Say I'm importing new project and it's taking way too long in my opinion. Background task is stuck for example at "Gradle: build".
How can I debug (verify), if it's doing anything? Is there a way to see any specific output?
There is already an open feature request for that, please feel free to vote:
IDEA-157505 View Gradle output when importing project
Open a terminal in IntelliJ IDEA: View -> Tool Windows -> Terminal
For macOS run:
tail -f /Users/orto/Library/Logs/JetBrains/IntelliJIdea2020.3/idea.log
with the correct path corresponding to your IntelliJ version. For Linux and Windows, same principle, see Advanced configuration - Logs directory
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I'm relatively new to IntelliJ. I'm using IntelliJ IDEA 2019.2.4.
When I try to do an Import From Existing Source - I get the following error:
Could not create parent directory for lock file C:\Program Files\JetBrains\IntelliJ IDEA 2019.2.4\jbr\bin\proxy\wrapper\dists\gradle-5.3-all\b2xqo51qjs5t4spu8wb5tlf15\gradle-5.3-all.zip.lck
That's new - I didn't used to get that.
Any suggestions?
Thanks much
This issue has been discussed by another already (in Android Studio) but I will quickly summarize the issue as it should be quite similar using IntelliJ. Thanks to Mike Hill this will remedy your problem. Here is his answer Could not create parent directory for lock file
The issue you discussed appears to have been caused by using the "Use gradle 'wrapper' task configuration" option in IntelliJ..this option causes IntelliJ to override the Gradle wrapper task (which is sort of expected).
The solution that Mike Hill suggests is to select "Use default gradle wrapper (recommended)" instead. Seems that this caused a conflict with the customized GRADLE_USER_HOME environment variable in IntelliJ for the directory where the final wrapper files actually get stored.
He then provides an absolute path example which may be what is throwing the error for you as well.
Gradle was trying (and failing) to create C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\gradle\tools\gradle-4.5.1\wrapper\dists\gradle-4.5.1-all\87kuriyahurjjkki3zii366f2\gradle-4.5.1-all.zip.lck when run through IntelliJ, although his system uses the file C:\work.gradle\wrapper\dists\gradle-4.5.1-all\87kuriyahurjjkki3zii366f2\gradle-4.5.1-all.zip.lck when working correctly.
Switching and then running the Gradle refresh through IntelliJ seems to have fixed it for Mike. It also succeeds when switching back to "Use gradle 'wrapper' task configuration", now. Hopefully this helps you out Tim!
I did hours of research and I discovered that the localhost:8080 on my program had never fully detached last time I stopped running the program. The program refused to start because really it never stopped from last time. Detach you localhost. If you don't know how just restart the computer--it will detach everything
Encountered on Mac.
Seems like a bug in IntelliJ IDEA.
Changing Gradle user home from ~/.gradle
to an absolute path /Users/username/.gradle has actually helped
I have a Go program which I'm working on in IntelliJ IDEA on a Windows machine. The program's structure is a little unconventional (don't want to go into detail here as its besides the point) because of which I first have to compile the program using the following command:
go build -o cli.exe
And then I can run cli.exe directly in the command prompt.
But how do I configure the run configuration in IntelliJ IDEA so that it doesn't mind running a Windows executable ? Because if I try to tell it to run an EXE file as it's run configuration, it gives me error "Main file is invalid"
How do I solve this ?
Make sure you have a file name (not a folder name) in field File on Run/Debug Configuration window (In IntelliJ IDEA go to menu Run->Edit Configuration...->your_configuration). That was my case.
You may be able to install the Bash plugin on Windows, then create a run configuration using the Bash plugin, and just run your executable from a script.
Create a Go Application run configuration and that should work. You can choose to run either a file or a package. If you would share more details then the answer would be more complete. If you still have an issue with this, please open an issue to the bug tracker and I'll be able to help out (please follow the issue template there).
Background:
I've been using Eclipse for a while and am trying out Intellij now.
I checked out my project from Git (via Intellij) and recognized it as a gradle project. Its created the WAR(& the exploded WAR) all of which are fine.
Question:
When I was using Eclipse, I used the command:
gradlew -Penv=Development :my_webapp:assemble
This used to do a few things including creating a environment.properties file that my dev specific env could use (for selecting database instances etc) based off of -Penv=Development...I'd like the Intellij gradle build to do the same... What's a way to configure Intellij's gradle process to do these custom things or provide same features as provided by this specific command line tool (Note - the code for this is already written in build.gradle file)...
I looked at some of Intellij's docs, but could not find an answer to this.
EDIT:
I've found the solution, for anyone interested - read on...
