Friday 19 July 2013

[Solved] sbt.ResolveException: download failed: org.slf4j#slf4j-api;1.6.6!slf4j-api.jar

So, I was working on Scala with Play Framework for some time now. I have to compile the source code provided by the client from time to time and I have faced this issue nearly everytime whenever I use a new developer machine.

When I run the "play clean", "play update", "play compile" or the "play run" command on the provided project, I get the error as sbt.ResolveException: download failed: org.slf4j#slf4j-api;1.6.6!slf4j-api.jar.

Below is a screenshot of this error message:



I tried a bunch of ways to solve this issue, but only one method seems to work.

The first thing you need to do is edit the /project/plugins.sbt file and add the latest version of sbt-plugin in the addSbtPlugin section.

Now, delete the ivy directory present at ~/.ivy2
Then, go ahead and delete the below mentioned files:

  • <path to Play Framework home directory>/.sbt.ivy.lock
  • <path to Play Framework home directory>/cache/org.slf4j
  • <path to Play Framework home directory>/local/org.slf4j
Then, run the same play command which you ran earlier.
As shown in the below screenshots, this time the command ran successfully without any sort of error.



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