
Fl4m3Ph03n1x
(ArgumentError) unknown application: :bakeware
Background
When trying to execute mix release
on a Windows 11 machine for a Phoenix project I get the following error:
* assembling market_manager-2.1.5 on MIX_ENV=prod
* using config/runtime.exs to configure the release at runtime
←[32m* assembling←[39m bakeware market_manager
** (ArgumentError) unknown application: :bakeware
(elixir 1.15.4) lib/application.ex:1010: Application.app_dir/1
(elixir 1.15.4) lib/application.ex:1041: Application.app_dir/2
(bakeware 0.2.4) lib/bakeware/assembler.ex:71: Bakeware.Assembler.create_paths/1
(bakeware 0.2.4) lib/bakeware/assembler.ex:83: Bakeware.Assembler.do_assemble/1
(bakeware 0.2.4) lib/bakeware/assembler.ex:37: Bakeware.Assembler.assemble/1
(mix 1.15.4) lib/mix/tasks/release.ex:1064: Mix.Tasks.Release.run_steps/1
(mix 1.15.4) lib/mix/task.ex:447: anonymous fn/3 in Mix.Task.run_task/5
(mix 1.15.4) lib/mix/cli.ex:92: Mix.CLI.run_task/2
I am using PowerShell with Admin privileges and I have set the following env variables:
$env:CC="gcc"
$env:MAKE="make"
$env:MIX_ENV="prod"
I have installed all the dependencies via choco with choco install -y zstandard make mingw
.
Further, here are my system settings:
Edition Windows 11 Home
Version 22H2
OS build 22621.2283
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.22662.1000.0
I am using: {:bakeware, "~> 0.2.4"}
with Elixir 1.15.4 (compiled with Erlang/OTP 24)
I develop for windows users, so I can’t use Linux here.
Question
Why cant I make bakeware work?
Marked As Solved

Fl4m3Ph03n1x
It unfortunately seems that, at the time of writing this post, Bakeware is not being actively maintained. The successor appears to be Burrito:
However that does not work for windows either:
So I had to go with an alternative, in order to achieve a Windows release. This alternative solution uses Windows shortcuts and seems to work as a short term solution for anyone trying to have an easy launcher for Elixir applications in Windows systems:
If you are from the future and the official Bakeware issue post found a positive resolution, do feel free to update this thread. For the time being however, I am closing this.
Popular Backend topics









What is the difference between using `:references` and `:belongs_to` in a generate command in Rails?

Other popular topics









Latest in Questions
Latest (all)
Categories:
Popular Portals
- /elixir
- /rust
- /wasm
- /ruby
- /erlang
- /phoenix
- /keyboards
- /js
- /rails
- /python
- /security
- /go
- /swift
- /vim
- /clojure
- /java
- /haskell
- /emacs
- /svelte
- /onivim
- /typescript
- /crystal
- /c-plus-plus
- /tailwind
- /kotlin
- /gleam
- /react
- /flutter
- /elm
- /ocaml
- /vscode
- /opensuse
- /ash
- /centos
- /php
- /deepseek
- /zig
- /scala
- /html
- /debian
- /nixos
- /lisp
- /agda
- /react-native
- /sublime-text
- /textmate
- /kubuntu
- /arch-linux
- /revery
- /ubuntu
- /manjaro
- /spring
- /django
- /diversity
- /nodejs
- /lua
- /c
- /julia
- /slackware
- /neovim