sbt new RuntimeException - scala

Question

I got lost trying to start with a scala toy example, when running sbt new scala/hello-world.g8 or even sbt new, the program crashes with the following error. Any ideas what might be wrong? Thanks in advance!
(In fact, I am running sbt -java-home /usr/lib/jvm/jdk-8-oracle-x64 new since my system uses older version of jdk by defualt)
[warn] ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
[warn] :: UNRESOLVED DEPENDENCIES ::
[warn] ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
[warn] :: org.antlr#ST4;4.0.8: org.sonatype.oss#oss-parent;9!oss-parent.pom(pom.original) origin location must be absolute: file:/home/michal/.m2/repository/org/sonatype/oss/oss-parent/9/oss-parent-9.pom
[warn] :: com.googlecode.javaewah#JavaEWAH;0.7.9: org.sonatype.oss#oss-parent;5!oss-parent.pom(pom.original) origin location must be absolute: file:/home/michal/.m2/repository/org/sonatype/oss/oss-parent/5/oss-parent-5.pom
[warn] ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
[error] java.lang.RuntimeException: Retrieval of org.scala-sbt.sbt-giter8-resolver:sbt-giter8-resolver:0.1.3 failed.
[error] at scala.sys.package$.error(package.scala:27)
[error] at sbt.TemplateCommandUtil$.classpathForInfo(TemplateCommand.scala:119)
[error] at sbt.TemplateCommandUtil$.infoLoader(TemplateCommand.scala:81)
[error] at sbt.TemplateCommandUtil$.$anonfun$run$1(TemplateCommand.scala:48)
[error] at sbt.TemplateCommandUtil$.$anonfun$run$1$adapted(TemplateCommand.scala:47)
[error] at sbt.TemplateCommandUtil$$$Lambda$1762/658781536.apply(Unknown Source)
...
[error] at xsbt.boot.Boot$.runImpl(Boot.scala:41)
[error] at xsbt.boot.Boot$.main(Boot.scala:17)
[error] at xsbt.boot.Boot.main(Boot.scala)
[error] Retrieval of org.scala-sbt.sbt-giter8-resolver:sbt-giter8-resolver:0.1.3 failed.
[error] Use 'last' for the full log.

Answer 1

I had this problem too. I fixed it by blowing away my ~/.ivy2 directory

Answer 2

I had this problem too, had an out-of-date ~/.sbt/repositories file.
Either:
remove or rename ~/.sbt/repositories
add missing repositories to ~/.sbt/repositories from the current repositories list, see https://github.com/sbt/sbt/blob/v1.0.2/launch/src/main/input_resources/sbt/sbt.boot.properties
Upgrade your SBT version

Answer 3

Create a new user, to have a clean configuration, make sure that it is available for this user JDK and SBT with a "-version". I executed it and everything worked perfectly. Sometimes you have both installed or configured for your user that the programs conflict with each other.
P.S. I do not recommend using openjdk in this case.