that the dependencies have not been installed with composer since it's looking inside the `vendor` file in that 'No such file' error. Running the following will install composer then install BookStack dependancies: ``` php -r "copy('https://getcomposer.org/installer', 'composer-setup.php');" php -r "if (hash_file('SHA384', 'composer-setup.php') === '669656bab3166a7aff8a7506b8cb2d1c292f042046c5a994c43155c0be6190fa0355160742ab2e1c88d40d5be660b410') { echo 'Installer verified'; } else { echo 'Installer corrupt'; unlink('composer-setup.php'); } echo PHP_EOL;" php composer-setup.php php -r "unlink('composer-setup.php');" php composer.phar install ```

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-04 18:46:15 +03:00

@Shackelford-Arden commented on GitHub (May 23, 2017):

@Nixellion Did the commands that Dan posted above work to resolve your problem?

@Shackelford-Arden commented on GitHub (May 23, 2017): @Nixellion Did the commands that Dan posted above work to resolve your problem?

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-04 18:46:22 +03:00

@Nixellion commented on GitHub (May 23, 2017):

I actually went with dokuwiki for the time being, but I will try to install bookstack again alongside that, when I have some time for that, and try these commands out!

Thanks for the tips!

@Nixellion commented on GitHub (May 23, 2017): I actually went with dokuwiki for the time being, but I will try to install bookstack again alongside that, when I have some time for that, and try these commands out! Thanks for the tips!

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-04 18:46:28 +03:00

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (May 28, 2017):

@Nixellion Okay, Cool. I'll close this for now then but if you have trouble when retrying feel free to comment again and I'll re-open this.

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (May 28, 2017): @Nixellion Okay, Cool. I'll close this for now then but if you have trouble when retrying feel free to comment again and I'll re-open this.

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-04 18:46:34 +03:00

@GrooveDevops commented on GitHub (Jul 14, 2021):

Hi @ssddanbrown
I getting same error but i have radhat system, there is no user www-data:www-data we have Nginx user I gave him all right like bookstack folder right and I installed composer with root user then gave ownership to Nginx user but still is same error I run composer I getting welcome page of composer I am not sure what I am doing wrong

@GrooveDevops commented on GitHub (Jul 14, 2021): Hi @ssddanbrown I getting same error but i have radhat system, there is no user **www-data:www-data** we have Nginx user I gave him all right like bookstack folder right and I installed composer with root user then gave ownership to Nginx user but still is same error I run **composer** I getting welcome page of composer I am not sure what I am doing wrong

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-04 18:46:42 +03:00

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Jul 14, 2021):

@BirenGroove please open a new issue, following the issue template, with detail of your system and the exact error message you are getting.

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Jul 14, 2021): @BirenGroove please open a new issue, following the issue template, with detail of your system and the exact error message you are getting.

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-04 18:46:48 +03:00

@sinan-lab commented on GitHub (Dec 1, 2021):

Hi @ssddanbrown,
I got the same error too. I ran the above commands but my problem still persists. How can i solve it?

@sinan-lab commented on GitHub (Dec 1, 2021): Hi @ssddanbrown, I got the same error too. I ran the above commands but my problem still persists. How can i solve it?

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-04 18:46:52 +03:00

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Dec 2, 2021):

@sinan-lab Please see my previous message above yours.
The commands listed above are 4 years old and may not work as expected now.

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Dec 2, 2021): @sinan-lab Please see my previous message above yours. The commands listed above are 4 years old and may not work as expected now.

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