carora3
carora3

Reputation: 466

Error in Weka: error in opening zip file

I am trying to use Weka 3.8 and 3.9 (tried both versions in Mac and Windows) but I can't seem to install any additional packages. It always gives the error: error in opening zip file.

java.util.zip.ZipException: error in opening zip file
at java.util.zip.ZipFile.open(Native Method)
at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(ZipFile.java:219)
at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(ZipFile.java:149)
at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(ZipFile.java:163)
at weka.core.packageManagement.DefaultPackageManager.getPackageArchiveInfo(DefaultPackageManager.java:354)
at weka.core.packageManagement.DefaultPackageManager.installPackageFromArchive(DefaultPackageManager.java:501)
at weka.core.packageManagement.DefaultPackageManager.installPackageFromURL(DefaultPackageManager.java:769)
at weka.core.packageManagement.DefaultPackageManager.installPackageFromRepository(DefaultPackageManager.java:753)
at weka.core.WekaPackageManager.installPackageFromRepository(WekaPackageManager.java:1938)
at weka.gui.PackageManager$InstallTask.doInBackground(PackageManager.java:1308)
at weka.gui.PackageManager$InstallTask.doInBackground(PackageManager.java:863)
at javax.swing.SwingWorker$1.call(SwingWorker.java:295)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
at javax.swing.SwingWorker.run(SwingWorker.java:334)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2551

Answers (1)

BioSupreme
BioSupreme

Reputation: 73

I have been facing the same problem in both Windows and Mac. What worked for me was to download the packages I was interested in at https://sourceforge.net/projects/weka/files/weka-packages/ After the download, open your package manager in weka and in Unofficial select File/Url and choose the downloaded package file. After this, you just have to close and open weka again and your packages should be available. Hope this helps! V.

Upvotes: 6

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