Ruby on Rails Rake assets:precompile error

Question

I'm new in Rails development and this is my first deployment to Heroku. When I execute my application (after the deployment) there is an error:

2011-09-18T21:05:54+00:00 app[web.1]: Completed 500 Internal Server Error in 10ms
2011-09-18T21:05:54+00:00 app[web.1]:
2011-09-18T21:05:54+00:00 app[web.1]: ActionView::Template::Error (application.css isn't precompiled):

I googled this and found that I have to precompile my assets, but when trying to do this I found an other error:

$ bundle exec rake assets:precompile RAILS_ENV=production
rake aborted!
No such process - /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/pg-0.11.0/lib/pg_ext.so

(See full trace by running task with --trace)

I haven't found any solution for this issue. Is there anyone who faced this an know how to solve this problem?

Try running it with `--trace` like it says, to get more info. From here the error looks like it's coming from the pg (postgres) gem so it may be a problem with your database connection for the app to start up. — Andrew Vit, Sep 18 '11 at 22:58
I run with --trace and found this issue: $ bundle exec rake assets:precompile RAILS_ENV=production --trace ** Invoke assets:precompile (first_time) ** Execute assets:precompile rake aborted! ????????????????????????????????????????????????? (in /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/jquery-rails-1.0.14/vendor/assets/javascripts/jquery-ui.min.js) Tasks: TOP => assets:precompile (See full trace by running task with --trace) — fabiogasparro, Sep 19 '11 at 20:28
can you paste the code from your **application.css** or **application.css.[scss|sass]** file please? — stephenmurdoch, Nov 24 '11 at 16:38

score 38 · Answer 1 · edited Nov 24 '11 at 16:39

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I ran into this issue as well and I resolved it by doing the following:

Open up config/environments/production.rb and make sure the following option is set to true:

# Don't fallback to assets pipeline if a precompiled asset is missed
config.assets.compile = true

Then run:

rake assets:precompile --trace RAILS_ENV=production

Hope this helps!

~Kevin

edited Nov 24 '11 at 16:39

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This fixed the same issue for me - THANK YOU!! – ellawren Mar 01 '12 at 22:08
Doesn't help. Setting `config.assets.compile = true` doesn't help to me. I get `TypeError: Object doesn't support this property or method` and the rake task doesn't output anything useful. – Green May 08 '13 at 15:53
# `config.assets.precompile` and `config.assets.version` have moved to config/initializers/assets.rb – cloudsurfin Nov 12 '14 at 23:55
set config.assets.compile = true will have live compilation on production and there is no need to do assets precompile after this. – user938363 Jun 21 '15 at 04:28

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 01 '11 at 15:18

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I got the problem too. But you can

rake assets:precompile RAILS_ENV=production

in local, and push to heroku with public/assets. It's resolved.

answered Nov 01 '11 at 15:18

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score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 16 '16 at 18:16

I had the same error message. My issue was an incorrectly specified font url.

The bulk of this answer shows how I figured it out.

Although I didn't get the path of the asset it was failing on when running

RAILS_ENV=production SECRET_KEY_BASE=xxx rake assets:precompile --trace

Instead I had this stack trace:

