Basic Scala program gives error on JetBrains/Idea/intelliJ - scala

Question

I'm running scala 2.8.0 SDK & Scala Plugin 1.5.2 (latest version) on IntelliJ 14.1.4 (also latest) with java-7-openjdk
object HelloWorld {
def main(args: Array[String]) {
println("Hello, world!")
}
}
This is the error I'm receiving
Is there any settings i might have to change to get this to run?
The program runs as a Scala Script on Idea IntelliJ
I must use scala 2.8.0 only not a later version, i'd be happy to change anything else
`Information:24/7/15 12:01 PM - Compilation completed with 1 error and 7 warnings in 30s 907ms
Error:scalac: Error: org.jetbrains.jps.incremental.scala.remote.ServerException
Error compiling sbt component 'compiler-interface-2.8.0.final-51.0'
at sbt.compiler.AnalyzingCompiler$$anonfun$compileSources$1$$anonfun$apply$2.apply(AnalyzingCompiler.scala:145)
at sbt.compiler.AnalyzingCompiler$$anonfun$compileSources$1$$anonfun$apply$2.apply(AnalyzingCompiler.scala:142)
at sbt.IO$.withTemporaryDirectory(IO.scala:285)
at sbt.compiler.AnalyzingCompiler$$anonfun$compileSources$1.apply(AnalyzingCompiler.scala:142)
at sbt.compiler.AnalyzingCompiler$$anonfun$compileSources$1.apply(AnalyzingCompiler.scala:139)
at sbt.IO$.withTemporaryDirectory(IO.scala:285)
at sbt.compiler.AnalyzingCompiler$.compileSources(AnalyzingCompiler.scala:139)
at sbt.compiler.IC$.compileInterfaceJar(IncrementalCompiler.scala:33)
at org.jetbrains.jps.incremental.scala.local.CompilerFactoryImpl$.org$jetbrains$jps$incremental$scala$local$CompilerFactoryImpl$$getOrCompileInterfaceJar(CompilerFactoryImpl.scala:87)
at org.jetbrains.jps.incremental.scala.local.CompilerFactoryImpl$$anonfun$getScalac$1.apply(CompilerFactoryImpl.scala:44)
at org.jetbrains.jps.incremental.scala.local.CompilerFactoryImpl$$anonfun$getScalac$1.apply(CompilerFactoryImpl.scala:43)
at scala.Option.map(Option.scala:145)
at org.jetbrains.jps.incremental.scala.local.CompilerFactoryImpl.getScalac(CompilerFactoryImpl.scala:43)
at org.jetbrains.jps.incremental.scala.local.CompilerFactoryImpl.createCompiler(CompilerFactoryImpl.scala:22)
at org.jetbrains.jps.incremental.scala.local.CachingFactory$$anonfun$createCompiler$1.apply(CachingFactory.scala:24)
at org.jetbrains.jps.incremental.scala.local.CachingFactory$$anonfun$createCompiler$1.apply(CachingFactory.scala:24)
at org.jetbrains.jps.incremental.scala.local.Cache$$anonfun$getOrUpdate$2.apply(Cache.scala:20)
at scala.Option.getOrElse(Option.scala:120)
at org.jetbrains.jps.incremental.scala.local.Cache.getOrUpdate(Cache.scala:19)
at org.jetbrains.jps.incremental.scala.local.CachingFactory.createCompiler(CachingFactory.scala:23)
at org.jetbrains.jps.incremental.scala.local.LocalServer.compile(LocalServer.scala:22)
at org.jetbrains.jps.incremental.scala.remote.Main$.make(Main.scala:62)
at org.jetbrains.jps.incremental.scala.remote.Main$.nailMain(Main.scala:20)
at org.jetbrains.jps.incremental.scala.remote.Main.nailMain(Main.scala)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
at com.martiansoftware.nailgun.NGSession.run(NGSession.java:319)
Warning:scalac: /tmp/sbt_3f4b2dad/compiler-interface-sources/CompilerInterface.scala:161: error: object creation impossible, since method registerTopLevelSym in trait GlobalCompat of type (sym: this.Symbol)Unit is not defined
Warning:scalac: new Compiler() with RangePositions // unnecessary in 2.11
Warning:scalac: ^
Warning:scalac: /tmp/sbt_3f4b2dad/compiler-interface-sources/CompilerInterface.scala:165: error: class Compiler needs to be abstract, since method registerTopLevelSym in trait GlobalCompat of type (sym: Compiler.this.Symbol)Unit is not defined
Warning:scalac: class Compiler extends CallbackGlobal(command.settings, dreporter, output)
Warning:scalac: ^
Warning:scalac: two errors found

Answer 1

Try with scala 2.11.7 or 2.10.5
http://www.scala-lang.org/download/

Answer 2

Out of curiosity, have you tried to use a different JDK?
Maybe JDK6 Hotspot or even JDK7 Hotspot?
I ask because I have seen errors similar to Error compiling sbt component 'compiler-interface-2.8.0.final-51.0' in the past, and they were usually related to incompatibilities with a library and a JDK version.
I cannot test right now, but I will give a look later and try to reproduce if it is still an issue.

Answer 3

For future travellers also setting up Scala for the first time:
I had similar issues and found changing the "Project Interpreter" to the correct JDK (OpenJDK 11 instead of my previous JDK 8) worked.
See e.g.
https://stackoverflow.com/a/29286865/10447904
Many other SO answers that I stumbled across focused on setting the correct JDK using Settings -> Build -> Scala Compiler Server or on the configuration files, but neither of these worked for me.