Problem updating from 3.12 -> 3.2 - An error occurred while collecting items to be installed

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Morning

I've been having lots of issues trying to update Knime from 3.12 to 3.2 using the main menu option.

I get an error message saying "an error occurred while collecting items to be installed". The detail is below. Earlier I was also having a similar problem with timestamp 0 expected 0, although that seems to have stopped.

Does anyone know what I might be able to do to fix it / update Knime? (footnote: I've had a lot of historic issues updating Knime before, which usually resulted in an uninstall and then a new install of the fresh version).

Thanks

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Detailed error text:

"An error occurred while collecting items to be installed
session context was:(profile=KNIMEProfile, phase=org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.engine.phases.Collect, operand=, action=).
Problems downloading artifact: osgi.bundle,com.knime.explorer.serverspace,4.3.0.v201604291235.
MD5 hash is not as expected. Expected: 2361d24954c2f7169da37bf5aa47300c and found 2455afa697f0c630c9de1189304bdad1.
Problems downloading artifact: osgi.bundle,com.knime.licenses,5.4.1.v201608182058.
MD5 hash is not as expected. Expected: 3ebf1bc0ac030d1eb8dd6305892ec71a and found acdc795498497aa6beae3de6d96b9198.
Unable to read repository at http://update.knime.org/community-contributions/trusted/3.1/knid=01-66a735f079c8a916/plugins/de.mpicbg.knime.hcs.base_3.1.101.v201604271109.jar.
Premature end of Content-Length delimited message body (expected: 2836337; received: 2313492
Unable to read repository at http://update.knime.org/analytics-platform/3.2/knid=01-66a735f079c8a916/org/3.2/3.2.1/plugins/org.knime.base_3.2.1.v201608161059.jar.
Premature end of Content-Length delimited message body (expected: 20682854; received: 20159980
Unable to read repository at http://update.knime.org/analytics-platform/3.2/knid=01-66a735f079c8a916/org/3.2/3.2.1/plugins/org.knime.base.filehandling_3.2.0.v201607061823.jar.
Premature end of Content-Length delimited message body (expected: 3268579; received: 2745752
Unable to read repository at http://update.knime.org/analytics-platform/3.2/knid=01-66a735f079c8a916/org/3.2/3.2.1/plugins/org.knime.core_3.2.1.v201608190927.jar.
Premature end of Content-Length delimited message body (expected: 7133645; received: 6611023
Unable to read repository at http://update.knime.org/analytics-platform/3.2/knid=01-66a735f079c8a916/org/3.2/3.2.1/plugins/org.knime.ext.itemset_3.2.0.v201605301230.jar.
Premature end of Content-Length delimited message body (expected: 1858103; received: 1335250
Unable to read repository at http://update.knime.org/analytics-platform/3.2/knid=01-66a735f079c8a916/org/3.2/3.2.1/plugins/org.knime.ext.js_3.2.0.v201607051203.jar.
Premature end of Content-Length delimited message body (expected: 591889; received: 69071
Problems downloading artifact: osgi.bundle,org.knime.ext.sun,3.2.0.v201606140657.
MD5 hash is not as expected. Expected: 559ba0c64a0021e207d0ab7461ca2706 and found 479f20ebf280896b387a1be49d791a8d.
Unable to read repository at http://update.knime.org/analytics-platform/3.2/knid=01-66a735f079c8a916/org/3.2/3.2.1/plugins/org.knime.product_3.2.1.v201608190927.jar.
Premature end of Content-Length delimited message body (expected: 1288392; received: 765387
Unable to read repository at http://update.knime.org/analytics-platform/3.2/knid=01-66a735f079c8a916/org/3.2/3.2.1/plugins/org.knime.r_3.2.0.v201607011540.jar.
Premature end of Content-Length delimited message body (expected: 11694199; received: 11171507
Unable to read repository at http://update.knime.org/community-contributions/trusted/3.1/knid=01-66a735f079c8a916/plugins/org.rdkit.knime.types_3.0.0.v201606061028.jar.
Premature end of Content-Length delimited message body (expected: 1349678; received: 826824
Problems downloading artifact: org.eclipse.update.feature,org.knime.features.base,3.2.1.v201608190927.
Downloaded stream not a valid archive. Check the server.
Unable to read repository at http://update.knime.org/analytics-platform/3.2/knid=01-66a735f079c8a916/org/3.2/3.2.1/binary/org.knime.product.desktop_root_3.2.1.v201608190927.
Premature end of Content-Length delimited message body (expected: 866554; received: 343534"

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There seems to be a problem with the internet connection. Restart and try again.

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Hi thor

Thanks for your reply. I tried restarting Knime, and also my computer, and got the same broad error but with different detail.

I also tried downloading the updated package from the website and installing it through the "Help" menu, but I get the same error as I did trying to install it through the normal menu option.

On startup however, the splash screen is now suggesting it is Knime 3.21 but the Update Knime menu option still asks me to update to 3.2.

Thanks

Mo

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"An error occurred while collecting items to be installed
session context was:(profile=KNIMEProfile, phase=org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.engine.phases.Collect, operand=, action=).
Unable to read repository at http://update.knime.org/community-contributions/trusted/3.1/knid=01-66a735f079c8a916/plugins/de.mpicbg.knime.hcs.base_3.1.101.v201604271109.jar.
Premature end of Content-Length delimited message body (expected: 2836337; received: 2313524
Unable to read repository at http://update.knime.org/community-contributions/trusted/3.1/knid=01-66a735f079c8a916/plugins/org.rdkit.knime.types_3.0.0.v201606061028.jar.
Premature end of Content-Length delimited message body (expected: 1349678; received: 826824"

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As a follow-up from above, I tried to force it to install from the downloaded Update file without still connecting to the internet by unchecking the web address from the "available site" list. It appeared to install succesfully but Knime then failed to restart. Instead it closed and now throws an error when launching:

"The Knime executable launcher was unable to locate its companion shared library".

I assume a fresh instill will be required but I'll wait in case it can be salvaged.

Thanks

Mo

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Mo,

I do the fresh installs as a rule, since I like being on the bleeding edge, and mixtures between nightlies, stable and trusted are not unheard of. This hardly ever survives a major release, or at least I'm too impatient to try making it work

Sorry, no ideas re salvage ops - your workflows are safe though, so not too critical.

E.

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Thanks Ergonomist. I did a fresh install and it's all working fine again.

I think something might have gone awry though as I've never been able to update Knime through the suggested methods. I'll keep an eye on it and probably just do fresh installs as a rule in the future too.

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