Geospatial Extension not available for KNIME 5.8?

Christian_Essen · October 23, 2025, 10:09am

Apparently, the Geospatial Extension isn’t available for KNIME 5.8 — at least I’m getting an error message when I try to install it, see below.
Does anyone have an idea what might be going on?
Thanks in advance!

Cannot complete the install because one or more required items could not be found.

Software being installed: Geospatial Analytics Extension for KNIME 2.0.0.202509082117 (sdl.harvard.features.geospatial.feature.group 2.0.0.202509082117)

Missing requirement: Geospatial Analytics Extension for KNIME 2.0.0.202509082117 (sdl.harvard.features.geospatial.feature.group 2.0.0.202509082117) requires ‘org.eclipse.equinox.p2.iu; org.knime.features.python3.nodes.feature.group 5.5.0’ but it could not be found

rfeigel · October 24, 2025, 3:18am

How did you install KAP 5.8.0 - updating from 5.7.0 or from a fresh zip file install? I did the latter and had no problem installing the Geospatial extension.

ActionAndi · October 24, 2025, 6:10am

I just updated from 5.7.0 to 5.8.0 (on Windows 10) and can confirm Christians error report.

Christian_Essen · October 24, 2025, 6:47am

I upgraded from a previous version, so I’ll give it a try using a ZIP file installation. Thank you!
(In the meantime, I did this for the LTS version due to additional issues with the PostgreSQL driver.)

wiswedel · October 24, 2025, 10:51am

I tried to reproduce the problem above but for me it works with no issues. Could someone share more details? (e.g. the .log located in the KNIME <workspace>/.metadata folder).

I also tried installing it into 5.7 but it required me to upgrade to 5.8 first, which is expected.

– Bernd

ActionAndi · October 24, 2025, 12:28pm

!ENTRY org.eclipse.equinox.p2.core 4 0 2025-10-24 14:27:09.194
!MESSAGE Exception during event notification
!STACK 0
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Location must be absolute: ..
	at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.repository.helpers.AbstractRepositoryManager.checkValidLocation(AbstractRepositoryManager.java:772)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.repository.helpers.AbstractRepositoryManager.contains(AbstractRepositoryManager.java:265)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.repository.helpers.AbstractRepositoryManager.addRepository(AbstractRepositoryManager.java:167)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.repository.helpers.AbstractRepositoryManager.notify(AbstractRepositoryManager.java:841)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.core.ProvisioningEventBus.dispatchEvent(ProvisioningEventBus.java:103)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.core.ProvisioningEventBus.dispatchEvent(ProvisioningEventBus.java:1)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.EventManager.dispatchEvent(EventManager.java:230)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.EventManager$EventThread.run(EventManager.java:341)

!ENTRY org.eclipse.equinox.p2.core 4 0 2025-10-24 14:27:09.195
!MESSAGE Exception during event notification
!STACK 0
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Location must be absolute: ..
	at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.repository.helpers.AbstractRepositoryManager.checkValidLocation(AbstractRepositoryManager.java:772)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.repository.helpers.AbstractRepositoryManager.contains(AbstractRepositoryManager.java:265)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.repository.helpers.AbstractRepositoryManager.addRepository(AbstractRepositoryManager.java:167)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.repository.helpers.AbstractRepositoryManager.notify(AbstractRepositoryManager.java:841)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.core.ProvisioningEventBus.dispatchEvent(ProvisioningEventBus.java:103)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.core.ProvisioningEventBus.dispatchEvent(ProvisioningEventBus.java:1)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.EventManager.dispatchEvent(EventManager.java:230)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.EventManager$EventThread.run(EventManager.java:341)

wiswedel · October 24, 2025, 12:40pm

Thanks. But that’s not that problem. Maybe when you expand this error message in the error UI?(There is a button on the right – maybe just expand the window to full size.)

ActionAndi · October 24, 2025, 2:13pm

Okay. Here’s error message from the UI:

Cannot complete the install because of a conflicting dependency.
  Software being installed: Geospatial Analytics Extension for KNIME 2.0.0.202509082117 (sdl.harvard.features.geospatial.feature.group 2.0.0.202509082117)
  Software currently installed: KNIME Python Integration 5.7.0.v202508290826 (org.knime.features.python3.scripting.feature.group 5.7.0.v202508290826)
  Only one of the following can be installed at once: 
    KNIME Python 3 5.8.0.v202510031553 (org.knime.python3 5.8.0.v202510031553)
    KNIME Python 3 5.6.0.v202507221513 (org.knime.python3 5.6.0.v202507221513)
  Cannot satisfy dependency:
    From: KNIME Python Extension Development (Labs) 5.8.0.v202510031553 (org.knime.features.python3.nodes.feature.group 5.8.0.v202510031553)
    To: org.eclipse.equinox.p2.iu; org.knime.python3 [5.8.0.v202510031553,5.8.0.v202510031553]
  Cannot satisfy dependency:
    From: KNIME Python Integration 5.7.0.v202508290826 (org.knime.features.python3.scripting.feature.group 5.7.0.v202508290826)
    To: org.eclipse.equinox.p2.iu; org.knime.python3 [5.6.0.v202507221513,5.6.0.v202507221513]
  Cannot satisfy dependency:
    From: Geospatial Analytics Extension for KNIME 2.0.0.202509082117 (sdl.harvard.features.geospatial.feature.group 2.0.0.202509082117)
    To: org.eclipse.equinox.p2.iu; org.knime.features.python3.nodes.feature.group 5.5.0

