Unable to configure Perl5 SDK in Intellij on Mac OSX for plugin version 2016.3.1_7

[bbmielke]

Unable to configure Perl5 SDK in Intellij on Mac OSX for plugin version 2016.3.1_7

Steps to produce the issue are:

1. Click on 'Perl5 SDK is not configured' --- 'Configure'
2. Select SDKs
3. Hit the + sign
4. Select Perl5 Interpreter
5. Pick perl from OS -- /usr/local/perl/perls/perl-5.22.2/bin/perl
6. Nothing seemed to happen and I do not see the sdk added into the intellij window.
7. I also tested with something invalid and got a proper message indicating that there was a problem. (I pointed to /usr/local/perl).

Plugin Version: 2016.3.1_7
I also downloaded the .zip and tested this out with 2.200 from here directly and had the same problem.

Intellij: IC-163.7743.44
JRE: 1.8.0_112-release-408-b2 x86_64
JVM: OpenJDK 64-bit Server VM by JetBrains s.r.o

Perl installed from perlbrew at:

/usr/local/perl/perls/perl-5.22.2/bin/perl

(Also tested the problem with: /usr/local/perl/perls/perl-5.10.1/bin/perl)

My computer is running Mac OSX Sierra -- 10.12.1.

Unfortunately I do not have a mac at home, because I'd try to hop in and see if I can get more information/dig into the bug a bit more for you.

[hurricup]

According to our wiki, you should choose dir with perl, not perl executable. But this should be obvious for user, you are right.
Upd: Actually, in IDEA you should be able to choose only directories and not files. So you should not be able to choose perl itself, but only bin dir

[bbmielke]

Thanks for the comment. I was able to correct my mistake. I am wondering if you can add an error message for when someone points to the perl binary. When I picked the wrong folder it gave a nice message, but when i pointed to the perl binary it was quiet.

[hurricup]

As I mentioned - you are not supposed to see perl executable at all. Probably it's an ide bug on macos. Will check.

[hurricup]

Checked with code, file chooser should suggest only directories, not files. Will check on mac ASAP

Experienced this as well.

[bbmielke]

I have spent some time on my mac to look at this issue again. When I cloned this repo and built the master the problem was gone. I tested it in a clean setup with a checkout of tag 2.200release and the problem still exists. I'd guess that any future release will clear the problem out.

[hurricup]

This is not a plugin bug. It is in IDEA or MAC ui/ui bingings. Still investigating. Have no mac, so moving slow

[bbmielke]

@hurricup as I said above the master branch on your repository works fine. There's probably a library that you depend on that fixes the problem. When you get close to cutting your next release, I'd be willing to run another test for you then, so that you can close this out, just let me know.

[hurricup]

Okay, thank you.

[xdsxc]

Just a heads up, I just experienced this issue on IDEA 2017.1.1 build IC-171.4073.35, plugin version 2017.1.1

[hurricup]

Thank you. You may watch status of this bug here: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/IDEA-165899

[justin-robinson]

This bit me as well

[nyxee]

i have the problem too. IDEA 2017.1.2, perl plugin 2017.1.1.

After I select the directory as you suggest, the IDE continues to claim that the Perl5 SDK is not configured, but, i see the Perl syntax is clearly formatted.