Elm cannot find Module that is in a dependancy - elm

Question

Here is my project's elm-package.json
{
"version": "1.0.0",
"summary": "helpful summary of your project, less than 80 characters",
"repository": "https://github.com/user/project.git",
"license": "BSD3",
"source-directories": [
"."
],
"exposed-modules": [],
"dependencies": {
"elm-lang/core": "5.1.1 <= v < 6.0.0",
"elm-lang/html": "2.0.0 <= v < 3.0.0",
"simonh1000/elm-charts": "3.1.0 <= v < 4.0.0"
},
"elm-version": "0.18.0 <= v < 0.19.0"
}
elm-charts exports a module called Chart.
In my ChartView.elm I want to import Chart
module Components.ChartView exposing ( .. )
import Chart as C exposing ( .. )
import Html exposing ( Html, div )
import Html.Attributes exposing ( id, class )
but when elm tries to compile, I get the error:
I cannot find module 'Chart'.
Module 'Components.ChartView' is trying to import it.
Potential problems could be: * Misspelled the module name * Need
to add a source directory or new dependency to elm-package.json
if I open elm repl from the project directory, I can import Chart as expected:
jon#jon-Xubuntu-VB:~/elixir/eval$ elm repl
\> import Chart
\>
any ideas why I Elm can't 'find Chart' when compiling?

Answer 1

Though this has been resolved in comments, no one has written this in an answer yet.
Elm will not find dependencies from nested directories: you want to run elm repl in the same directory as your elm-package.json (adjacent to the elm-stuff directory). It sounds like you mistakenly have an elm-package.json file at the top level of your app, when you wanted it in the web/elm/ directory.