Cannot install new 0.11.3 sbt on Ubuntu 10.04LTS

Question

This process used to work fine in 0.11.2 but the recent change w.r.t to sbt group ID changed to org.scala-sbt (from org.scala-tools.sbt) seems to have broken a dependency.

I've got a 10.04 LTS machine to which I added the Typesafe deb repository using the deb package file, described in: https://github.com/harrah/xsbt/wiki/Getting-Started-Setup.

When I try to install from the repo I get:

[warn] ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
[warn] :: UNRESOLVED DEPENDENCIES ::
[warn] ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
[warn] :: org.scala-tools.sbt#scripted-plugin_2.9.1;0.11.3: not found
[warn] ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

[warn] module not found: org.scala-tools.sbt#scripted-plugin_2.9.1;0.11.3
[warn] ==== typesafe-ivy-releases: tried
[warn] http://repo.typesafe.com/typesafe/ivy-releases/org.scala-tools.sbt/scripted-plugin_2.9.1/0.11.3/ivys/ivy.xml
[warn] ==== local: tried
[warn] /home/jasonmaclulich/.ivy2/local/org.scala-tools.sbt/scripted-plugin_2.9.1/0.11.3/ivys/ivy.xml
[warn] ==== Typesafe Repo: tried
[warn] http://repo.typesafe.com/typesafe/ivy-releases/org.scala-tools.sbt/scripted- plugin_2.9.1/0.11.3/ivys/ivy.xml
[warn] ==== public: tried
[warn] http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/scala-tools/sbt/scripted-plugin_2.9.1/0.11.3/scripted-plugin_2.9.1-0.11.3.pom

How do I instruct sbt to look for scripted-plugin at the right group id?

I also tried a manual install with this launcher (following the UNIX install instructions):

//typesafe.artifactoryonline.com/typesafe/ivy-releases/org.scala-sbt/sbt-launch/0.11.3-2/sbt-launch.jar

And I still get the following unresolved dependency:

[warn] ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
[warn] :: UNRESOLVED DEPENDENCIES ::
[warn] ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
[warn] :: org.scala-tools.sbt#scripted-plugin_2.9.1;0.11.3: not found
[warn] ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

Thoughts?

Thanks, Jason.

Answer 1

By now, sbt-0.11.3-build-0100 is available (http://apt.typesafe.com/pool/pool/main/s/sbt/), so you should be able to simply upgrade to solve your problem. If that doesn't work or if you're curious about the original problem, here's my diagnosis.

As you tried to do, you do need to use a new launcher for SBT 0.11.3 to use the new group ID, org.scala-sbt. Your second error message still shows a failure which refers to org.scala-tools.sbt - that's bad, and suggests you're in fact still using the old launcher.

Could you make sure that when you're launching sbt, you're launching the script you created and not the one from the Debian package? Please try using the full path for launching sbt, for instance ~/bin/sbt.

If that helps, you should fix the PATH so that ~/bin (or wherever you installed your script) comes before the directory where the system SBT is installed, which (I would say, but it's a matter of opinion) is generally useful.

Answer 2

I thought I'd update this with how I got around it, if I explicitly set the version of sbt to 0.11.2 in my project/build.properties file, i.e., sbt.version=0.11.2.

Detected sbt version 0.11.2
Cannot find sbt launcher 0.11.2
Please download: 
  From  http://typesafe.artifactoryonline.com/typesafe/ivy-releases/org.scala-tools.sbt/sbt-launch/0.11.2/sbt-launch.jar
     To  /home/<username>/.sbt/.lib/0.11.2/sbt-launch.jar

I then installed the required files and I was able to continue compiling like I was used to.

While it isn't a direct solution it does let me continue with work.

Answer 3

I've installed latest SBT on Ubuntu successfully, but indirectly, by installing Typesafe Stack.