Failed to load the remote-sync package

[MCStreetguy]

Whenever I start Atom, it shows up a FatalError Notification with the following message:

Failed to load the remote-sync package
Unexpected token } in JSON at position 11178 in /Users/maximilianschmidt/.atom/packages/remote-sync/package.json

Stack Trace:

SyntaxError: Unexpected token } in JSON at position 11178
at JSON.parse ()
at parseObject (/Applications/Atom.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/season/lib/cson.js:58:25)
at parseContentsSync (/Applications/Atom.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/season/lib/cson.js:72:22)
at Object.readFileSync (/Applications/Atom.app/Contents/Resources/app/node_modules/season/lib/cson.js:184:20)
at PackageManager.loadPackageMetadata (/Applications/Atom.app/Contents/Resources/app/src/package-manager.js:843:33)
at PackageManager.loadAvailablePackage (/Applications/Atom.app/Contents/Resources/app/src/package-manager.js:586:29)
at config.transact (/Applications/Atom.app/Contents/Resources/app/src/package-manager.js:530:20)
at Config.module.exports.Config.transact (/Applications/Atom.app/Contents/Resources/app/src/config.js:342:22)
at PackageManager.loadPackages (/Applications/Atom.app/Contents/Resources/app/src/package-manager.js:528:23)
at /Applications/Atom.app/Contents/Resources/app/src/atom-environment.js:821:34
at /Users/maximilianschmidt/.atom/packages/remote-sync/package.json:1:1

Steps to reproduce:

1. Start Atom

Installed Packages:

Community Packages (18) /Users/maximilianschmidt/.atom/packages
├── [email protected]
├── [email protected]
├── [email protected] (disabled)
├── [email protected]
├── [email protected]
├── [email protected]
├── [email protected]
├── [email protected]
├── [email protected]
├── [email protected]
├── [email protected]
├── [email protected]
├── [email protected]
├── [email protected]
├── [email protected]
├── remote-sync
├── [email protected]
└── [email protected]

[daverickdunn]

That's kinda strange, have you been changing anything manually in the .atom folder? That file gets updated automatically by apm, and other than that it hasn't been changed in over a year, so I suspect this is in fact an apm/npm issue.

You should try uninstalling and reinstalling remote-sync. I imagine that will resolve it. If it still happens after that, then please attach the file: /Users/maximilianschmidt/.atom/packages/remote-sync/package.json.

Cheers.

[MCStreetguy]

I did not manipulate any files manually. I'm developing packages myself, therefore I know about the sensitivity of such files.
I'll try the reinstall tomorrow and inform you if i encounter further problems.