getting error from devise “User does not respond to 'devise' method” when running “rails generate devise:install”

Question

I\'m getting error from devise \"User does not respond to \'devise\' method\" when running \"rails generate devise:install\". Ideas re how to resolve?

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Answer 1

It sounds like you already have the devise method being called in your User model. Perhaps you already ran rails g devise User ?

Comment that out, and comment out the devise_for :users line in your routes file, if that is in there.