How to clear sbt cache?

Question

I'm using sbt 1.3.9 and I need to update some libraries that have changed its code but the version stays the same. When I tried to run sbt update command nothing happened the library not downloaded. I have sbt.build file that looks like the following:

name := """project name"""
organization := "com.example"

version := "1.0-SNAPSHOT"

lazy val root = (project in file(".")).enablePlugins(PlayJava)
lazy val usr = sys.env("MVN_USER")

scalaVersion := "2.13.1"
javacOptions ++= Seq("-source", "11", "-target", "11")
resolvers ++= Seq(
  "Jfrog Artifacts".at("https://artifactory.jfrog.com/")
)
credentials += Credentials(
  ...
)
updateOptions := updateOptions.value.withCachedResolution(false)
updateOptions := updateOptions.value.withLatestSnapshots(false)
libraryDependencies ++= Seq(
  guice,
  javaWs,
  ehcache,
  "com.google.api-client" % "google-api-client" % "1.30.7",
  "org.apache.commons" % "commons-lang3" % "3.9",
  "redis.clients" % "jedis" % "3.2.0"
)

how can I clear sbt cache?

Answer 1

You can just delete the v1 folder.

The default cache location is platform-dependent:

• on Linux, ~/.cache/coursier/v1. This also applies to Linux-based CI environments, and FreeBSD too.
• on OS X, ~/Library/Caches/Coursier/v1.
• on Windows, %LOCALAPPDATA%\Coursier\Cache\v1, which, for user Alex, typically corresponds to C:\Users\Alex\AppData\Local\Coursier\Cache\v1.

Answer 2

I assuming that you are developing something locally and doing publishLocal - normal repository wouldn't let you override published dependency and snapshots are not cached (sbt checks if newer appeared every time you need to build sth).

In such case start using snapshot versions for the future and/or go to ~/.ivy2/your.organisation/library_scalaVersion and remove whole directory with "bad" version. If library is fetched by Maven (with sbt, unlikely these days) it the same idea but with ~/.m2.