Omnet++ 5.4.1 running error on Ubuntu 18.10 after succesfull installation

Question

There is an error like java runtime environment version 11 is not capable of running eclipse.

But I do not understand required jre version is 8 or upper.

Should I have to downgrade JRE version?

Here is error details when I run da@n53sm:~$ tail -f omnetpp-5.4.1/samples/.metadata/.log command.

2019-01-09 log tracing

!SESSION 2019-01-09 17:09:25.101 -----------------------------------------------
eclipse.buildId=5.4.1.180629-5e28390
java.version=11.0.1
java.vendor=Oracle Corporation
BootLoader constants: OS=linux, ARCH=x86_64, WS=gtk, NL=en_US
Command-line arguments:  -os linux -ws gtk -arch x86_64

!ENTRY org.eclipse.osgi 4 0 2019-01-09 17:09:27.757
!MESSAGE Application error
!STACK 1
org.eclipse.e4.core.di.InjectionException: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/annotation/PostConstruct
    at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.internalMake(InjectorImpl.java:410)
    at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.make(InjectorImpl.java:318)
    at org.eclipse.e4.core.contexts.ContextInjectionFactory.make(ContextInjectionFactory.java:162)
    at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.E4Application.createDefaultHeadlessContext(E4Application.java:491)
    at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.E4Application.createDefaultContext(E4Application.java:505)
    at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.E4Application.createE4Workbench(E4Application.java:204)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.lambda$3(Workbench.java:614)
    at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:336)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:594)
    at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:148)
    at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:151)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:196)
    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:134)
    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:104)
    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:388)
    at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:243)
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
    at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:566)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:653)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:590)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1499)
    at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:1472)
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/annotation/PostConstruct
    at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.inject(InjectorImpl.java:124)
    at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.internalMake(InjectorImpl.java:399)
    ... 23 more
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.annotation.PostConstruct cannot be found by org.eclipse.e4.core.di_1.6.100.v20170421-1418
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClassInternal(BundleLoader.java:433)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:395)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:387)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.ModuleClassLoader.loadClass(ModuleClassLoader.java:150)
    at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:521)
    ... 25 more

!ENTRY org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench 4 0 2019-01-09 17:09:27.769
!MESSAGE FrameworkEvent ERROR
!STACK 0
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/annotation/PreDestroy
    at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.disposed(InjectorImpl.java:450)
    at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.Requestor.disposed(Requestor.java:156)
    at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.contexts.ContextObjectSupplier$ContextInjectionListener.update(ContextObjectSupplier.java:78)
    at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.contexts.TrackableComputationExt.update(TrackableComputationExt.java:111)
    at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.contexts.TrackableComputationExt.handleInvalid(TrackableComputationExt.java:74)
    at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.contexts.EclipseContext.dispose(EclipseContext.java:178)
    at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.contexts.osgi.EclipseContextOSGi.dispose(EclipseContextOSGi.java:99)
    at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.contexts.osgi.EclipseContextOSGi.bundleChanged(EclipseContextOSGi.java:141)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.BundleContextImpl.dispatchEvent(BundleContextImpl.java:908)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.EventManager.dispatchEvent(EventManager.java:230)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.ListenerQueue.dispatchEventSynchronous(ListenerQueue.java:148)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.EquinoxEventPublisher.publishBundleEventPrivileged(EquinoxEventPublisher.java:213)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.EquinoxEventPublisher.publishBundleEvent(EquinoxEventPublisher.java:120)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.EquinoxEventPublisher.publishBundleEvent(EquinoxEventPublisher.java:112)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.EquinoxContainerAdaptor.publishModuleEvent(EquinoxContainerAdaptor.java:168)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.container.Module.publishEvent(Module.java:476)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.container.Module.doStop(Module.java:634)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.container.Module.stop(Module.java:498)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.container.SystemModule.stop(SystemModule.java:202)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.EquinoxBundle$SystemBundle$EquinoxSystemModule$1.run(EquinoxBundle.java:165)
    at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:834)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.annotation.PreDestroy cannot be found by org.eclipse.e4.core.di_1.6.100.v20170421-1418
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClassInternal(BundleLoader.java:433)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:395)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:387)
    at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.ModuleClassLoader.loadClass(ModuleClassLoader.java:150)
    at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:521)
    ... 21 more

