artisan clear-compiled return error code 255

sazr picture sazr · Mar 3, 2017 · Viewed 30.6k times · Source

When runnning composer install on my laravel project I get the error:

Script php artisan clear-compiled handling the post-install-cmd event returned with error code 255

Any advice on what could be the issue? Note composer installs all the vendor packages. The full output is below:

[user@some_path]$ composer update
Loading composer repositories with package information
Updating dependencies (including require-dev)
Nothing to install or update
Generating autoload files
> php artisan clear-compiled
Script php artisan clear-compiled handling the post-update-cmd event returned with error code 255

Answer

Zoltán Jére picture Zoltán Jére · Mar 3, 2017

Makse sure your storage/ & bootstrap/cache directory writeable.

Make sure your .env file doesent contain any spaces.

Ex: key=value istead of key=va lue

remove the bootstrap/cache/config.php file. then

composer dumpautoload
composer update

Try to remove /bootstrap/compiled.php ( if you have it )