"Failed to locate template" error when building development environment

Question

I am new trying to setup my development environment with the build kit tool. I am using XAMPP on Ubuntu 14.04 . I have problems with the civibuild command accessing my XAMPP MySQL via the command line to create the database so I have used the gitify command to set up, but when try to run GenCode.php, I get this error:

civicrm_domain.version := 4.7.alpha1

Parsing schema description schema/Schema.xml
Extracting database information
Extracting table information
PHP Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Exception' with message 'Failed to locate template for civicrm.config.php' in /opt/lampp/htdocs/civisocialdev/wp-content/plugins/civicrm/civicrm/civicrm/CRM/Core/CodeGen/Config.php:34
Stack trace:
#0 /opt/lampp/htdocs/civisocialdev/wp-content/plugins/civicrm/civicrm/civicrm/CRM/Core/CodeGen/Config.php(10): CRM_Core_CodeGen_Config->setupCms()
#1 /opt/lampp/htdocs/civisocialdev/wp-content/plugins/civicrm/civicrm/civicrm/CRM/Core/CodeGen/Main.php(115): CRM_Core_CodeGen_Config->run()
#2 /opt/lampp/htdocs/civisocialdev/wp-content/plugins/civicrm/civicrm/civicrm/CRM/Core/CodeGen/Main.php(100): CRM_Core_CodeGen_Main->runAllTasks()
#3 /opt/lampp/htdocs/civisocialdev/wp-content/plugins/civicrm/civicrm/civicrm/xml/GenCode.php(38): CRM_Core_CodeGen_Main->main()
#4 {main} thrown in /opt/lampp/htdocs/civisocialdev/wp-content/plugins/civicrm/civicrm/civicrm/CRM/Core/CodeGen/Config.php on line 34

What could be the problem?

Answer 1

I'm seeing your path has three civicrms in it - that seems like it's not correct, normally there are two with Wordpress.

Second - if you're using Ubuntu, there's really no need for XAMPP. You can just install your LAMP stack using apt-get or synaptic. This is much closer to the standard setup, and you're likely to find better assistance that way!