SQL Developer Warning – could not install some modules

I have SQL Developer version 22.2 installed on my laptop, then I installed the latest version 23.1.1.
Both of them are working fine, and I can run both of them simultaneously without any issue.
I have also a separate installation for the Data Modeler version 23.1

I restarted my laptop (I didn’t restart it since more than one month!), then I tried to open the SQL Developer (any one of them), but I received the following errors:

Warning – could not install some modules:
oracle.ide.file – org.netbeans.InvalidException: Netigso:
D:\sqldeveloper-23.1.1\sqldeveloper\ide\extensions\oracle.ide.file.jar: Not found bundle:oracle.ide.file
oracle.ide.navigator – org.netbeans.InvalidException: Netigso:
D:\sqldeveloper-23.1.1\sqldeveloper\ide\extensions\oracle.ide.navigator.jar: Not found bundle:oracle.ide.navigator oracle.jewt_core – org.netbeans.InvalidException: Netigso:
D:\sqldeveloper-23.1.1\sqldeveloper\external\oracle.jewt-core.jar: Not found

….
Still, the Data Modeler is working fine, only SQL Developer has this issue.

Some Research:
I found the following MOS document, which says that it may be a space issue or corrupted files, and asked to re-install the SQL Developer:
SQL Developer Issue Error Warning – Could Not Install Some Modules (Doc ID 2911452.1)

But, I didn’t follow this solution.

Solution:

After some research I found the following workaround, which worked with and fixed the above issue for both versions of SQL Developer:

Open Windows Explorer and navigate to:
C:\Users\afattah\AppData\Roaming\SQL Developer\system23.1.1.345.2114\system_cache\config\Modules
or
C:\Users\afattah\AppData\Roaming\SQL Developer\system22.2.0.173.2018\system_cache\config\Modules
(depending on the version that you have), and delete the following two files:

This fixed the issue for me, and I was able to launch the SQL Developer successfully.

Note that after deleting the above files, and launching the SQL Developer successfully, a newer version from these files will be created again, and you don’t need to delete them after that.
(Looks like these files were corrupted by away or another).

Thanks
Ahmed

8 thoughts on “SQL Developer Warning – could not install some modules

  1. This worked 100%! Saved me a lot of time from other forum suggestions requiring losing all settings and connections.

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  2. This worked for me 100%, helping avoid other forum suggestions involving losing settings and connections, and/or reinstalling.

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