** Invoke assets:precompile (first_time)
** Invoke assets:environment (first_time)
** Execute assets:environment
** Invoke environment (first_time)
** Execute environment
** Execute assets:precompile
rake aborted!
NoMethodError: undefined method `[]' for nil:NilClass
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sprockets-3.7.0/lib/sprockets/sass_processor.rb:283:in `sprockets_context'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sprockets-3.7.0/lib/sprockets/sass_processor.rb:124:in `asset_path'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sprockets-3.7.0/lib/sprockets/sass_processor.rb:142:in `asset_url'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sprockets-3.7.0/lib/sprockets/sass_processor.rb:214:in `font_url'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sass-3.4.22/lib/sass/script/tree/funcall.rb:143:in `_perform'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sass-3.4.22/lib/sass/script/tree/node.rb:58:in `perform'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sass-3.4.22/lib/sass/script/tree/list_literal.rb:63:in `block in _perform'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sass-3.4.22/lib/sass/script/tree/list_literal.rb:63:in `map'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sass-3.4.22/lib/sass/script/tree/list_literal.rb:63:in `_perform'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sass-3.4.22/lib/sass/script/tree/node.rb:58:in `perform'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sass-3.4.22/lib/sass/tree/visitors/perform.rb:397:in `visit_prop'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sass-3.4.22/lib/sass/tree/visitors/base.rb:36:in `visit'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sass-3.4.22/lib/sass/tree/visitors/perform.rb:160:in `block in visit'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sass-3.4.22/lib/sass/stack.rb:79:in `block in with_base'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sass-3.4.22/lib/sass/stack.rb:115:in `with_frame'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sass-3.4.22/lib/sass/stack.rb:79:in `with_base'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sass-3.4.22/lib/sass/tree/visitors/perform.rb:160:in `visit'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sass-3.4.22/lib/sass/tree/visitors/perform.rb:433:in `block (2 levels) in visit_rule'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sass-3.4.22/lib/sass/tree/visitors/perform.rb:433:in `map'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sass-3.4.22/lib/sass/tree/visitors/perform.rb:433:in `block in visit_rule'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sass-3.4.22/lib/sass/tree/visitors/perform.rb:181:in `with_environment'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sass-3.4.22/lib/sass/tree/visitors/perform.rb:431:in `visit_rule'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sass-3.4.22/lib/sass/tree/visitors/base.rb:36:in `visit'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sass-3.4.22/lib/sass/tree/visitors/perform.rb:160:in `block in visit'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sass-3.4.22/lib/sass/stack.rb:79:in `block in with_base'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sass-3.4.22/lib/sass/stack.rb:115:in `with_frame'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sass-3.4.22/lib/sass/stack.rb:79:in `with_base'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sass-3.4.22/lib/sass/tree/visitors/perform.rb:160:in `visit'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sass-3.4.22/lib/sass/tree/visitors/base.rb:52:in `block in visit_children'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sass-3.4.22/lib/sass/tree/visitors/base.rb:52:in `map'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sass-3.4.22/lib/sass/tree/visitors/base.rb:52:in `visit_children'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sass-3.4.22/lib/sass/tree/visitors/perform.rb:169:in `block in visit_children'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sass-3.4.22/lib/sass/tree/visitors/perform.rb:181:in `with_environment'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sass-3.4.22/lib/sass/tree/visitors/perform.rb:168:in `visit_children'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sass-3.4.22/lib/sass/tree/visitors/base.rb:36:in `block in visit'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sass-3.4.22/lib/sass/tree/visitors/perform.rb:188:in `visit_root'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sass-3.4.22/lib/sass/tree/visitors/base.rb:36:in `visit'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sass-3.4.22/lib/sass/tree/visitors/perform.rb:159:in `visit'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sass-3.4.22/lib/sass/tree/visitors/perform.rb:8:in `visit'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sass-3.4.22/lib/sass/tree/root_node.rb:36:in `css_tree'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sass-3.4.22/lib/sass/tree/root_node.rb:20:in `render'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sass-3.4.22/lib/sass/engine.rb:281:in `render'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sprockets-3.7.0/lib/sprockets/sass_compressor.rb:48:in `call'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sprockets-3.7.0/lib/sprockets/sass_compressor.rb:28:in `call'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sprockets-3.7.0/lib/sprockets/processor_utils.rb:75:in `call_processor'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sprockets-3.7.0/lib/sprockets/processor_utils.rb:57:in `block in call_processors'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sprockets-3.7.0/lib/sprockets/processor_utils.rb:56:in `reverse_each'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sprockets-3.7.0/lib/sprockets/processor_utils.rb:56:in `call_processors'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sprockets-3.7.0/lib/sprockets/loader.rb:134:in `load_from_unloaded'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sprockets-3.7.0/lib/sprockets/loader.rb:60:in `block in load'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sprockets-3.7.0/lib/sprockets/loader.rb:317:in `fetch_asset_from_dependency_cache'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sprockets-3.7.0/lib/sprockets/loader.rb:44:in `load'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sprockets-3.7.0/lib/sprockets/cached_environment.rb:20:in `block in initialize'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sprockets-3.7.0/lib/sprockets/cached_environment.rb:47:in `load'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sprockets-3.7.0/lib/sprockets/base.rb:66:in `find_asset'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sprockets-3.7.0/lib/sprockets/base.rb:73:in `find_all_linked_assets'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sprockets-3.7.0/lib/sprockets/manifest.rb:142:in `block in find'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sprockets-3.7.0/lib/sprockets/legacy.rb:114:in `block (2 levels) in logical_paths'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sprockets-3.7.0/lib/sprockets/path_utils.rb:228:in `block in stat_tree'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sprockets-3.7.0/lib/sprockets/path_utils.rb:212:in `block in stat_directory'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sprockets-3.7.0/lib/sprockets/path_utils.rb:209:in `each'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sprockets-3.7.0/lib/sprockets/path_utils.rb:209:in `stat_directory'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sprockets-3.7.0/lib/sprockets/path_utils.rb:227:in `stat_tree'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sprockets-3.7.0/lib/sprockets/legacy.rb:105:in `each'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sprockets-3.7.0/lib/sprockets/legacy.rb:105:in `block in logical_paths'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sprockets-3.7.0/lib/sprockets/legacy.rb:104:in `each'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sprockets-3.7.0/lib/sprockets/legacy.rb:104:in `logical_paths'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sprockets-3.7.0/lib/sprockets/manifest.rb:140:in `find'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sprockets-3.7.0/lib/sprockets/manifest.rb:185:in `compile'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sprockets-rails-3.1.1/lib/sprockets/rails/task.rb:68:in `block (3 levels) in define'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sprockets-3.7.0/lib/rake/sprocketstask.rb:147:in `with_logger'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sprockets-rails-3.1.1/lib/sprockets/rails/task.rb:67:in `block (2 levels) in define'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/rake-11.2.2/lib/rake/task.rb:248:in `block in execute'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/rake-11.2.2/lib/rake/task.rb:243:in `each'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/rake-11.2.2/lib/rake/task.rb:243:in `execute'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/rake-11.2.2/lib/rake/task.rb:187:in `block in invoke_with_call_chain'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/rubies/ruby-2.3.1/lib/ruby/2.3.0/monitor.rb:214:in `mon_synchronize'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/rake-11.2.2/lib/rake/task.rb:180:in `invoke_with_call_chain'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/rake-11.2.2/lib/rake/task.rb:173:in `invoke'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/rake-11.2.2/lib/rake/application.rb:152:in `invoke_task'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/rake-11.2.2/lib/rake/application.rb:108:in `block (2 levels) in top_level'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/rake-11.2.2/lib/rake/application.rb:108:in `each'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/rake-11.2.2/lib/rake/application.rb:108:in `block in top_level'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/rake-11.2.2/lib/rake/application.rb:117:in `run_with_threads'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/rake-11.2.2/lib/rake/application.rb:102:in `top_level'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/rake-11.2.2/lib/rake/application.rb:80:in `block in run'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/rake-11.2.2/lib/rake/application.rb:178:in `standard_exception_handling'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/rake-11.2.2/lib/rake/application.rb:77:in `run'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/rake-11.2.2/exe/rake:27:in `<top (required)>'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/bin/rake:23:in `load'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/bin/rake:23:in `<main>'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/bin/ruby_executable_hooks:15:in `eval'
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/bin/ruby_executable_hooks:15:in `<main>'

