"EMALFORMED Failed to read"

[fALKENdk]

Im getting an "EMALFORMED Failed to read" fail when i try to install with bower

[rafapaulino]

the error is still there for me

[alies-dev]

yup, I got the same:
bower kbwood_countdown#>=2.0.2 <3 EMALFORMED Failed to read /tmp/username/bower/kbwood_countdown-13837-Hi1UKs/bower.json Additional error details: Unexpected token

[martinbean]

Same here.

[isuvorov]

+1
2.0.2 not work

works fine
bower install https://github.com/kbwood/countdown.git#2.0.1

[djtechonline]

+1
Same error for me. Any ideas how to fix?

[korprulu]

@kbwood
The bower.json was saved as a BOM of UTF8 file. You can print out file content by less(on linux) command, and you can see <U+FEFF> at the beginning. You can remove it use vim's command set nobomb.

Another problem is description is too long. It's more than 140 words and need to cut down.

Thanks.

[misbeliever]

+1
2.0.2 still not working

[marlenesco]

+1 not work: EMALFORMED

[jdufresne]

I believe this is resolved with the new 2.1 release. Maybe consider unpublishing 2.0.2 from bower as it isn't installable.