By vayu on

I'm trying to install Drupal 8. I get stopped on the install with the error "The service definition "request" does not exist.". This occurs after "Choose profile". It happens with both choices Standard or Minimal.

This is with a local Kubuntu 12.10 Lamp setup. Currently D6 and D7 installs are setup and working and the D8 is setup the same.

Any ideas? Is there a special or better place to get help with Drupal 8?

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vayu commented

User error. Second question is still important. Is this, or where is, the best place for help with D8?

Thanks

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mducharme commented

What was the user error?

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jaypan
Location Victoria, BC
commented

Drupal 8 is fully self-help. It's not even released as an Alpha version yet, and is still in full development, so there is no one to support it yet. The only people really using it are the developers, which leads to the question, why are you using it?

Contact me to contract me for D7 -> D10/11 migrations.

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Blooniverse commented

Issue #1987262: [Installation Error] Symfony: "The service definition 'request' does not exist." added! Seems to be linked to Symfony (and maybe even Guzzle). Let's wait & see what the specialer specialists will reply!

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Blooniverse commented

... see comment#4 in issue#1987262 (#1987262: [Installation Error] Symfony: "The service definition 'request' does not exist.")! Does this solve your problem, vayu?

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mducharme commented

The files folder not being writable should still fail the step though...

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jospratiklive commented

Mine problem was the same, files directory was not writable

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Blooniverse commented

... full [practical] instructions for an instant solution to be found on #1987262-13: [Installation Error] Symfony: "The service definition 'request' does not exist."!

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Blooniverse commented

... patch (passed!) available now: consult #1987262-62: [Installation Error] Symfony: "The service definition 'request' does not exist.".

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mjarleton commented

I can't give you the real answer but I notice that's happen if I choose the French" language (as I am French). By using the english one, I have no more this issue.

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cruzeta commented

"chmod 766 default/files" and English solved the problem to me.

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jewald commented

The installer in D8 is quietly trying to chmod the 'sites/default/files' directory to make it writeable and finds that it does not have permission to do so. While determining this, the installer encounters another -and fatal - error and reports on that issue. Make the 'files' directory writeable before you run the installer does avoid the problem.

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x.algorithm commented

I had wild success with removing the files directory and settings.php, after unsuccessful install attempts.
Make sure that the sites/default/ directory is chmod 766.

rm -Rf sites/default/settings.php
rm -Rf sites/default/files

Now, from the browser start the install over and run through it.

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juampynr commented

I could reproduce this bug when re-installing Drupal 8 and not recreating the database beforehand (just removed settings.php and files).

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sidharthap
Primary language English
commented

i replicated the same issue with Drupal quickstart 2.0 version. I changed the permission to 777 for settings.php file and files folder and issue resolved for me.

Thanks

Thanks & Regards
Sidhartha

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joelbox-mondial-it commented

All three, emptying the database, replacing settings.php with default and clearing files directory only solved it for me.