Unable to run any Meteor app

Question

Recently I have discovered the Meteor framework and wanted to run some examples on my machine. I've done the following steps:

curl https://install.meteor.com/ | sh
meteor create myapp
cd myapp
meteor

And as a result I get:

[[[[[ ~/workspace/myapp ]]]]]     

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/home/marcin/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.0.38.ieqxkv++os.linux.x86_64+web.browser+web.cordova/meteor-tool-os.linux.x86_64/dev_bundle/lib/node_modules/fibers/future.js:173
                        throw(ex);
                              ^
SyntaxError: Unexpected end of input
    at Object.parse (native)
    at readSessionData (/home/marcin/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.0.38.ieqxkv++os.linux.x86_64+web.browser+web.cordova/meteor-tool-os.linux.x86_64/tools/auth.js:136:15)
    at Object.exports.getSessionId (/home/marcin/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.0.38.ieqxkv++os.linux.x86_64+web.browser+web.cordova/meteor-tool-os.linux.x86_64/tools/auth.js:1029:32)
    at /home/marcin/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.0.38.ieqxkv++os.linux.x86_64+web.browser+web.cordova/meteor-tool-os.linux.x86_64/tools/stats.js:66:23

I tried to reinstall Meteor and meteor reset but it won't help. I removed the app and created a new one but the problem still occurs. I managed to run the examples finally using Vagrant, but this is only some workaround and not a solution to the real problem. I have no idea why a fresh install of Meteor won't work on my machine. I am running 64bit Ubuntu 14.04. I'd appreciate any help with this.

I don't know how this could have happened but can you try deleting the session file and see if it helps? rm ~/.meteorsession — imslavko
@imslavko It worked! I removed this file and now meteor starts smoothly. I didn't know about the session file and I've never seen that anybody had problem with it. Thanks! — elwoodxblues

elwoodxblues elwoodxblues · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-13T08:09:23

As @imslavko said, the solution to this problem is to remove the meteor session file: rm ~/.meteorsession.

Unable to run any Meteor app

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