Static content deploy issue for Magento 2.3.2

Question

Hello!

After upgrading Magento 2.1.8 to Magento 2.3.2, I get an error when run command:

> php setup:static-content:deploy

or

> php setup:static-content:deploy en_US -f

Text of my Error:

failed to open stream: No such file or directory

How to fix it, guys? Please, help me

Thanks)

• Sumit: Check this link community.magento.com/t5/Magento-2-x-Version-Upgrades/…

Answer 1

Try to remove theme folders from pub/static by following command

rm -rf pub/static/frontend

Hope it works

EDIT

Check if .htaccess file is present in pub folder, if not make it and add the below code in it

############################################
## Optional override of deployment mode. We recommend you use the
## command bin/magento deploy:mode:set to switch modes instead
# Options are default, production, or developer
# SetEnv MAGE_MODE default
############################################
## Uncomment these lines for CGI mode.
## Make sure to specify the correct cgi php binary file name
## it might be /cgi-bin/php-cgi
# Action php5-cgi /cgi-bin/php5-cgi
# AddHandler php5-cgi .php
############################################
## GoDaddy specific options
# Options -MultiViews
## You might also need to add this line to php.ini
## cgi.fix_pathinfo = 1
## If it still doesn't work, rename php.ini to php5.ini
############################################
## This line is specific for 1and1 hosting
 #AddType x-mapp-php5 .php
 #AddHandler x-mapp-php5 .php
############################################
## Default index file
 DirectoryIndex index.php
<IfModule mod_php5.c>
############################################
## Adjust memory limit
 php_value memory_limit 756M
 php_value max_execution_time 18000
############################################
## Disable automatic session start
## before autoload was initialized
 php_flag session.auto_start off
############################################
# Disable user agent verification to not break multiple image upload
 php_flag suhosin.session.cryptua off
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_php7.c>
############################################
## Adjust memory limit
 php_value memory_limit 756M
 php_value max_execution_time 18000
############################################
## Disable automatic session start
## before autoload was initialized
 php_flag session.auto_start off
############################################
## Enable resulting html compression
 #php_flag zlib.output_compression on
###########################################
# Disable user agent verification to not break multiple image upload
 php_flag suhosin.session.cryptua off
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_security.c>
###########################################
# Disable POST processing to not break multiple image upload
 SecFilterEngine Off
 SecFilterScanPOST Off
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_deflate.c>
############################################
## Enable apache served files compression
## http://developer.yahoo.com/performance/rules.html#gzip
 # Insert filter on all content
 ###SetOutputFilter DEFLATE
 # Insert filter on selected content types only
 #AddOutputFilterByType DEFLATE text/html text/plain text/xml text/css text/javascript
 # Netscape 4.x has some problems...
 #BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4 gzip-only-text/html
 # Netscape 4.06-4.08 have some more problems
 #BrowserMatch ^Mozilla/4\.0[678] no-gzip
 # MSIE masquerades as Netscape, but it is fine
 #BrowserMatch \bMSIE !no-gzip !gzip-only-text/html
 # Don't compress images
 #SetEnvIfNoCase Request_URI \.(?:gif|jpe?g|png)$ no-gzip dont-vary
 # Make sure proxies don't deliver the wrong content
 #Header append Vary User-Agent env=!dont-vary
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_ssl.c>
############################################
## Make HTTPS env vars available for CGI mode
 SSLOptions StdEnvVars
</IfModule>
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
############################################
## Enable rewrites
 Options +FollowSymLinks
 RewriteEngine on
############################################
## You can put here your magento root folder
## path relative to web root
 #RewriteBase /magento/
############################################
## Workaround for HTTP authorization
## in CGI environment
 RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
############################################
## TRACE and TRACK HTTP methods disabled to prevent XSS attacks
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_METHOD} ^TRAC[EK]
 RewriteRule .* - [L,R=405]
############################################
## Never rewrite for existing files, directories and links
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-l
############################################
## Rewrite everything else to index.php
 RewriteRule .* index.php [L]
</IfModule>
############################################
## Prevent character encoding issues from server overrides
## If you still have problems, use the second line instead
 AddDefaultCharset Off
 #AddDefaultCharset UTF-8
<IfModule mod_expires.c>
############################################
## Add default Expires header
## http://developer.yahoo.com/performance/rules.html#expires
 ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 year"
 ExpiresByType text/html A0
 ExpiresByType text/plain A0
</IfModule>
###########################################
## Deny access to release notes to prevent disclosure of the installed Magento version
 <Files RELEASE_NOTES.txt>
 <IfVersion < 2.4>
 order allow,deny
 deny from all
 </IfVersion>
 <IfVersion >= 2.4>
 Require all denied
 </IfVersion>
 </Files>
# For 404s and 403s that aren't handled by the application, show plain 404 response
ErrorDocument 404 /errors/404.php
ErrorDocument 403 /errors/404.php
############################################
## If running in cluster environment, uncomment this
## http://developer.yahoo.com/performance/rules.html#etags
 #FileETag none
###########################################
## Deny access to cron.php
 <Files cron.php>
 <IfVersion < 2.4>
 order allow,deny
 deny from all
 </IfVersion>
 <IfVersion >= 2.4>
 Require all denied
 </IfVersion>
 </Files>
## Deny access to .user.ini
 <Files .user.ini>
 <IfVersion < 2.4>
 order allow,deny
 deny from all
 </IfVersion>
 <IfVersion >= 2.4>
 Require all denied
 </IfVersion>
 </Files>
<IfModule mod_headers.c>
 ############################################
 ## Prevent clickjacking
 Header set X-Frame-Options SAMEORIGIN
</IfModule>

• David Young: I do it every time and the result is unchanged
• ASQ: check that .htaccess is present in your pub folder?
• David Young: Yes, it is in the folder in /pub and /pub/static/
• David Young: I changed .htaccess in /pub, but the error is not resolved

Answer 2

Try this

php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy -f

• David Young: I used this command does not help
• Waqar Ali: is this command giving any error?
• David Young: Yes, I added the error text to the question