`mrt add` throws unknown error when installing Atmosphere packages with Vagrant on Windows

Question

Using Vagrant ssh on Windows 7, mrt add scss (as an example) displays the following in the console:

vagrant@vagrant:/vagrant/MyMeteorApp$ mrt add scss
scss
    tag: https://github.com/fourseven/meteor-scss.git#v0.5.1.1

fs.js:730
  return binding.symlink(preprocessSymlinkDestination(destination, type),
                 ^
Error: UNKNOWN, unknown error '/vagrant/MyMeteorApp/packages/scss'
    at Object.fs.symlinkSync (fs.js:730:18)
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/meteorite/lib/dependencies/package.js:129:10
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/meteorite/lib/sources/git.js:75:15
    at ProxyWriter.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/meteorite/lib.souces/git.js:138:5)
    at DirWriter.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:92:17)
    at end (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/meteorite/node_modules/fstream/lib/writer.js:323:12)
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/meteorite/node_modules/fstream/lib/writer.js:313:32
    at endUtimes (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/meteorite/node_modules/fstream/lib/writer.js:239:48
    at setProps (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/meteorite/node_modules/fstream/lib/writer.js:296:5)

The same error is displayed when attempting to install any Atmosphere package the first time. The command does update "packages" in smart.json:

"packages": {
  "scss": {}
}

Whenever mrt is run again, the console displays smart.json changed.. installing from smart.json and hangs.
I did find the package at /home/vagrant/.meteorite/packages/scss but it is nowhere else.

My environment was set up using the Vagrant Chef provisioning. Node is version 0.10.10. The OS is Ubuntu. I have tried reinstalling meteorite using the -H command.

Any help is appreciated, I've been trying to get this to work for two days now.

Plumy

What version of meteorite are you using ? – Warthog

The meteorite version is 0.6.0 – Plumy

I think that's the problem. Meteorite 0.6.0 uses symlinks but Windows can't handle it. Try copying the sass folder into packages instead of making them symlinks – Warthog

Worked for scss. For some other packages I had to copy using cp -rL. Thanks. – Plumy

Would you mind to vote as correct answer so other people can see it ? – Warthog

For anyone else confused, the mrt add command fails after it's already been downloaded. You can install your package manually by running something like vagrant@precise32:/vagrant/meteorapp$ cp -rL /home/vagrant/.meteorite/packages/bootstrap3-less/eprochasson/bootstrap3-less/f9d14d5d9325437997db0b407399a1cab710d83e/ packages/bootstrap3-less/ – Zephyr

Answer 1

I think that's the problem. Meteorite 0.6.0 uses symlinks but Windows can't handle it. Try copying the sass folder into packages instead of making them symlinks. Some packages you will need to copy with cp -rL

Warthog