My java version is:

da@n53sm:~$ java --version 
openjdk 11.0.1 2018-10-16
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11.0.1+13-Ubuntu-2ubuntu1)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 11.0.1+13-Ubuntu-2ubuntu1, mixed mode, sharing)

I've looked some pages. The solution is downgrading the JRE to version 8.x.

Would you like to share the exact error message? – thardes2 Jan 09 '19 at 08:40 — thardes2, Jan 09 '19 at 08:40
@thardes2 Does this help? I've added error log. – akikara Jan 17 '19 at 20:05 — akikara, Jan 17 '19 at 20:05

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 27 '19 at 12:03

Here is an answer from OMNET++ mailing list.

Adding configuration to your config.ini solves the problem asked.

Here is the link for the topic of mailing list: https://groups.google.com/d/topic/omnetpp/t13qEhyyuqI/discussion

I know it's super ugly, but OMNeT++ 5.4.1 is based on Eclipse 4.7.3 and The java 11 broke the compatibility with Eclipse 4.7 which in turn causes the issue with OMNeT++ 5.4.1.

A very quick workaround would be to downgrade your java package to 1.8, though I'm not sure that is definitely possible.

An other workaround is to paste the following in the ide/configuration/config.ini (obviously we may need to release omnet 5.4.2 to fix this with an updated eclipse) Hope it helps

