I am trying to do a fresh install for discourse and seeing the below error while running assets:precompile task. I am seeing the below compilation error but not sure what the error is about. rake aborted! Barber::PrecompilerError: Pre compilation failed for: {{#if isActive}} {{!-- template-lint-disable no-invalid-interactive --}} {{!-- template-lint-enable no-invalid-interactive --}} {{#if recentEmojis.length}} {{replace-emoji ":star:"}} {{/if}} {{emoji-group-buttons onCategorySelection=(action "onCategorySelection") tagName=""}} {{#each-in customEmojis as |group emojis|}} {{replace-emoji (concat ":" emojis.firstObject.code ":")}} {{/each-in}} {{input class="filter" name="filter" placeholder=(i18n "emoji_picker.filter_placeholder") autocomplete="discourse" autocorrect="off" autocapitalize="off" input=(action "onFilter") }} {{d-icon "search"}} {{#conditional-loading-spinner condition=isLoading}} {{#if recentEmojis.length}} {{i18n "emoji_picker.recent"}} {{d-button icon="trash-alt" action=(action "onClearRecents") class="trash-recent"}} {{#each recentEmojis as |emoji|}} {{replace-emoji (concat ":" emoji ":") (hash lazy=true)}} {{/each}} {{/if}} {{emoji-group-sections}} {{#each-in customEmojis as |group emojis|}} {{i18n (concat "emoji_picker." group)}} {{#if emojis.length}} {{#each emojis as |emoji|}} {{/each}} {{/if}} {{/each-in}} {{/conditional-loading-spinner}} {{#if hoveredEmoji}} {{replace-emoji (concat ":" hoveredEmoji ":")}} {{/if}} {{#each diversityScales as |diversityScale index|}} {{d-button icon=diversityScale.icon class=(concat "diversity-scale " diversityScale.name) title=diversityScale.title action=(action "onDiversitySelection" index) }} {{/each}} {{#if site.mobileView}} {{/if}} {{/if}} . Compiler said: Error ~/Discourse/Discourse-2.8.x/AL2_x86_64/DEV.STD.PTHREAD/build/private/env/ruby2.7.x/ruby2.7.x/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/barber-0.12.2/lib/barber/precompiler.rb:33:in `rescue in compile' ~/Discourse/Discourse-2.8.x/AL2_x86_64/DEV.STD.PTHREAD/build/private/env/ruby2.7.x/ruby2.7.x/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/barber-0.12.2/lib/barber/precompiler.rb:30:in `compile' ~/Discourse/Discourse-2.8.x/AL2_x86_64/DEV.STD.PTHREAD/build/private/env/ruby2.7.x/ruby2.7.x/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/barber-0.12.2/lib/barber/precompiler.rb:8:in `compile' ~/Discourse/Discourse-2.8.x/AL2_x86_64/DEV.STD.PTHREAD/build/private/env/ruby2.7.x/ruby2.7.x/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/ember-handlebars-template-0.8.0/lib/ember/handlebars/template.rb:166:in `block in precompile_ember_handlebars' ~/Discourse/Discourse-2.8.x/AL2_x86_64/DEV.STD.PTHREAD/build/private/env/ruby2.7.x/ruby2.7.x/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/sprockets-3.7.2/lib/sprockets/cache.rb:85:in `fetch' ~/Discourse/Discourse-2.8.x/AL2_x86_64/DEV.STD.PTHREAD/build/private/env/ruby2.7.x/ruby2.7.x/lib/ruby/gems/2.7.0/gems/ember-handlebars-template-0.8.0/lib/ember/handlebars/template.rb:165:in `precompile_ember_handlebars' ~/Discourse/Discourse-2.8.x/AL2_x86_64/DEV.STD.PTHREAD/build/rails-root/lib/freedom_patches/raw_handlebars.rb:99:in `call'

[image] hpathak2132: ~/Discourse/Discourse-2.8.x/AL2_x86_64/DEV.STD.PTHREAD That does not sound like a standard install ?

yeah I am trying to do a custom install on Amazon Linux machine

While Discourse is free and open source software, here on Meta we limit our free support to installs following the standard install guide. Since there are infinite combinations of ways to run the software, that allows us to provide an easy to use and always up to date base for all users. If you are looking to customize Discourse, using either plugins or themes you can change everything while still running a supported install.

[image] Falco: If you are looking to customize Discourse, using either plugins or themes you can change everything while still running a supported install And if you instead make changes by forking, you’ll be very sorry that you did.

I was able to root cause the issue, so essentially while running assets-precompile rake task, it’s trying to load all the js file using hbs templates in emoji-picker.hbs. The template has certain variables which require the data to be fed by caller and this is where the parsing fails. Other hbs file that don’t have ‘@’ reference are getting compiled successfully. Any idea or documentation around as to how these hbs templates are used in discourse?

Rake task "assets:precompile" is failing due to JS Compilation issue

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pfaffman (Jay Pfaffman) March 31, 2022, 11:10pm 7

You could start at Beginner’s Guide to Creating Discourse Plugins Part 1: Creating a basic plugin.

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Rake task "assets:precompile" is failing due to JS Compilation issue

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