And here are all log entries. I added this “BEFORE OPENING THE WORKFLOW” manually to the log file:

BEFORE OPENING THE WORKFLOW

!ENTRY org.eclipse.jface 2 0 2025-10-24 16:10:22.154
!MESSAGE Keybinding conflicts occurred.  They may interfere with normal accelerator operation.
!SUBENTRY 1 org.eclipse.jface 2 0 2025-10-24 16:10:22.154
!MESSAGE A conflict occurred for CTRL++:
Binding(CTRL++,
	ParameterizedCommand(Command(org.eclipse.gef.zoom_in,Zoom In,
		Zoom In,
		Category(org.eclipse.gef.category.view,View,View,true),
		WorkbenchHandlerServiceHandler("org.eclipse.gef.zoom_in"),
		,,true),null),
	org.eclipse.ui.defaultAcceleratorConfiguration,
	org.eclipse.ui.contexts.window,de,,system)
Binding(CTRL++,
	ParameterizedCommand(Command(org.eclipse.gef.zoom_in,Zoom In,
		Zoom In,
		Category(org.eclipse.gef.category.view,View,View,true),
		WorkbenchHandlerServiceHandler("org.eclipse.gef.zoom_in"),
		,,true),null),
	org.eclipse.ui.defaultAcceleratorConfiguration,
	org.eclipse.ui.contexts.window,,,system)

