SBT throws java.io.FileNotFoundException: (Permission denied) on project folder

Question

I\'m wondering whether anyone has any experience with a java.io.FileNotFoundException while trying to run SBT.

When I try to get SBT running I get the e

Answer 1

The (Permission denied) error says that you're probably running the sbt command from a user that doesn't have permission for the project you're entering sbt in.

Change folder permissions with chown -R youruser:youruser /path/to/project and it should fix it.

Answer 2

The problem could be that you ran sbt as root and few directories inside target folder became root(hence permission denied issue). You can just run sudo rm -rf target/ and then sbt clean compile to regain those compiled files under your account. Worked for me.

Answer 3

Neither of answers helped me, but @Priyatham gave a great idea: i also removed project/project and project/target folders - and it worked.