starterkit installer missing

I can't reproduce this bug as written:

php core/scripts/drupal generate-theme my_new_theme works as documented.

core/scripts/drupal cannot be both a folder and an executable PHP script.

There issue mentions that php core/scripts/drupal generate-theme my_new_theme fails but doesn't show the output, etc.

I am moving this to a support request pending a bug reproduction.

@cilefen did you try this on the current 10.2.2 download? As shown in the screenshot, that folder and it's contents are not in the 10.2.2 package. It can't possibly work.

@cilefen UPDATE

Am I missing something here? I've downloaded several Drupal core zips going back to 2022 (10.0.0) and none have the core/scrips/drupal folder.

Is there some additional installation process that needs to be done after downloading the core to implement the theme starterkit?

Core/scripts/drupal is an extensionless file, not a folder. It is the 7th item in your screenshot.

You said

Trying to run php core/scripts/drupal generate-theme mytheme per instructions, fails

Note the space after "drupal".

What error do you get? Please copy and paste the command and the output.

@longwave I get this response to the following command:

stephen@stephen-ubuntu:~/rvmn/web$ ddev . php core/scripts/drupal generate-theme RVNM

Could not open input file: core/scripts/drupal
Failed to execute command php core/scripts/drupal generate-theme RVNM: exit status 1

@hondaman900 Verify you can run this the ordinary way outside of DDEV: php core/scripts/drupal generate-theme my_new_theme.

@cilefen running the command without DDEV gives an error saying there's no PHP and prompting me to install it. This makes sense as without DDEV at the beginning of the command I'm doing that outside the virtual instance which has its own isolated PHP.

I'm reluctant to follow the prompt and install PHP as I have no idea if this will interfere with the DDEV environment and the site. Ideally installing PHP on my system will not bleed over or effect my DDEV environment, and if not, then running the command outside of DDEV may be enough to generate the subtheme and move on?

Seems that with the prevalence of DDEV that this would have come up with someone else prior to now...?

You should definitely be able to run the command inside ddev.

There are a couple ways to accomplish this:

1. Run ddev ssh. This will allow you to run commands inside the container.
2. Run ddev exec php [command]. This will pass the command into the container and then running it without changing your entire CLI environment

The tricky part of the second version is you have to know what the current working directory is. By default it's /var/www/html/, and if your drupal installation is inside a "web" directory, you have to add that part to your command.

Try running ddev exec php web/core/scripts/drupal generate-theme mytheme and see if that works.

Ok, so I gave it a shot and installed PHP 8.1 outside of DDEV and ran the starterkit command successfully.

I'm wondering why this doesn't work though inside the virtual instance. Perhaps this should be corrected/enabled for future users?

Thanks for the help with this - I'm now good to go.

Apologies for mistakenly portraying this as the starterkit being missing which, in retrospect, wasn't the case.

Thanks for testing that and reporting back. Closing as works as designed.

ddev exec (aka ddev .) always runs commands from the top level directory of the project, even if you are inside a subdirectory when you run it.

It looks like you are using the recommended layout and your webroot is in a subdirectory called web. This command should work for you:

$ ddev . php web/core/scripts/drupal generate-theme RVNM