Should I be in developer mode when installing an extension? I get error otherwise.

[infoamityw093d]

I installed this extension with the method on this page:

https://docs.ideal-postcodes.co.uk/docs/integrations/magento

The site was in production. 

The compile command results in a critical error.

[2022-10-09 14:40:46] main.CRITICAL: Warning: include(/home/mysite/webapps/mysite/var/view_preprocessed/pub/static/vendor/magento/module-theme/view/base/templates/root.phtml): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/mysite/webapps/mysite/vendor/magento/framework/View/Result/Page.php on line 327 {"report_id":"7473a776d64af485d73dce1512a4de37033e7b3037ee21d2e469a242c240abf1","exception":"[object] (Exception(code: 0): Warning: include(/home/mysite/webapps/mysite/var/view_preprocessed/pub/static/vendor/magento/module-theme/view/base/templates/root.phtml): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/mysite/webapps/mysite/vendor/magento/framework/View/Result/Page.php on line 327 at /home/mysite/webapps/mysite/vendor/magento/framework/App/ErrorHandler.php:61)"} []

Only after finishing the deploy command does the error go away. And this whole process takes several minutes. So thats clearly not good at all. 

When I put the site in developer mode I dont get the error.

So should I be in developer mode when running the module:enable, upgrade, compile and deploy commands? 

[johnwebdes40a5]

Hello @infoamityw093d 

Regenerate Static Files:

Magento might not have generated the necessary static files, or they might be outdated. To regenerate them, follow these steps:

Clear the existing static content:

rm -rf pub/static/*

Check File Permissions:

find /home/mysite/webapps/mysite -type d -exec chmod 755 {} \; 
find /home/mysite/webapps/mysite -type f -exec chmod 644 {} \; 

Clear Cache:

php bin/magento cache:clean 
php bin/magento cache:flush

Verify the view_preprocessed Folder:

rm -rf var/view_preprocessed/* 

​Hope it helps ! 

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