Composer error Package monsta-ftp (2.1.x) not found. Please retry without the '-a' option.

While installing I get the following error and cannot proceed:

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iMSCP::Composer::_checkRequirements: Package imscp/monsta-ftp (2.1.x) not found. Please retry without the '-a' option

My system :
Ubuntu 18,04 server

Version : imscp-1.5.3-2018120700

Ne system - no plugins

Thanks for the quick response Nuxwin.

The installation was a standard installation as suggested : https://github.com/i-MSCP/imscp/blob/1.5.x/docs/INSTALL.md

Running as root user.

Up to this point the installation went kind of smoothly, except an initail fail for a dependency, which I installed by

Thanks Nuxwin

I restarted the installation as per your instruction. This ran without issue but once again prompted me to run the second part of my listing above. I have attached a screenshot to show that.

I have added below an extract from the file imscp-setup.log.

From what I see the issue seems to be here

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Wed Feb 13 10:46:13 2019] [debug] iMSCP::Execute::executeNoWait: su --login imscp --shell /bin/sh -c 'php -d date.timezone=Africa/Johannesburg -d allow_url_fopen=1 /var/local/imscp/composer.phar show --no-ansi --no-interaction --working-dir=/var/local/imscp/packages imscp/monsta-ftp 2.1.x'

The file /var/local/imscp/composer.phar does exist is is a valid php file.

However, the directory "/var/local/imscp/packages imscp/monsta-ftp 2.1.x" does not exist.

There exists a directory "/var/local/imscp/packages/" which is currebtly empty.

But the directory "/var/local/imscp/packages imscp" does not exist.

Extra lines from the log are below

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Wed Feb 13 10:46:13 2019] [debug] iMSCP::Execute::execute: su --login imscp --shell /bin/sh -c 'php -d date.timezone=Africa/Johannesburg -d allow_url_fopen=1 /var/local/imscp/composer.phar --version' [Wed Feb 13 10:46:13 2019] [debug] iMSCP::Composer::_checkComposerVersion: Composer version 1.8.0 2018-12-03 10:31:16 [Wed Feb 13 10:46:13 2019] [debug] iMSCP::Execute::executeNoWait: su --login imscp --shell /bin/sh -c 'php -d date.timezone=Africa/Johannesburg -d allow_url_fopen=1 /var/local/imscp/composer.phar show --no-ansi --no-interaction --working-dir=/var/local/imscp/packages imscp/monsta-ftp 2.1.x' [Wed Feb 13 10:46:13 2019] [error] iMSCP::Composer::_checkRequirements: Package imscp/monsta-ftp (2.1.x) not found. Please retry without the '-a' option. [Wed Feb 13 10:46:13 2019] [debug] iMSCP::Execute::execute: /usr/bin/dialog --no-shadow --ok-label Ok --backtitle 'i-MSCP - internet Multi Server Control Panel (1.5.3)' --exit-label Abort --colors --cancel-label Back --title 'i-MSCP Reconfiguration Dialog' --no-label No --yes-label Yes --help-label Help --msgbox '\Z1[ERROR]\Zn
Error while performing step:
Checking composer package requirements
Error was:
\Z1iMSCP::Composer::_checkRequirements: Package imscp/monsta-ftp (2.1.x) not found. Please retry without the '\''-a'\'' option.\Zn
Please have a look at http://i-mscp.net/forum if you need help. ' 51 204 [Wed Feb 13 10:46:30 2019] [debug] iMSCP::Execute::execute: /usr/bin/dialog --no-shadow --ok-label Ok --backtitle 'i-MSCP - internet Multi Server Control Panel (1.5.3)' --exit-label Abort --colors --cancel-label Back --title 'i-MSCP Reconfiguration Dialog' --no-label No --yes-label Yes --help-label Help --msgbox '\Z1[ERROR]\Zn

Thanks Nuxwin

The problem persist even in automatic mode.

With automatic mode the default ftp client is net2ftp (as opposed to manual, where it is monsta-ftp, which does not matter to me really.

In both cases the /var/local/imscp/packages directory is empty.

I ran this both as root user and a normal privileged user - same issue.

I tried to trace and it seems like the composer.json fiel is not being written to /var/local/imscp/packages. If I run the command shown from the comand line, I get

The log files show

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Wed Feb 13 13:02:10 2019] [debug] iMSCP::Execute::execute: debconf-apt-progress --logstderr -- apt-get --assume-yes --option DPkg::Options::=--force-confnew --option DPkg::Options::=--force-confmiss --option Dpkg::Options::=--force-overwrite --auto-remove --purge --no-install-recommends --allow-downgrades install awstats

[Wed Feb 13 13:02:11 2019] [debug] iMSCP::EventManager::trigger: Triggering afterSetupPreInstallPackages event

[Wed Feb 13 13:02:11 2019] [debug] iMSCP::Execute::execute: su --login imscp --shell /bin/sh -c 'php -d date.timezone=Africa/Johannesburg -d allow_url_fopen=1 /var/local/imscp/composer.phar --version'

[Wed Feb 13 13:02:11 2019] [debug] iMSCP::Composer::_checkComposerVersion: Composer version 1.8.0 2018-12-03 10:31:16

[Wed Feb 13 13:02:11 2019] [debug] iMSCP::Execute::executeNoWait: su --login imscp --shell /bin/sh -c 'php -d date.timezone=Africa/Johannesburg -d allow_url_fopen=1 /var/local/imscp/composer.phar show --no-ansi --no-interaction --working-dir=/var/local/imscp/packages imscp/net2ftp 0.1.1.* dev'

[Wed Feb 13 13:02:11 2019] [error] iMSCP::Composer::_checkRequirements: Package imscp/net2ftp (0.1.1.* dev) not found. Please retry without the '-a' option.

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