Meteor not starting - fiber / futures.js throws error "Error: SQLITE_CORRUPT: database disk image is corrupt"

Question

Now, working locally, every action from the CLI Meteor in OSX throws this exception:

/Users/mallorym/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.1.3.1d614zp++os.osx.x86_64+web.browser+web.cordova/mt-os.osx.x86_64/dev_bundle/lib/node_modules/fibers /future.js:245 quit (ex);

Error: SQLITE_CORRUPT: corrupted database disk image

I'm at a dead end.

I looked at the fiber / future.js code, but this is far beyond me. I see that SQLite is used in catalog-remote.js , so is there a way to reset using the SQLite CLI tool? Or should I remove and reinstall SQlite3 (and if so, how)?

Here is the full log that I get in Terminal when trying any Meteor command:

 /Users/mallorym/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.1.3.1d614zp++os.osx.x86_64+web.browser+web.cordova/mt-os.osx.x86_64/dev_bundle/lib/node_modules/fibers/future.js:245 throw(ex); ^ Error: SQLITE_CORRUPT: database disk image is malformed at Object.Future.wait (/Users/mallorym/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.1.3.1d614zp++os.osx.x86_64+web.browser+web.cordova/mt-os.osx.x86_64/dev_bundle/lib/node_modules/fibers/future.js:395:18) at runOnce (/Users/mallorym/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.1.3.1d614zp++os.osx.x86_64+web.browser+web.cordova/mt-os.osx.x86_64/tools/catalog-remote.js:237:21) at [object Object]._.extend._serialize (/Users/mallorym/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.1.3.1d614zp++os.osx.x86_64+web.browser+web.cordova/mt-os.osx.x86_64/tools/catalog-remote.js:176:14) at [object Object]._.extend.runInTransaction (/Users/mallorym/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.1.3.1d614zp++os.osx.x86_64+web.browser+web.cordova/mt-os.osx.x86_64/tools/catalog-remote.js:242:21) at [object Object]._.extend._columnsQuery (/Users/mallorym/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.1.3.1d614zp++os.osx.x86_64+web.browser+web.cordova/mt-os.osx.x86_64/tools/catalog-remote.js:888:24) at [object Object]._.extend._contentQuery (/Users/mallorym/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.1.3.1d614zp++os.osx.x86_64+web.browser+web.cordova/mt-os.osx.x86_64/tools/catalog-remote.js:878:21) at [object Object]._.extend.getReleaseVersion (/Users/mallorym/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.1.3.1d614zp++os.osx.x86_64+web.browser+web.cordova/mt-os.osx.x86_64/tools/catalog-remote.js:663:23) at Object.release.load (/Users/mallorym/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.1.3.1d614zp++os.osx.x86_64+web.browser+web.cordova/mt-os.osx.x86_64/tools/release.js:233:41) at /Users/mallorym/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.1.3.1d614zp++os.osx.x86_64+web.browser+web.cordova/mt-os.osx.x86_64/tools/main.js:893:23 - - - - - at Object.Future.wait (/Users/mallorym/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.1.3.1d614zp++os.osx.x86_64+web.browser+web.cordova/mt-os.osx.x86_64/dev_bundle/lib/node_modules/fibers/future.js:398:14) at [object Object]._.extend._query (/Users/mallorym/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.1.3.1d614zp++os.osx.x86_64+web.browser+web.cordova/mt-os.osx.x86_64/tools/catalog-remote.js:312:22) at [object Object]._.extend.query (/Users/mallorym/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.1.3.1d614zp++os.osx.x86_64+web.browser+web.cordova/mt-os.osx.x86_64/tools/catalog-remote.js:76:20) at /Users/mallorym/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.1.3.1d614zp++os.osx.x86_64+web.browser+web.cordova/mt-os.osx.x86_64/tools/catalog-remote.js:889:18 at runOnce (/Users/mallorym/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.1.3.1d614zp++os.osx.x86_64+web.browser+web.cordova/mt-os.osx.x86_64/tools/catalog-remote.js:211:18) at [object Object]._.extend._serialize (/Users/mallorym/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.1.3.1d614zp++os.osx.x86_64+web.browser+web.cordova/mt-os.osx.x86_64/tools/catalog-remote.js:176:14) at [object Object]._.extend.runInTransaction (/Users/mallorym/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.1.3.1d614zp++os.osx.x86_64+web.browser+web.cordova/mt-os.osx.x86_64/tools/catalog-remote.js:242:21) at [object Object]._.extend._columnsQuery (/Users/mallorym/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.1.3.1d614zp++os.osx.x86_64+web.browser+web.cordova/mt-os.osx.x86_64/tools/catalog-remote.js:888:24) at [object Object]._.extend._contentQuery (/Users/mallorym/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.1.3.1d614zp++os.osx.x86_64+web.browser+web.cordova/mt-os.osx.x86_64/tools/catalog-remote.js:878:21) at [object Object]._.extend.getReleaseVersion (/Users/mallorym/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.1.3.1d614zp++os.osx.x86_64+web.browser+web.cordova/mt-os.osx.x86_64/tools/catalog-remote.js:663:23) at Object.release.load (/Users/mallorym/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.1.3.1d614zp++os.osx.x86_64+web.browser+web.cordova/mt-os.osx.x86_64/tools/release.js:233:41) at /Users/mallorym/.meteor/packages/meteor-tool/.1.1.3.1d614zp++os.osx.x86_64+web.browser+web.cordova/mt-os.osx.x86_64/tools/main.js:893:23 - - - - - 

Thanks for any help ^^

Answer 1

Helping a bit here , I was able to fix this and not delete all my downloaded meteor packets, as suggested in this post. This was enough to remove the metadata:

 rm -rf ~/.meteor/package-metadata 

Just be prepared to wait a long time for the meteorite to recreate these databases the next time it starts.