Error Automatically Installing Lime - Uncaught exception - [file_contents,/haxelib.json]

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#1

I’m following the OpenFL setup guide here: http://www.openfl.org/documentation/setup/install-lime/

When I try C:>haxelib run lime setup

I get the following exception:

Called from ? line 1
Called from CommandLineTools.hx line 1300
Called from CommandLineTools.hx line 25
Called from CommandLineTools.hx line 64
Called from CommandLineTools.hx line 1026
Called from /usr/lib/haxe/std/neko/_std/sys/io/File.hx line 30
Uncaught exception - [file_contents,/haxelib.json]

I tried uninstalling and reinstalling lime but the setup just won’t work. I’m going to try it manually next.

#2

I tried the manual install instructions on the site linked in the post above however I received a similar exception:

C:\Users\Arthur Payne>haxelib run lime setup
Called from ? line 1
Called from CommandLineTools.hx line 1300
Called from CommandLineTools.hx line 25
Called from CommandLineTools.hx line 64
Called from CommandLineTools.hx line 1026
Called from /usr/lib/haxe/std/neko/_std/sys/io/File.hx line 30
Uncaught exception - [file_contents,/haxelib.json]

I forgot to mention earlier, I’m installing on Windows 7.

#3

The error seems to indicate there was a problem reading the haxelib.json file.
Could you check manualy if it exists, (in your haxe installation folder) lib/lime/2,0,0/haxelib.json?
If it exists maybe try accessing it in the console (using something like the type command) to see if you have the rights to read it.

#4

Well, this is a funny pickle.

When I do this: C:\Users\Arthur Payne>haxelib install lime

I get this: You already have lime version 2.0.0 installed

But I can’t find any of the files from Lime on my system anywhere I look. Is it possible it’s giving me a false positive on the install?

#5

Not totally impossible if the installation was only partially successful but that means there’s a least something installed.

Check the path where haxelib thinks lime is installed with haxelib path lime.

#6

I may have found the problem. It seems I still had an older verson of Haxe installed. I’ll remove it and the current version and reinstall the current version, and see if that changes things.

…

Yes! That seems to have fixed it. haxelib run lime setup is working now!

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