Cannot run meteor from a checkout because "No version of jquery satisfies all constraints: @1.11.10, @=3.0.0"

My app works fine with a normal Meteor installation.

But when I run from a git checkout, I get the error that No version of jquery satisfies all constraints: @1.11.10, @=3.0.0. There is no referece to version 3.0.0 in either .meteor/packages or .meteor/versions. Running $ meteor list --tree doesn't show any reference either.

I saw this forum thread but none of the mentioned solutions work; jquery 3.0.0 is still being required from somewhere.

The complete error is:

=> Errors prevented startup:                  
   
   While selecting package versions:
   error: No version of jquery satisfies all constraints: @1.11.10, @=3.0.0
   Constraints on package "jquery":
   * jquery@1.11.10 <- top level
   * jquery@=3.0.0 <- top level
   * jquery@1.0.1 <- blaze 2.0.3 <- blaze-html-templates 1.0.4
   * jquery@1.11.4 <- msavin:mongol 7.0.1
   * jquery@1.0.0 <- iron:dynamic-template 1.0.2 <- iron:controller 1.0.2 <- iron:router 1.1.2
   * jquery@1.0.0 <- iron:location 1.0.2 <- iron:router 1.1.2
   * jquery@1.0.0 <- peppelg:bootstrap-3-modal 1.0.0
   * jquery@1.0.1 <- bartoftutormundi:tap-i18n 1.8.2
   * jquery@1.0.1 <- chrismbeckett:toastr 2.1.2_1
   * jquery@1.11.4 <- mdg:meteor-apm-agent 1.0.0

Solution

I discovered that in the local Meteor checkout, packages/non-core/jquery/package.js lists its version as 3.0.0. Simply changing it to 1.11.10 was enough to fix the problem.

This is harmless because this version number is really irrelevant. All this package does is export whatever jquery version was installed through npm.

Next, I ran into a similar issue with coffeescript, which I resolved the same way. (I'm less sure that this is harmless but in my case it caused no apparent issues.)