org.osgi.framework.system.packages = \
 javax.accessibility,\
 javax.activation,\
 javax.activity,\
 javax.crypto,\
 javax.crypto.interfaces,\
 javax.crypto.spec,\
 javax.imageio,\
 javax.imageio.event,\
 javax.imageio.metadata,\
 javax.imageio.plugins.bmp,\
 javax.imageio.plugins.jpeg,\
 javax.imageio.spi,\
 javax.imageio.stream,\
 javax.jws,\
 javax.jws.soap,\
 javax.lang.model,\
 javax.lang.model.element,\
 javax.lang.model.type,\
 javax.lang.model.util,\
 javax.management,\
 javax.management.loading,\
 javax.management.modelmbean,\
 javax.management.monitor,\
 javax.management.openmbean,\
 javax.management.relation,\
 javax.management.remote,\
 javax.management.remote.rmi,\
 javax.management.timer,\
 javax.naming,\
 javax.naming.directory,\
 javax.naming.event,\
 javax.naming.ldap,\
 javax.naming.spi,\
 javax.net,\
 javax.net.ssl,\
 javax.print,\
 javax.print.attribute,\
 javax.print.attribute.standard,\
 javax.print.event,\
 javax.rmi,\
 javax.rmi.CORBA,\
 javax.rmi.ssl,\
 javax.script,\
 javax.security.auth,\
 javax.security.auth.callback,\
 javax.security.auth.kerberos,\
 javax.security.auth.login,\
 javax.security.auth.spi,\
 javax.security.auth.x500,\
 javax.security.cert,\
 javax.security.sasl,\
 javax.sound.midi,\
 javax.sound.midi.spi,\
 javax.sound.sampled,\
 javax.sound.sampled.spi,\
 javax.sql,\
 javax.sql.rowset,\
 javax.sql.rowset.serial,\
 javax.sql.rowset.spi,\
 javax.swing,\
 javax.swing.border,\
 javax.swing.colorchooser,\
 javax.swing.event,\
 javax.swing.filechooser,\
 javax.swing.plaf,\
 javax.swing.plaf.basic,\
 javax.swing.plaf.metal,\
 javax.swing.plaf.multi,\
 javax.swing.plaf.nimbus,\
 javax.swing.plaf.synth,\
 javax.swing.table,\
 javax.swing.text,\
 javax.swing.text.html,\
 javax.swing.text.html.parser,\
 javax.swing.text.rtf,\
 javax.swing.tree,\
 javax.swing.undo,\
 javax.tools,\
 javax.xml,\
 javax.xml.bind,\
 javax.xml.bind.annotation,\
 javax.xml.bind.annotation.adapters,\
 javax.xml.bind.attachment,\
 javax.xml.bind.helpers,\
 javax.xml.bind.util,\
 javax.xml.crypto,\
 javax.xml.crypto.dom,\
 javax.xml.crypto.dsig,\
 javax.xml.crypto.dsig.dom,\
 javax.xml.crypto.dsig.keyinfo,\
 javax.xml.crypto.dsig.spec,\
 javax.xml.datatype,\
 javax.xml.namespace,\
 javax.xml.parsers,\
 javax.xml.soap,\
 javax.xml.stream,\
 javax.xml.stream.events,\
 javax.xml.stream.util,\
 javax.xml.transform,\
 javax.xml.transform.dom,\
 javax.xml.transform.sax,\
 javax.xml.transform.stax,\
 javax.xml.transform.stream,\
 javax.xml.validation,\
 javax.xml.ws,\
 javax.xml.ws.handler,\
 javax.xml.ws.handler.soap,\
 javax.xml.ws.http,\
 javax.xml.ws.soap,\
 javax.xml.ws.spi,\
 javax.xml.ws.spi.http,\
 javax.xml.ws.wsaddressing,\
 javax.xml.xpath,\
 org.ietf.jgss,\
 org.omg.CORBA,\
 org.omg.CORBA_2_3,\
 org.omg.CORBA_2_3.portable,\
 org.omg.CORBA.DynAnyPackage,\
 org.omg.CORBA.ORBPackage,\
 org.omg.CORBA.portable,\
 org.omg.CORBA.TypeCodePackage,\
 org.omg.CosNaming,\
 org.omg.CosNaming.NamingContextExtPackage,\
 org.omg.CosNaming.NamingContextPackage,\
 org.omg.Dynamic,\
 org.omg.DynamicAny,\
 org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyFactoryPackage,\
 org.omg.DynamicAny.DynAnyPackage,\
 org.omg.IOP,\
 org.omg.IOP.CodecFactoryPackage,\
 org.omg.IOP.CodecPackage,\
 org.omg.Messaging,\
 org.omg.PortableInterceptor,\
 org.omg.PortableInterceptor.ORBInitInfoPackage,\
 org.omg.PortableServer,\
 org.omg.PortableServer.CurrentPackage,\
 org.omg.PortableServer.POAManagerPackage,\
 org.omg.PortableServer.POAPackage,\
 org.omg.PortableServer.portable,\
 org.omg.PortableServer.ServantLocatorPackage,\
 org.omg.SendingContext,\
 org.omg.stub.java.rmi,\
 org.w3c.dom,\
 org.w3c.dom.bootstrap,\
 org.w3c.dom.css,\
 org.w3c.dom.events,\
 org.w3c.dom.html,\
 org.w3c.dom.ls,\
 org.w3c.dom.ranges,\
 org.w3c.dom.stylesheets,\
 org.w3c.dom.traversal,\
 org.w3c.dom.views,\
 org.w3c.dom.xpath,\
 org.xml.sax,\
 org.xml.sax.ext,\
 org.xml.sax.helpers

Rudolf Hornig

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 18 '19 at 10:04

By doing an "apt-get upgrade" (Ubuntu 18-04), the Java version on my system changed from 10 to 11 and the same issue arose for me.

I was able to successfully re-add Java 10 to make Omnet work by following this post (Follow the Option 2: Manual Installation, because the referenced PPA in Option 1 does not contain Java 10 anymore !). I downloaded the JDK-10 from here for this manual installation.

Omnet++ 5.4.1 running error on Ubuntu 18.10 after succesfull installation

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