Misleading errors when install profile is missing or simply not specifically called

Submitted by Benjamin Melançon on April 18, 2016 - 8:18pm

The following module is missing from the file system bootstrap.inc:231 [warning]strpos(): Empty needle ExtensionDiscovery.php:308

This may mean that your install profile is simply missing-- not in web/profiles/

The following module is missing from the file system: standard
https://www.drupal.org/node/2486083

If you get this error:

Call to a member function getPath() when installing Profiles with unknown modules as requirement
https://www.drupal.org/node/2608408

You may have run drush si without an installation profile. Run drush si example where example is the name of your installation profile.

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