Trouble installing MODX3

I tried cloning the GitHub repo (while on the 3.x branch) as described in the video. That got me MODX-2.x. I pulled the 3.x branch, renamed the two sample files, added the DB credentials to the files and ran transport.core.php.

The first thing it does is try to include core/vendor/autoload.php which doesn't exist. In fact the core directory doesn't exist.

I tried downloading the 3.x repo from GitHub. That got me a core directory but no vendor directory and the same crash when I run transport.core.php.

Running Setup produces this very unhelpful error message:

Site temporarily unavailable; missing dependencies.

Running php transport.data.php gives me the same message.

So, what am I doing wrong?

To answer my own question -- the secret is to go to the MODX root directory and use this command:



This assumes that you have composer installed and in your path.

After that, php transport.core.php and setup worked fine.

It took some serious searching to find the answer here: https://modx3.org/try-modx3.

That link should probably be available in the readme.md file at GitHub.

From the MODX CookBook:

To build Revo 3.x, you need to use Composer to install dependencies. See https://getcomposer.org/doc/00-intro.md for installing Composer, then before editing the build config files, run "composer install" in the installation directory.

https://modxcookbook.com/installation/files/build.html

Susan, I don't think it's called Revo (I could be wrong). If you changed that to MODX 3, I probably would have found it in my first search. "MODX 3 beta" would have done it for sure. I doubt if folks will have to use Composer for the pl version.

[Update] I was definitely wrong. It's still Revolution. [ed. note: BobRay last edited this post 6 years, 9 months ago.]