By Alvin Alexander. Last updated: June 5, 2017
If you add ScalaCheck to an SBT project like this:
libraryDependencies += "org.scalacheck" %% "scalacheck" % "1.13.4" % "test"
it’s only available in the SBT “test” scope. This means that when you start a Scala REPL session inside of SBT with its console command, the ScalaCheck library won’t be available in that scope.
To use ScalaCheck with the SBT console (REPL), don’t use its console command — use test:console instead. A complete example looks like this:
$ sbt > test:console scala> import org.scalacheck.Gen.choose
Note that after you type test:console your project may be compiled, so that step may take a few moments.
In summary, use SBT’s console command to start a “normal” Scala REPL inside SBT, and use test:console to start a REPL that you can run tests inside of. (Note that this same advice also applies to using ScalaTest or specs2.)