I’m working on building an NFT staking smart contract for Solana but I’m having trouble with the deployment process. I’m not sure about the correct order of steps - should I deploy the program before setting up the frontend?
Here’s what I’ve tried so far:
First, I initialized a new Anchor project:
anchor new nft_staking --javascript
Then I copied the smart contract code into the programs directory, but when I try to compile it using anchor build, I keep getting these errors:
failed to read \nft_staking\programs\*\Cargo.toml
And also this error message:
Caused by: The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect. (os error 123)
Plus another error:
Failed to obtain package metadata: `cargo metadata` exited with an error: error: failed to load manifest for workspace member `\\?\C:\nft_staking\programs\*`
I think there might be an issue with how I’m structuring the project files or maybe I’m missing some configuration steps. Has anyone encountered similar problems when setting up Solana programs with Anchor? What’s the proper way to organize the files and get the build process working?
looks like windows path issue to me too. try running anchor init instead of anchor new maybe? also check if your project name has any weird chars or spaces. i had same cargo.toml errors when my folder structure got messed up during init.
It seems like you’re facing issues related to Windows path configurations with Anchor. The errors you’ve encountered suggest that the paths might not be interpreted correctly. I experienced similar challenges during my initial setup. It’s recommended to execute your commands using PowerShell as an administrator and to avoid spaces or unusual characters in your project path, as these can lead to complications.
Initially, focus on addressing the build issues before pondering the deployment sequence. Ensure that your Anchor.toml file points to the correct program directory; sometimes, the default paths can be misconfigured on Windows. You may need to replace backslashes with forward slashes manually.
Regarding deployment, always deploy your program successfully and validate it before attaching any frontend components, as premature integrations can lead to repeated redeployments and complications.
oh interesting, those errors look really familar! i had something super similar happen when i was messing around with anchor on windows a few months back.
wait, can you check something for me? when you ran anchor new nft_staking --javascript, did you actually cd into the project directory after? like did you do cd nft_staking before trying to build? because i remember making that mistake and getting those weird path errors.
also curious - what version of anchor are you running? you can check with anchor --version. i noticed some versions had issues with certain windows setups, especially if you have any spaces in your user folder path or if your project is sitting somewhere deep in nested folders.
one more thing - did you try just creating a basic empty program first to see if it builds? like maybe comment out all your nft staking logic and just have the basic template code, then see if anchor build works. that might help narrow down if its a setup issue or something with your actual contract code.
are you working on wsl or native windows btw? and what does your project folder structure look like right now - like can you see the programs/nft_staking folder with the lib.rs file in there?