!ENTRY org.eclipse.ui 4 4 2025-10-24 16:11:43.784
!MESSAGE Unable to create part
!STACK 1
org.eclipse.ui.PartInitException: Editor initialization failed: org.knime.workbench.editor.WorkflowEditor. Site is incorrect.
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EditorReference.initialize(EditorReference.java:364)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.e4.compatibility.CompatibilityPart.create(CompatibilityPart.java:344)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.MethodRequestor.execute(MethodRequestor.java:58)
	at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.processAnnotated(InjectorImpl.java:976)
	at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.processAnnotated(InjectorImpl.java:938)
	at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.internalInject(InjectorImpl.java:138)
	at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.internalMake(InjectorImpl.java:385)
	at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.make(InjectorImpl.java:311)
	at org.eclipse.e4.core.contexts.ContextInjectionFactory.make(ContextInjectionFactory.java:203)
	at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.ReflectionContributionFactory.createFromBundle(ReflectionContributionFactory.java:90)
	at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.ReflectionContributionFactory.doCreate(ReflectionContributionFactory.java:59)
	at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.ReflectionContributionFactory.create(ReflectionContributionFactory.java:42)
	at org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench.renderers.swt.ContributedPartRenderer.createWidget(ContributedPartRenderer.java:132)
	at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.createWidget(PartRenderingEngine.java:991)
	at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.safeCreateGui(PartRenderingEngine.java:658)
	at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.safeCreateGui(PartRenderingEngine.java:762)
	at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine$2.run(PartRenderingEngine.java:727)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:47)
	at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.createGui(PartRenderingEngine.java:711)
	at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.PartServiceImpl.lambda$0(PartServiceImpl.java:105)
	at org.eclipse.e4.ui.services.internal.events.UIEventHandler.lambda$0(UIEventHandler.java:38)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Synchronizer.syncExec(Synchronizer.java:183)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.UISynchronizer.syncExec(UISynchronizer.java:133)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.syncExec(Display.java:4803)
	at org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench.swt.DisplayUISynchronize.syncExec(DisplayUISynchronize.java:34)
	at org.eclipse.e4.ui.services.internal.events.UIEventHandler.handleEvent(UIEventHandler.java:38)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.event.EventHandlerWrapper.handleEvent(EventHandlerWrapper.java:206)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.event.EventHandlerTracker.dispatchEvent(EventHandlerTracker.java:201)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.event.EventHandlerTracker.dispatchEvent(EventHandlerTracker.java:1)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.EventManager.dispatchEvent(EventManager.java:230)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.ListenerQueue.dispatchEventSynchronous(ListenerQueue.java:151)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.event.EventAdminImpl.dispatchEvent(EventAdminImpl.java:131)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.event.EventAdminImpl.sendEvent(EventAdminImpl.java:73)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.event.EventComponent.sendEvent(EventComponent.java:44)
	at org.eclipse.e4.ui.services.internal.events.EventBroker.send(EventBroker.java:55)
	at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.UIEventPublisher.notifyChanged(UIEventPublisher.java:60)
	at org.eclipse.emf.common.notify.impl.BasicNotifierImpl.eNotify(BasicNotifierImpl.java:424)
	at org.eclipse.e4.ui.model.application.ui.impl.ElementContainerImpl.setSelectedElementGen(ElementContainerImpl.java:168)
	at org.eclipse.e4.ui.model.application.ui.impl.ElementContainerImpl.setSelectedElement(ElementContainerImpl.java:187)
	at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.PartServiceImpl.hidePart(PartServiceImpl.java:1391)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.hidePart(WorkbenchPage.java:1540)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.closeEditor(WorkbenchPage.java:1480)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$12.run(Workbench.java:1178)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:47)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.persist(Workbench.java:1161)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.busyClose(Workbench.java:1102)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.lambda$4(Workbench.java:1409)
	at org.eclipse.swt.custom.BusyIndicator.showWhile(BusyIndicator.java:67)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.close(Workbench.java:1409)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.close(Workbench.java:1385)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchWindow.busyClose(WorkbenchWindow.java:1714)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchWindow.lambda$5(WorkbenchWindow.java:1741)
	at org.eclipse.swt.custom.BusyIndicator.showWhile(BusyIndicator.java:67)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchWindow.close(WorkbenchWindow.java:1741)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchWindow.close(WorkbenchWindow.java:1750)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchWindow.lambda$2(WorkbenchWindow.java:505)
	at org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench.renderers.swt.WBWRenderer.lambda$4(WBWRenderer.java:572)
	at org.eclipse.swt.events.ShellListener$2.shellClosed(ShellListener.java:102)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TypedListener.handleEvent(TypedListener.java:102)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:89)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.sendEvent(Display.java:4274)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1066)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1090)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1075)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Decorations.closeWidget(Decorations.java:269)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Decorations.WM_CLOSE(Decorations.java:1550)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control.windowProc(Control.java:4746)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Canvas.windowProc(Canvas.java:340)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Decorations.windowProc(Decorations.java:1478)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell.windowProc(Shell.java:2305)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.windowProc(Display.java:5039)
	at org.eclipse.swt.internal.win32.OS.DefWindowProc(Native Method)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell.callWindowProc(Shell.java:508)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control.windowProc(Control.java:4845)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Canvas.windowProc(Canvas.java:340)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Decorations.windowProc(Decorations.java:1478)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell.windowProc(Shell.java:2305)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.windowProc(Display.java:5039)
	at org.eclipse.swt.internal.win32.OS.DefWindowProc(Native Method)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell.callWindowProc(Shell.java:508)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control.windowProc(Control.java:4845)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Canvas.windowProc(Canvas.java:340)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Decorations.windowProc(Decorations.java:1478)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell.windowProc(Shell.java:2305)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.windowProc(Display.java:5039)
	at org.eclipse.swt.internal.win32.OS.DispatchMessage(Native Method)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3658)
	at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine$5.run(PartRenderingEngine.java:1151)
	at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:339)
	at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.run(PartRenderingEngine.java:1042)
	at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.E4Workbench.createAndRunUI(E4Workbench.java:152)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.lambda$3(Workbench.java:639)
	at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:339)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:546)
	at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:173)
	at org.knime.product.rcp.KNIMEApplication.start(KNIMEApplication.java:213)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:208)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:143)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:109)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:439)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:271)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:651)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:588)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1459)
!SUBENTRY 1 org.eclipse.ui 4 0 2025-10-24 16:11:43.785
!MESSAGE Editor initialization failed: org.knime.workbench.editor.WorkflowEditor. Site is incorrect.

wiswedel · October 24, 2025, 2:19pm

Thank you, this is helpful … sort of.

It indicates that the KNIME installation was only partially updated from 5.5.0. As I mentioned above, I also tested this with 5.7.0 and installed in the Geospatial extension. It showed an error with the option to resolve it. That resolution took about 1min and then offered me to update my installation to 5.8, which is when it could also install the Geospatial extension. This is what I would have expected to also happen with your (any) installation.

I am unable to explain why it was not offered to you. The “manual” resolution would be: “Menu” → “Check for Updates” → (this will update to the recent version) → “Install Extension”.

ActionAndi · October 24, 2025, 5:14pm

Yep strange behaviour.
But another “check for Updates” helped. Thanks!

system · October 31, 2025, 5:14pm

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