# Bug with composer module on OSX **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Created:** [July 9, 2014, 2:48am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/bug-with-composer-module-on-osx/15627 "2014-07-09T02:48:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cameron\_Junge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/0ea827/32.png) [@Cameron\_Junge](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Cameron_Junge)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 2:48am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/bug-with-composer-module-on-osx/15627/1 "2014-07-09T02:48:44Z")
Hi All, I guess this isn’t a common case, but I’ve experienced an error with using the composer module on an OSX machine. Runs perfectly on Linux, with the same exact settings! ` TASK: [Composer install] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* REMOTE\_MODULE composer no\_dev=False working\_dir=/tmp/deploy EXEC [‘/bin/sh’, ‘-c’, ‘mkdir -p $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1404425204.93-218640203058643 && chmod a+rx $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1404425204.93-218640203058643 && echo $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1404425204.93-218640203058643’] PUT /var/folders/fx/51cy7j4978xdtx6b4ck5jcl00000gp/T/tmpwxXuuC TO /Users/markc/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1404425204.93-218640203058643/composer EXEC [‘/bin/sh’, ‘-c’, u’LC\_CTYPE=en\_US.UTF-8 SYMFONY\_ENV=dev LANG=en\_US.UTF-8 /usr/bin/python /Users/markc/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1404425204.93-218640203058643/composer; rm -rf /Users/markc/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1404425204.93-218640203058643/ > /dev/null 2\>&1’] > ok: > [localhost] =\> {“changed”: false, “msg”: “/usr/bin/env php -d > allow\_url\_fopen=On -d detect\_unicode=Off > /usr/local/Cellar/composer/1.0.0-alpha8/libexec/composer.phar $\*”} ` The last line is strange, completely different to what is shown on Linux (it’s meant to be the composer output). The task is: ` - name: Composer install environment: symfony\_environment tags: [“composer”] composer: working\_dir: “{{ composer\_dir }}” optimize\_autoloader: yes prefer\_dist: yes no\_dev: “{{ composer\_no\_dev }}” ` Cheers, Cameron ---
**Author:** ![Andrew\_Udvare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ba8739/32.png) [@Andrew\_Udvare](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Andrew_Udvare)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 8:45am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/bug-with-composer-module-on-osx/15627/2 "2014-07-09T08:45:06Z")
What is composer\_dir? I have a feeling you are pointing to the wrong file (as in not the real phar file). The real phar looks like it’s on your system at /usr/local/Cellar/composer/1.0.0-alpha8/libexec/composer.phar ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan1)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2014, 7:32pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/bug-with-composer-module-on-osx/15627/3 "2014-07-09T19:32:28Z")
Changed false seems to imply it did not think it needed to install anything, because it already was present. Could this be the case? ---
**Author:** ![Cameron\_Junge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/0ea827/32.png) [@Cameron\_Junge](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Cameron_Junge)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2014, 8:10pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/bug-with-composer-module-on-osx/15627/4 "2014-07-10T20:10:58Z")
composer\_dir is the location of the composer.json file. There is no composer.phar at that location as I’m relying on it being installed system-wide. If it’s something to do with how composer was installed, it was done using Homebrew, and the module itself finds the location of the composer.phar executable. ---
**Author:** ![Cameron\_Junge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/0ea827/32.png) [@Cameron\_Junge](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Cameron_Junge)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2014, 8:13pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/bug-with-composer-module-on-osx/15627/5 "2014-07-10T20:13:32Z")
No, as it was a fresh checkout from Git with no vendors installed. The same playbook runs perfectly on Linux, but fails on OSX. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_DeHaan1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5e9695/32.png) [@Michael\_DeHaan1](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Michael_DeHaan1)\ **Post date:** [July 11, 2014, 10:28pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/bug-with-composer-module-on-osx/15627/6 "2014-07-11T22:28:21Z")
Filing a ticket may be a good idea 🙂