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Manually installing Intellij azure-toolkit-for-intellij.jar contains invalid plugin descriptor

I'm trying to manually install Azure toolkit for intellij but I'm getting an error:

3:52 pm Plugin error: File 'C:\Program Files\JetBrains\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 2021.2.2\plugins\azure-toolkit-for-intellij\lib\azure-toolkit-for-intellij.jar' contains invalid plugin descriptor

Here are the steps I'm taking:

  1. Go to https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/8053-azure-toolkit-for-intellij/versions and download the plugin

  2. Unzip file from step 1 and manually drop it into intellij plugins folder

    C:\Program Files\JetBrains\IntelliJ IDEA Community Edition 2021.2.2\plugins

  3. Restart intellij.

  4. Observe error. enter image description here

I'm keen to know what I'm doing wrong. I can't install the plugin from inside the IDE because nothing is coming back in my marketplace window (likely because of my internet proxy settings).

Solution

  • The plugin has invalid plugin xml descriptor file. Reported the issue to the plugin vendor.