java.lang.RuntimeException: Could not find installation home path. Please make sure bin/idea.properties is present in the installation directory.

[AlexanderBartash]

Version: 2022.3.2.2

grammarKit {
    // The release version of the [Grammar-Kit](https://github.com/JetBrains/Grammar-Kit) to use.
    //jflexRelease = libs.versions.ideaJFlexPlugin

    // The version of the IntelliJ-patched JFlex, a [fork of JFlex](https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-deps-jflex)
    // lexer generator for IntelliJ Platform API.
    //grammarKitRelease = libs.versions.ideaGrammarkitPlugin

    // Version of the IntelliJ to build the classpath for [org.jetbrains.grammarkit.tasks.GenerateParserTask]
    // and [org.jetbrains.grammarkit.tasks.GenerateLexerTask] tasks.
    // If provided, [grammarKitRelease] and [jflexRelease] properties are ignored as both dependencies will be provided
    // from the given IntelliJ IDEA release.
    intellijRelease = "242-EAP-SNAPSHOT"
}

or

grammarKit {
    // The release version of the [Grammar-Kit](https://github.com/JetBrains/Grammar-Kit) to use.
    //jflexRelease = libs.versions.ideaJFlexPlugin

    // The version of the IntelliJ-patched JFlex, a [fork of JFlex](https://github.com/JetBrains/intellij-deps-jflex)
    // lexer generator for IntelliJ Platform API.
    //grammarKitRelease = libs.versions.ideaGrammarkitPlugin

    // Version of the IntelliJ to build the classpath for [org.jetbrains.grammarkit.tasks.GenerateParserTask]
    // and [org.jetbrains.grammarkit.tasks.GenerateLexerTask] tasks.
    // If provided, [grammarKitRelease] and [jflexRelease] properties are ignored as both dependencies will be provided
    // from the given IntelliJ IDEA release.
    intellijRelease = "242.23339.11"
}

> Task :generateImpexParser FAILED
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
	at com.intellij.ide.plugins.PluginEnabler.<clinit>(PluginEnabler.java:22)
	at com.intellij.core.CoreApplicationEnvironment.<init>(CoreApplicationEnvironment.java:79)
	at com.intellij.core.CoreApplicationEnvironment.<init>(CoreApplicationEnvironment.java:72)
	at org.intellij.grammar.LightPsi$MyParsing.<init>(LightPsi.java:152)
	at org.intellij.grammar.LightPsi.<clinit>(LightPsi.java:55)
	at org.intellij.grammar.Main.main(Main.java:38)
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Could not find installation home path. Please make sure bin/idea.properties is present in the installation directory.
	at com.intellij.openapi.application.PathManager.getHomePath(PathManager.java:112)
	at com.intellij.openapi.application.PathManager.getHomePath(PathManager.java:82)
	at com.intellij.openapi.application.PathManager.getConfigPath(PathManager.java:365)
	at com.intellij.openapi.application.PathManager.getConfigDir(PathManager.java:353)
	at com.intellij.openapi.util.registry.EarlyAccessRegistryManagerKt$configFile$2.invoke(EarlyAccessRegistryManager.kt:27)
	at com.intellij.openapi.util.registry.EarlyAccessRegistryManagerKt$configFile$2.invoke(EarlyAccessRegistryManager.kt:26)
	at kotlin.SynchronizedLazyImpl.getValue(LazyJVM.kt:74)
	at com.intellij.openapi.util.registry.EarlyAccessRegistryManagerKt.getConfigFile(EarlyAccessRegistryManager.kt:26)
	at com.intellij.openapi.util.registry.EarlyAccessRegistryManagerKt.access$getConfigFile(EarlyAccessRegistryManager.kt:1)
	at com.intellij.openapi.util.registry.EarlyAccessRegistryManagerKt$lazyMap$1.invoke(EarlyAccessRegistryManager.kt:33)
	at com.intellij.openapi.util.registry.EarlyAccessRegistryManagerKt$lazyMap$1.invoke(EarlyAccessRegistryManager.kt:30)
	at com.intellij.util.concurrency.SynchronizedClearableLazy._get_value_$lambda$1$lambda$0(SynchronizedClearableLazy.kt:41)
	at java.base/java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference.updateAndGet(AtomicReference.java:210)
	at com.intellij.util.concurrency.SynchronizedClearableLazy.getValue(SynchronizedClearableLazy.kt:40)
	at com.intellij.openapi.util.registry.EarlyAccessRegistryManager.getString(EarlyAccessRegistryManager.kt:84)
	at com.intellij.openapi.util.registry.EarlyAccessRegistryManager.getBoolean(EarlyAccessRegistryManager.kt:75)
	at com.intellij.ide.plugins.DisabledPluginsState.<clinit>(DisabledPluginsState.kt:28)
	... 6 more

[YannCebron]

What are you trying by using
intellijRelease = "242-EAP-SNAPSHOT"?
Does it work if you specify an actual release, not some snapshot?

[AlexanderBartash]

No, I tried that in the second code snippet. I just saw that option and tried to use it, it did not work at all.

[YannCebron]

And why do you need to specify intellijRelease ?

[AlexanderBartash]

Because I want to have 1 property, which I use to build my plugin and also pass it to this plugin so that it downloads an appropriate version of GrammarKit to generate the code. Today I have 3 properties: IDE version, Grammar kit version, jflex version, all of which have to be kept in sync.

[YannCebron]

Usually, just adjusting GrammarKit Gradle plugin version should be enough in most cases.

[AlexanderBartash]

Well, in any case, I am ok with the way it works. I just saw a property, which seemed to be broken and reported it :)