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The missing modules don’t get installed after updating with Composer

To update a site locally, I cloned the code base with git to my local computer and imported the database, then ran “composer update –with-dependencies”, there were no errors, then I went to /web directory and ran “drush updb -y”, it showed me 8 missing modules:

The following module is missing from the file system: add_to_head    [warning] bootstrap.inc:276 The following module is missing from the file system: context        [warning] bootstrap.inc:276 The following module is missing from the file system: context_ui     [warning] bootstrap.inc:276 The following module is missing from the file system: libraries      [warning] bootstrap.inc:276 The following module is missing from the file system: menu_target    [warning] bootstrap.inc:276 The following module is missing from the file system: panelizer      [warning] bootstrap.inc:276 The following module is missing from the file system: phpmailer      [warning] bootstrap.inc:276 The following module is missing from the file system: site_verify    [warning] bootstrap.inc:276 The following module is missing from the file system:                [warning] special_menu_items bootstrap.inc:276 No database updates required                                         [success]

I tried to log in to the local site, but first ran “drush pm-uninstall captcha”, but the site returned the white screen and:

“The website encountered an unexpected error. Please try again later.”

I thought that the problem was due to the missing modules and started running “composer require” for each of them. But they either didn’t get installed or returned:

 Using version ^3.0@beta for drupal/phpmailer ./composer.json has been updated > DrupalProjectcomposerScriptHandler::checkComposerVersion Loading composer repositories with package information Updating dependencies (including require-dev) Package operations: 0 installs, 1 update, 0 removals   - Updating drupal/phpmailer (dev-3.x 950f2af => 3.0.0-beta2):     Update failed (The .git directory is missing from web/modules/contrib/phpmailer, see https://getcomposer.org/commit-deps for more information)     Would you like to try reinstalling the package instead [yes]? yes   - Removing drupal/phpmailer (dev-3.x)   - Installing drupal/phpmailer (3.0.0-beta2): Cloning 8.x-3.0-beta2 from cache Writing lock file Generating autoload files > DrupalProjectcomposerScriptHandler::createRequiredFiles

I don’t what else to do. Is the “unexpected error” caused by those missing modules? What should I do to fix it?

UPDATE: I looked at /admin/reports/dblog and here’s the php error I saw:

SymfonyComponentRoutingExceptionRouteNotFoundException: Route “” does not exist. in DrupalCoreRoutingRouteProvider->getRouteByName() (line 201 of /sites/bak/web/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Routing/RouteProvider.php).

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