[Grails] Cannot complete the install because of a conflicting dependency

[bdrhoa]

I've just rebuilt my Windows 7 machine. Installed STS successfully. But when I try to add the Grails and Groovy extensions, I get the following error. I am doing the installation as an Administrator. What's going on?


Problems occurred while performing installation: Operation details
Operation details
Cannot complete the install because of a conflicting dependency.
Software being installed: SpringSource Tool Suite Grails Support 2.7.1.201107091000-RELEASE (com.springsource.sts.grails.feature.group 2.7.1.201107091000-RELEASE)
Software currently installed: Shared profile 1.0.0.1312339441300 (SharedProfile_com.springsource.sts.ide 1.0.0.1312339441300)
Only one of the following can be installed at once:
Java Development Tools Core 3.7.0.xx-20110628-1600-e37 (org.eclipse.jdt.core 3.7.0.xx-20110628-1600-e37)
Java Development Tools Core 3.7.0.v_B61 (org.eclipse.jdt.core 3.7.0.v_B61)
Cannot satisfy dependency:
From: Shared profile 1.0.0.1312339441300 (SharedProfile_com.springsource.sts.ide 1.0.0.1312339441300)
To: org.eclipse.jdt.core [3.7.0.v_B61]
Cannot satisfy dependency:
From: Shared profile 1.0.0.1312339441300 (SharedProfile_com.springsource.sts.ide 1.0.0.1312339441300)
To: org.eclipse.jdt.feature.group [3.7.0.v20110520-0800-7z8gFchFMTdFYKuLqBLqRja9B15B]
Cannot satisfy dependency:
From: SpringSource Tool Suite Grails Support 2.7.1.201107091000-RELEASE (com.springsource.sts.grails.feature.group 2.7.1.201107091000-RELEASE)
To: org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.feature.feature.group 2.0.0
Cannot satisfy dependency:
From: Groovy-Eclipse Feature 2.5.1.xx-20110628-1600-e37 (org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.feature.feature.group 2.5.1.xx-20110628-1600-e37)
To: org.codehaus.groovy.jdt.patch.feature.group [2.1.3.xx-20110628-1600-e37]
Cannot satisfy dependency:
From Patch: org.codehaus.groovy.jdt.patch.feature.group 2.1.3.xx-20110628-1600-e37 Eclipse Java Development Tools 3.7.0.v20110520-0800-7z8gFchFMTdFYKuLqBLqRja9B15B (org.eclipse.jdt.feature.group 3.7.0.v20110520-0800-7z8gFchFMTdFYKuLqBLqRja9B15B)
To: org.eclipse.jdt.core [3.7.0.xx-20110628-1600-e37]

[Andrew Eisenberg]

It looks like you have a read-only install location. The STS installation must be writable by the current user otherwise the Groovy-Eclipse installation will fail.

[nwwells]

It looks like you have a read-only install location. The STS installation must be writable by the current user otherwise the Groovy-Eclipse installation will fail.

Running STS as an Administrator in Windows 7 worked for me. Don't know if this means I always need to run as an admin...

[Andrew Eisenberg]

Once the install is successful, I don't think you have to.

[bdrhoa]

It looks like you have a read-only install location. The STS installation must be writable by the current user otherwise the Groovy-Eclipse installation will fail.

Well, I looked at the properties of the STS folder and it looked like it was marked as read only. I unchecked it and told windows to apply the change to all subfolders and files. Unfortunately, it didn't help. I still get:

Problems occurred while performing installation: Operation details
Operation details
Cannot complete the install because of a conflicting dependency.
Software being installed: SpringSource Tool Suite Grails Support 2.7.1.201107091000-RELEASE (com.springsource.sts.grails.feature.group 2.7.1.201107091000-RELEASE)
Software currently installed: Shared profile 1.0.0.1312339441300 (SharedProfile_com.springsource.sts.ide 1.0.0.1312339441300)
Only one of the following can be installed at once: 
Java Development Tools Core 3.7.0.xx-20110628-1600-e37 (org.eclipse.jdt.core 3.7.0.xx-20110628-1600-e37)
Java Development Tools Core 3.7.0.v_B61 (org.eclipse.jdt.core 3.7.0.v_B61)
Cannot satisfy dependency:
From: Shared profile 1.0.0.1312339441300 (SharedProfile_com.springsource.sts.ide 1.0.0.1312339441300)
To: org.eclipse.jdt.core [3.7.0.v_B61]
Cannot satisfy dependency:
From: Shared profile 1.0.0.1312339441300 (SharedProfile_com.springsource.sts.ide 1.0.0.1312339441300)
To: org.eclipse.jdt.feature.group [3.7.0.v20110520-0800-7z8gFchFMTdFYKuLqBLqRja9B15B]
Cannot satisfy dependency:
From: SpringSource Tool Suite Grails Support 2.7.1.201107091000-RELEASE (com.springsource.sts.grails.feature.group 2.7.1.201107091000-RELEASE)
To: org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.feature.feature.group 2.0.0
Cannot satisfy dependency:
From: Groovy-Eclipse Feature 2.5.1.xx-20110628-1600-e37 (org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.feature.feature.group 2.5.1.xx-20110628-1600-e37)
To: org.codehaus.groovy.jdt.patch.feature.group [2.1.3.xx-20110628-1600-e37]
Cannot satisfy dependency:
From Patch: org.codehaus.groovy.jdt.patch.feature.group 2.1.3.xx-20110628-1600-e37 Eclipse Java Development Tools 3.7.0.v20110520-0800-7z8gFchFMTdFYKuLqBLqRja9B15B (org.eclipse.jdt.feature.group 3.7.0.v20110520-0800-7z8gFchFMTdFYKuLqBLqRja9B15B)
To: org.eclipse.jdt.core [3.7.0.xx-20110628-1600-e37]

Guess I'll try to uninstall and re-install next week.

[Andrew Eisenberg]

Did you try running as admin?

[bdrhoa]

Yes. I actually said that in my original questions, since my research pointed to the read-only issue. Thanks for the quick response.

[Andrew Eisenberg]

Another thing you can try (which I can't guarantee will work, but would be easier than reinstalling) is simply moving the entire install to a world-writable location and then trying the update manager.