Seeking guidance from #Stanislav, I was able to add the property as follows:
In your server's run configuration (Run/Debug Configuration -->Your server's config(Jetty etc), there is a section called Before launch, which should have Make/Build Gradle already included
Hit the + sign -->Run Gradle Task --> Select your gradle project (i.e. the web app) --> Select the task (most likely loadEnvironmentConfiguration) --> set the script parameters such as -Penv=Development, hit OK
Move this to before the Build Gradle function (by using the up arrow - to the right of + sign you hit in step 2)
It seems, that you need to create your specific run or debug configuration. You can read about it in official IntelliJ Idea help. All you need, is to modify your configuration for the task you need, by providing the argument -Penv=Development, since it is running with gradle.
You may also need to define Gradle instance, which will be used via settings, if the defaul wrapper wont work for you. You can find almost all you need in the the official help.
I made changes to Intellij Community Edition (ce). I can compile and run those changes from within the IntelliJ editor. That launches a second instance of IntelliJ ce which is running from classes containing my changes. What I want to do is just run those changes without having to first load the source, compile and run from within IntelliJ.
Netbeans made this easy by just producing an executable as a result of the build. With Intellij, it's not at all clear what has to be done. I have tried the following-
using the Run configuration Intellij itself uses to run the altered classes- this includes setting the working directory , main class, vm options and classpath. Actually, this doesn't work for reasons unknown to me.
on someone's suggestion, running dist.gant in build. This blows up with very many errors which are not helpful (no class def found errors which indicate some confusion on Intellij's part on classpaths somewhere)
Running WinLauncher.exe under bin gives the error message that it can't find VM options file (although it's in bin, (and also for good measure under bin/win with the other files which are co-located with vmoptions in the intellij directory structure for Intellij proper. )
ALl this is just harder than it should be. The solution is to provide an executable as a result of the build and place it in a predictable location.
Has anyone ever actually DONE what I am trying to do- make changes to the community source then use the resultant editor not as a project you're working with in IntelliJ but as the Intellij editor you're working through?
FOLLOW UP
User60561 had the correct answer. Just to mop up the details, in artifacts, there is a compressed file (win.zip for Windows, mac.zip for Mac etc.). In order to run your snapshot, you have to unzip this archive (after which it will have the same name, minus the zip extension) then go into folder "bin". There you'll see two executables: idea.exe and idea64.exe, for 32 and 64 bit versions, respectively. Clicking on these runs your snapshot.
Adjusting contents of the files idea.exe.vmoptions and idea64.exe.vmoptions lets you set the VM parameters to suit yourself, typically people might want to give the VM more memory through the -Xmx value.
It seems straightforward:
To build the distribution archive of IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition, execute build.xml Ant build script in the root directory of the source code. The results of the build execution can be found at out/artifacts.
https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-community#building
So download ant, and run ant in the directory that you have it stored in. Make sure to use the commandline to launch ant in order to make sure everything is working correctly.
Initially execute getPlugins.bat/sh, then:
Use update.bat/sh according to it's instructions
Or
Click on: Main Menu | Build | IntelliJ IDEA CE build
Copy content of intellij-community\out\deploy (lib, plugins folder) into existing IJ installation (sometimes it is better to delete existing folders if they contain older dependencies or when the installation was of Ultimate version)
I am attempting to use an external diff tool (Beyond Compare) to compare folders in Intellij IDEA 13 (EAP Build #IU-133.471).
Settings
My Intellij IDEA settings are as follows:
Documentation
Relevant documentation for BC : here and here
Intellij IDEA's doc on the subject : here
Herein Lies the Rub
And here is what happens when I select two directories and press Ctrl + D (the shortcut to Compare Directories) :
The same works fine when comparing files:
I have attempted using the current stable version of both Beyond Compare (v3.0) as well as Intellij to no avail. I have had no joy after appending the parameters %1 %2 etc. to the Path to Executable either.
Can you think of what I might be missing ? Have you used an external diff tool to compare folders in Intellij IDEA ?
Am planning to ask this question in the Intellij forums and/or raise a Support Ticket with them after waiting to hear back from the SO community.
Thanks!
Update
Question now present in the Intellij IDEA forums too : http://devnet.jetbrains.com/message/5506980
This seems to be a bug in Intellij.
See this.
Update (9-Nov-2015)
I am using Intellij Idea v 14.1.5 and can confirm that this bug has been fixed.
I really like the IntelliJ plugin "Compare Directories" I have used it since IntelliJ 13.
Here's the plugin's home page: http://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/?idea&id=113
Once installed, the tool can be used by right clicking a directory or package and then setting the directory structure to compare against. This tool includes directory and file level comparisons.