Symfony2 : --reinstall issue

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I have been trying to install Buzz for Symfony2. I added it to the deps file, and tried to update my vendors : ``` php bin/vendors update ``` The command simply tells me that I've installed the standard version, and that I should try to use : ``` php bin/vendors install --reinstall ``` instead. Which I did. But then an error pops in and tells me : ``` Updating deps.lock sh:/var/www/Symfony/vendor/bundles/Sensio/Bundle/DistributionBundle/Resources/bin/build_bootstrap.php: not found PHP Fatal error: Class 'Doctrine\Common\Annotations\AnnotationRegistry' not found in /var/www/Symfony/app/autoload.php on line 37 PHP Fatal error: Class 'Doctrine\Common\Annotations\AnnotationRegistry' not found in /var/www/Symfony/app/autoload.php on line 37 ``` And then nothing works anymore, which is not surprising because my vendors folder is almost empty. Has anyone encountered this problem before? Any clue on how to fix it? Edit : I found out the origin of this error. I didn't have git installed, so I…

Accepted Answer

That's not the right way to update your vendors. Per the docs

There is also a `php bin/vendors update` command, but this has nothing to do with upgrading your project and you will normally not need to use it. This command is used to freeze the versions of all of your vendor libraries by updating them to the version specified in `deps` and recording it into the `deps.lock` file.

Ergo, all you need to do is run `php bin/vendors install` (I know, it's confusing. I partially blame them for poorly naming the sub-command)

EDIT

To help resolve your current issues, try these steps

- `rm -rf vendor/*`

- `rm -rf app/cache/*`

- `rm app/bootstrap.php.cache`

- `php bin/vendors install`

Hope it works

Symfony2 : --reinstall issue

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