rebar unable to get dependency from github

Question

I am unable to get any dependency from github using rebar.

rebar.config file:

{sub_dirs, ["rel"]}.

{deps_dir, ["deps"]}.
{erl_opts, [debug_info]}.

{deps, [
 {thrift_erl, "0.5.0", {git, "git://github.com/xslogic/thrift_erl", "HEAD"}}, 
 {eleveldb, "1.0.1", {git, "git://github.com/xslogic/eleveldb", "HEAD"}} 
]}.

When I do ./rebar compile I get:

Dependency not available: thrift_erl-0.5.0 ({git,
                                         "git://github.com/xslogic/thrift_erl",
                                         "HEAD"})
Dependency not available: eleveldb-1.0.1 ({git,
                                       "git://github.com/xslogic/eleveldb",
                                       "HEAD"})

It keeps looking for DEP_NAME with a dash at the end and can't seem to find it.

How to fix this?

Answer 1

I think that you should use rebar get-deps command firstly. If rebar compile command is error, try rebar delete-deps, rebar clean. If still error, switch to the related deps directly, compile these project independently. (I have faced this problem one time).

Answer 2

You forgot .get as stated before and with versions try to add commit number because they upgrade software and versions so master can point to different version and this breaks deps later.

So change HEAD to commit and set version to this commit or leave HEAD but set version to * (most current one)

This helps a lot later :)