Can't import the maven project in IntelliJ Idea 2016.1.1

Question

I am trying to import a project in IntelliJ Idea 2016.1.1 using: File->Project from existing sources->choose the required pom.xml

It comes to this dialog bo

Answer 1

I ran into this and at first it seemed due to the use of a tilde ~ in the file path of the root of the project. It also seemed to go "flaky" if you try to use a ~.

More investigation lead to: /home/user/.IdeaIC15/system/log (might be a bit different for other systems)

Do

tail -100f idea.log

in a terminal in that directory and see what you get when you click "next"

Mine was missing / corrupt java7 instance

All this is pertaining to Linux only.