Using IntelliJIdea 12, i downloaded the Scala plugin and created a HelloWorld application. The

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Asked: June 15, 20262026-06-15T11:00:15+00:00 2026-06-15T11:00:15+00:00

Using IntelliJIdea 12, i downloaded the Scala plugin and created a HelloWorld application.

The following import seems odd. Why does IDEA not recognize this to be a Scala Application? Is my setup incomplete?

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I checked to see where does my compiler points to and got this. Don’t really see a way to navigate IDEA to my scala installation.

Please advise.

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Editorial Team · Answer 1 · 2026-06-15T11:00:16+00:00

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When creating a new Scala project from the wizard IDEA can download and configure everything for you:

New Scala Project

Settings can be changed later in the Scala Facet:

facet

and in Compiler:

compiler

Libraries configuration:

compiler

scala

Code and imports completion is available from the Scala library:

completion

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