Could not find generator 'settings'

[tommybernaciak]

I've added gem to Gemfile, made bundle install with no problems. Then I tried to generate model, but after 'rails g settings Packet' i got info that Could not find generator 'settings'.

[huacnlee]

try to use:

$ bundle exec rails g settings ...

[hallmatt]

I'm having the same issue. I tried:

$ bundle exec rails g settings:install Setting

$ bundle exec rails g settings:install

and received this error:

Running via Spring preloader in process 93821
Could not find generator 'settings:install'. Maybe you meant 'devise:install', 'cocoon:install' or 'responders:install'
Run `rails generate --help` for more options.

I'm on Rails 5 beta 3 and Ruby 2.3.

[dimidev]

same here with Rails 4.2.5

maybe we have error, because we use Rails 4.2 and up and not Rails 4.1.x ??

[huacnlee]

# rails-settings-cached 0.5.x
$ rails g settings Setting
create  app/models/setting.rb
identical  db/migrate/20160408023306_create_settings.rb

# rails-settings-cached 0.6.0+ not release
$ rails g settings:install Setting
create  app/models/setting.rb
identical  db/migrate/20160408023306_create_settings.rb

[MicFin]

Should this have been closed? I think it should be added to the install docs if it is so necessary. I also needed to use rails g settings Setting

[jdblack]

I believe this was closed in error. With rails-settings-cached (0.6.5) on rails 5.0.1, neither rails g method works.

[architectcom]

rails 4.2.8 , I have same problem, it has solved by: gem "rails-settings-cached" , '~> 0.5.1' then,OK!

[rtcoms]

@architectcom Which command you used to generate migration file. I am on rails 4.2 and installed `gem "rails-settings-cached" , '~> 0.5.1'1 .

Still getting the error

bundle exec rails g settings:install Setting
Running via Spring preloader in process 54135
Could not find generator 'settings:install'. Maybe you meant 'devise:install' or 'config:install' or 'asset_sync:install'
Run `rails generate --help` for more options.

bundle exec rails g settings Setting
Running via Spring preloader in process 54109
Could not find generator 'settings'. Maybe you meant 'assets' or 'devise' or 'task'

[rtcoms]

@huacnlee I see few developer are still facing the issue including me. Should this bug reopened.

With latest version (0.6.6) and rails(4.2), I'm getting error

bundle exec rails g settings:install Setting
Running via Spring preloader in process 57061
[WARNING] Could not load generator "generators/settings/install_generator". Error: Settings is not a module.
/Users/rohittrivedi/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.1@learninglabs/gems/rails-settings-cached-0.6.6/lib/generators/settings/install_generator.rb:4:in `<top (required)>'

I guess this is happening because of there is some class/variable with name Settings. Is there any way to overcome this issue without changing existing code? Settings seems like a generic name, should use unique name or namespace, then ?

[afuno]

@huacnlee Rails 5.1.4

bundle exec rails g settings:install MySetting

Returns:

Running via Spring preloader in process 23796
[WARNING] Could not load generator "generators/settings/install_generator". Error: Settings is not a module.
/Users/afuno/.rbenv/versions/2.4.3/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/rails-settings-cached-0.6.6/lib/generators/settings/install_generator.rb:4:in `<top (required)>'
/Users/afuno/.rbenv/versions/2.4.3/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/activesupport-5.1.4/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:292:in `require'
/Users/afuno/.rbenv/versions/2.4.3/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/activesupport-5.1.4/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:292:in `block in require'
/Users/afuno/.rbenv/versions/2.4.3/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/activesupport-5.1.4/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:258:in `load_dependency'
/Users/afuno/.rbenv/versions/2.4.3/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/activesupport-5.1.4/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:292:in `require'
/Users/afuno/.rbenv/versions/2.4.3/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/railties-5.1.4/lib/rails/command/behavior.rb:82:in `block (2 levels) in lookup'
/Users/afuno/.rbenv/versions/2.4.3/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/railties-5.1.4/lib/rails/command/behavior.rb:78:in `each'
/Users/afuno/.rbenv/versions/2.4.3/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/railties-5.1.4/lib/rails/command/behavior.rb:78:in `block in lookup'
/Users/afuno/.rbenv/versions/2.4.3/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/railties-5.1.4/lib/rails/command/behavior.rb:77:in `each'
/Users/afuno/.rbenv/versions/2.4.3/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/railties-5.1.4/lib/rails/command/behavior.rb:77:in `lookup'
/Users/afuno/.rbenv/versions/2.4.3/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/railties-5.1.4/lib/rails/generators.rb:250:in `find_by_namespace'
/Users/afuno/.rbenv/versions/2.4.3/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/railties-5.1.4/lib/rails/generators.rb:267:in `invoke'
/Users/afuno/.rbenv/versions/2.4.3/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/railties-5.1.4/lib/rails/commands/generate/generate_command.rb:24:in `perform'
/Users/afuno/.rbenv/versions/2.4.3/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/thor-0.19.4/lib/thor/command.rb:27:in `run'
/Users/afuno/.rbenv/versions/2.4.3/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/thor-0.19.4/lib/thor/invocation.rb:126:in `invoke_command'
/Users/afuno/.rbenv/versions/2.4.3/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/thor-0.19.4/lib/thor.rb:369:in `dispatch'
/Users/afuno/.rbenv/versions/2.4.3/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/railties-5.1.4/lib/rails/command/base.rb:63:in `perform'
/Users/afuno/.rbenv/versions/2.4.3/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/railties-5.1.4/lib/rails/command.rb:44:in `invoke'
/Users/afuno/.rbenv/versions/2.4.3/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/railties-5.1.4/lib/rails/commands.rb:16:in `<top (required)>'
/Users/afuno/.rbenv/versions/2.4.3/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/activesupport-5.1.4/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:292:in `require'
/Users/afuno/.rbenv/versions/2.4.3/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/activesupport-5.1.4/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:292:in `block in require'
/Users/afuno/.rbenv/versions/2.4.3/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/activesupport-5.1.4/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:258:in `load_dependency'
/Users/afuno/.rbenv/versions/2.4.3/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/activesupport-5.1.4/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:292:in `require'
/Users/afuno/path/to/my/app/bin/rails:9:in `<top (required)>'
/Users/afuno/.rbenv/versions/2.4.3/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/activesupport-5.1.4/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:286:in `load'
/Users/afuno/.rbenv/versions/2.4.3/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/activesupport-5.1.4/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:286:in `block in load'
/Users/afuno/.rbenv/versions/2.4.3/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/activesupport-5.1.4/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:258:in `load_dependency'
/Users/afuno/.rbenv/versions/2.4.3/lib/ruby/gems/2.4.0/gems/activesupport-5.1.4/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:286:in `load'
/Users/afuno/.rbenv/versions/2.4.3/lib/ruby/2.4.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require'
/Users/afuno/.rbenv/versions/2.4.3/lib/ruby/2.4.0/rubygems/core_ext/kernel_require.rb:55:in `require'
-e:1:in `<main>'
Could not find generator 'settings:install'. Maybe you meant 'meta_tags:install', 'devise:install' or 'config:install'
Run `rails generate --help` for more options.

[Circuit8]

I had the same issue. Turns out it's probably because you already have Settings defined in your codebase or in a gem you are using. You can confirm this by typing rails c then Settings.

This means the generator doesn't work, but the workaround is simple. Just go to https://github.com/huacnlee/rails-settings-cached/tree/master/lib/generators/settings/templates and copy the model and migration over to your project, making sure to rename the model and db table to something that doesn't clash.