sbt scala-cli cs installed by coursier does not work on windows

[harry-xi]

When I try to run the above command, it says

This version of C:\Users\HarryXi\AppData\Local\Coursier\data\bin\.sbt.aux.exe is not compatible with the version of Windows you are running. Please check your computer's system information and then contact the software publisher.

[tgodzik]

Might be that the version of windows is too old? What version are you using?

[harry-xi]

Might be that the version of windows is too old? What version are you using?

I'm using Windows 11 23H2 (22613.3296)

I apologize for forgetting to provide this information in the first place

[tgodzik]

According to https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/this-verison-of-this-file-is-not-compatible-with/0c6a4c8e-1416-47a5-b6b4-6d10a82942da it might mean that you have 32bit system and the apps are create for 64 or the other way around. I think the native apps are released for 64 bit systems

[harry-xi]

According to https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/this-verison-of-this-file-is-not-compatible-with/0c6a4c8e-1416-47a5-b6b4-6d10a82942da it might mean that you have 32bit system and the apps are create for 64 or the other way around. I think the native apps are released for 64 bit systems

You should know that win11 doesn't have a 32 bit version

[tgodzik]

Hmm... Ok then a pity the error doesn't give us more information. You could try installing Scala CLI via winget, we can confirm whether the error is coursier specific.

https://scala-cli.virtuslab.org/install <- there should be some minimal instruction there

[harry-xi]

It's working fine.
In fact the binary version cs downloaded from coursier's release and the sbt binary downloaded from the official sbt repository's release both work fine!
The problem only occurs with the version installed by coursier.

[tgodzik]

Not sure them 🤔 does anyone else have this problem? If it's more widespread we might need to take a closer look soon.

[eed3si9n]

This version of C:\Users\HarryXi\AppData\Local\Coursier\data\bin.sbt.aux.exe ...

So when Coursier says it's installing sbt, is it still installing some shim of sbt instead of the genuine sbt?

[harry-xi]

So when Coursier says it's installing sbt, is it still installing some shim of sbt instead of the genuine sbt?

Honestly, I didn't understand your statement very well.
I was just installing scala and its tools using a binary version of coursier on a computer that didn't have scala (and any of its associated tools) installed.
During this process, I didn't notice any different log output when installing sbt than when installing other tools.

[eed3si9n]

Yea, sorry about that. That was more of an observation (I'm a maintainer of sbt) that Coursier does that. bin.sbt.aux.exe isn't something that we (sbt project) ship.