I modified the gem to spit out the filename

subl /Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sprockets-3.7.0/lib/sprockets/sass_processor.rb:124:in

like this

  def asset_path(path, options = {})
    path = path.value
    puts path
    puts '123'

    path, _, query, fragment = URI.split(path)[5..8]
    puts '126'
    path     = sprockets_context.asset_path(path, options)
    puts '128'
    query    = "?#{query}" if query
    puts '130'
    fragment = "##{fragment}" if fragment
    puts '132'
    Autoload::Sass::Script::String.new("#{path}#{query}#{fragment}", :string)
  end

Then when I ran

RAILS_ENV=production SECRET_KEY_BASE=xxx rake assets:precompile --trace

I got

** Invoke assets:precompile (first_time)
** Invoke assets:environment (first_time)
** Execute assets:environment
** Invoke environment (first_time)
** Execute environment
** Execute assets:precompile
fonts/OpenSans-Light.ttf
123
126
rake aborted!
NoMethodError: undefined method `[]' for nil:NilClass
/Users/smithd98/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.3.1/gems/sprockets-3.7.0/lib/sprockets/sass_processor.rb:283:in `sprockets_context'
...the rest of the stack trace is the same...

Then I found out the issue was a font had been specified like this:

.btn-rect {
  font-family: 'OpenSans-Light';
  src:font-url('fonts/OpenSans-Light.ttf') format('truetype');
}

and should have been like this:

.btn-rect {
  font-family: 'OpenSans-Light';
}

Thanks David, I followed your methods of debugging and finally found the problem! For anyone that having trouble to navigate to `sass_processor.rb:124` you can use `gem open sprockets` command, then navigate to the file. Then to save it, use `:w !sudo tee % > /dev/null` — Ryzal Yusoff, Oct 30 '16 at 18:06

score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 24 '11 at 16:47

I would recommend to use the new Cedar stack. It precompiles assets for you on deploy and overall plays nicer with Rails 3.1, although you will need to configure your app a little bit to work: add some gems to your Gemfile and create a Procfile. But it is still an easier way to go.

score 2 · Answer 5 · answered Feb 27 '12 at 17:38

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Oh, this is an easy one. Your PG gem is breaking your rake task. You can either go the long route to try to fix it, or you can try commenting it out from your gemfile in order to run the precompile.

answered Feb 27 '12 at 17:38

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score 2 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 10 '12 at 20:53

Yes like Simpleton posted above the PG gem is causing the problem. Imo a better solution would be to move the PG gem inside production in your gemfile and run; bundle install --without production Then you should be able to run the rake task without problems

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Aug 23 '13 at 17:29

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Instead of config.assets.compile = true use config.serve_static_assets = true

The first option is incorrect, because it tells your server to go back to serving the app/assets folder.

answered Aug 23 '13 at 17:29

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DEPRECATION WARNING: The configuration option `config.serve_static_assets` has been renamed to `config.serve_static_files` to clarify its role (it merely enables serving everything in the `public` folder and is unrelated to the asset pipeline). The `serve_static_assets` alias will be removed in Rails 5.0. Please migrate your configuration files accordingly. – Kick Buttowski Sep 07 '16 at 03:52

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