CODEWITHSUNDEEP
intellij-idea
Shawn Vader
Shawn Vader

Reputation: 12385

IntelliJ bad plugin how to start

Hi I have just started using IntelliJ again and have version 9. I just installed the Mercurial plugin and now the ide won't start anymore. Has an error of

Fatal error initializing class com.intellij.openapi.actionSystem.ActionManager:
java.lang.VerifyError: class com.dcx.hg.MercurialVcs overrides final method getName.()Ljava/lang/String;

I now know that I should be using the plugin hg4idea

Is there a way I can remove this plugin so I can start the ide, I am sure there must be..

Thanks in advance.

Upvotes: 21

Views: 21398

Answers (7)

Anthony
Anthony

Reputation: 1333

For IntelliJ IDEA 2022 Community Edition the directory seems to be

c:\Users\<username>\AppData\Roaming\JetBrains\IdealC2022.2\plugins\

Upvotes: 0

dungvo
dungvo

Reputation: 399

Just delete the plugin. In my MacOS, the path to the plugins folder is:

/Users/<username>/Library/Application Support/JetBrains/<your version>/plugins

Upvotes: 1

duffymo
duffymo

Reputation: 308998

If you look in the directory where you installed IntelliJ, you'll see a /plugins directory. Perhaps if you delete the Mercurial plugin folder you'll be able to restart the UI. Worth a try. NOTE: Check here for OS/version related plugin path.

Upvotes: 8

Shawn Vader
Shawn Vader

Reputation: 12385

I am running on a Mac, the Plugin directory is located in ~/Library/Application Support/IntelliJIDEA60/ You can just delete the offending plugin. Note, depending on your edition of the IDE, the directory may be different. For example, IdeaIC2016.3

Upvotes: 19

mirelon
mirelon

Reputation: 4996

Version 15 on Ubuntu:

cd ~/.IntelliJIdea15/config/plugins
rm -r <offending_plugin>

Upvotes: 5

ccpizza
ccpizza

Reputation: 31801

Ran into the same problem with another plugin. The solution was to remove the offending plugin folder or jar from the Plugins folder - see the exact location below for your OS.

The locations of the user plugins folder for different platforms are listed at https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/entries/23358108-Directories-used-by-the-IDE-to-store-settings-caches-plugins-and-logs:

OSX

Configuration:

~/Library/Preferences/<PRODUCT><VERSION>
# e.g.:
~/Library/Preferences/IntelliJIdea14

Caches:

~/Library/Caches/<PRODUCT><VERSION>

Plugins:

~/Library/Application Support/<PRODUCT><VERSION>

Logs:

~/Library/Logs/<PRODUCT><VERSION>

Linux/Unix

~/.<PRODUCT><VERSION>

Windows

Windows Vista, 7, 8:

<SYSTEM DRIVE>\Users\<USER ACCOUNT NAME>\.<PRODUCT><VERSION>

Windows XP:

<SYSTEM DRIVE>\Documents and Settings\<USER ACCOUNT NAME>\.<PRODUCT><VERSION>

Upvotes: 9

sax
sax

Reputation: 838

Version 11 for Windows stores plugins also in c:\Users\<username>\.IntelliJIdea11\config\plugins\ so delete plugins from that location as suggested by @duffymo.

Upvotes: 12

Related Questions