I need to run a Java app ("Exactly") on Linux. It is a software to transfer data and used by an institution I have to cooperate with. https://www.weareavp.com/products/exactly/ Codebase is here: https://github.com/WeAreAVP/uk-exactly
Unfortunately, the programs website offers only downloads for Mac and Windows, but essentially it is a Java Application. Until now, I though, Java Applications run on every platform that supports a virtual Java machine. For older versions of "Exactly" there were also a dedicated .jar download available. In the current "Exactly" User Guide (https://www.weareavp.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Exactly-User-Guide_v.0.1.5.pdf) I found this sentence: "The Java jar file is now contained within either of the two Windows packages (32 or 64). You can run the Java jar file (located in the /dist path) once you unzip the Windows package."
I downloaded and unziped the Java files from the 64bit package to the directory:
~/java-anwendungen/exactly/
In ~/java-anwendungen/exactly/dist I found the exactly.jar file. I made it executable and tried to start it with no success.
$ java -jar exactly.jar
Fehler: Zum Ausführen dieser Anwendung benötigte JavaFX-Runtime-Komponenten fehlen
(Error: to execute this app needed JavaFX-runtime-components missing)
I'm not a Java Developer, so I do not know how to proceed, to get the .jar file running on Ubuntu Linux. I tried some solutions I found in Internet (see below), but none worked out fine. Any help and advice are welcome!
My Environment: ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS
$ java -version
openjdk version "11.0.11" 2021-04-20
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11.0.11+9-Ubuntu-0ubuntu2.18.04)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 11.0.11+9-Ubuntu-0ubuntu2.18.04, mixed mode, sharing)
The exactly directory:
(base) viejo@notebooka:~/java-anwendungen/exactly/dist$ ls -l
insgesamt 488
drwx------ 2 viejo viejo 4096 Nov 26 18:48 bundles
-rw-rw-r-- 1 viejo viejo 696 Nov 27 01:22 derby.log
-rwxrwxr-x 1 viejo viejo 236145 Sep 19 2017 exactly.jar
-rwxrwxr-x 1 viejo viejo 236352 Nov 26 19:27 exactly.run
-rwxrwxr-x 1 viejo viejo 198 Nov 26 19:14 launchExactly
drwx------ 2 viejo viejo 4096 Nov 26 18:48 lib
-rw-rw-r-- 1 viejo viejo 0 Nov 27 01:22 logfile.txt
-rw-rw-r-- 1 viejo viejo 207 Nov 26 19:24 stub.sh
drwxrwxr-x 5 viejo viejo 4096 Nov 27 01:22 ukexactly
note:
The files exactly.run, launchExactly and stub.sh are created by me following the instructions in proposed solutions I found in Internet (see below)
The files ukexactly, logfile.txt and derby.log were created by solution no.3.
The directory I found javafx (after installing it from Ubuntu repository):
(base) viejo@notebooka:/usr/share/openjfx/lib$ ls -l
insgesamt 6500
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 Feb 19 2019 javafx.base.jar -> ../../java/javafx-base.jar
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 30 Feb 19 2019 javafx.controls.jar -> ../../java/javafx-controls.jar
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 Feb 19 2019 javafx.fxml.jar -> ../../java/javafx-fxml.jar
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 30 Feb 19 2019 javafx.graphics.jar -> ../../java/javafx-graphics.jar
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Feb 19 2019 javafx.media.jar -> ../../java/javafx-media.jar
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 113 Feb 19 2019 javafx.properties
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Feb 19 2019 javafx.swing.jar -> ../../java/javafx-swing.jar
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 Feb 19 2019 javafx.web.jar -> ../../java/javafx-web.jar
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6651322 Feb 19 2019 src.zip
The directory the symlinks point to:
(base) viejo@notebooka:/usr/share/java$ ls -l
insgesamt 10900
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5232 Feb 21 2019 gettext.jar
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 35257 Apr 25 2018 java-atk-wrapper.jar
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2989 Sep 20 2018 java_defaults.mk
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 749850 Feb 19 2019 javafx-base-11.jar
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Feb 19 2019 javafx-base.jar -> javafx-base-11.jar
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2510966 Feb 19 2019 javafx-controls-11.jar
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Feb 19 2019 javafx-controls.jar -> javafx-controls-11.jar
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 127377 Feb 19 2019 javafx-fxml-11.jar
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Feb 19 2019 javafx-fxml.jar -> javafx-fxml-11.jar
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4365220 Feb 19 2019 javafx-graphics-11.jar
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 22 Feb 19 2019 javafx-graphics.jar -> javafx-graphics-11.jar
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 270551 Feb 19 2019 javafx-media-11.jar
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Feb 19 2019 javafx-media.jar -> javafx-media-11.jar
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 119827 Feb 19 2019 javafx-swing-11.jar
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Feb 19 2019 javafx-swing.jar -> javafx-swing-11.jar
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 714674 Feb 19 2019 javafx-web-11.jar
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Feb 19 2019 javafx-web.jar -> javafx-web-11.jar
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5385 Nov 18 14:52 java_uno.jar
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 368 Nov 18 14:52 juh-7.2.3.jar
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Nov 18 14:52 juh.jar -> juh-7.2.3.jar
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 356 Nov 18 14:52 jurt-7.2.3.jar
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Nov 18 14:52 jurt.jar -> jurt-7.2.3.jar
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2613 Feb 21 2019 libintl.jar
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2191511 Nov 18 14:52 libreoffice-7.2.3.jar
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Nov 18 14:52 libreoffice.jar -> libreoffice-7.2.3.jar
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 356 Nov 18 14:52 ridl-7.2.3.jar
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Nov 18 14:52 ridl.jar -> ridl-7.2.3.jar
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 356 Nov 18 14:52 unoil-7.2.3.jar
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 Nov 18 14:52 unoil.jar -> unoil-7.2.3.jar
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4727 Nov 18 14:52 unoloader-7.2.3.jar
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Nov 18 14:52 unoloader.jar -> unoloader-7.2.3.jar
My internet research lead to various proposed solutions, but none worked out:
Solution 1 create a bash script:
https://edencoding.com/runtime-components-error/#jar
see also: Convert .jar to an application for Windows, Linux & Mac
My bash file: launchExactly:
#!/bin/bash
java -jar exactly.jar --module-path /usr/share/openjfx/lib --add-modules javafx.controls,javafx.fxml
$ ./launchExactly
Fehler: Zum Ausführen dieser Anwendung benötigte JavaFX-Runtime-Komponenten fehlen
Solution 2 append jar to a bash script:
https://coderwall.com/p/ssuaxa/how-to-make-a-jar-file-linux-executable
Create a bash file:
#!/bin/sh
MYSELF=`which "$0" 2>/dev/null`
[ $? -gt 0 -a -f "$0" ] && MYSELF="./$0"
java=java
if test -n "$JAVA_HOME"; then
java="$JAVA_HOME/bin/java"
fi
exec "$java" $java_args -jar $MYSELF "$@"
exit 1
Append the .jar File:
cat stub.sh exaxtly.jar > exactly.run && chmod +x exactly.run
Also fails to start the jar:
$ exactly.run
exactly.run: Befehl nicht gefunden. (command not found)
$ ./exactly.run
Fehler: Zum Ausführen dieser Anwendung benötigte JavaFX-Runtime-Komponenten fehlen
(error: JavaFX-runtime-components needed to execute app missing)
Solution 3 start .jar with parameters on comandline:
How do I fix JavaFX runtime components are missing?
$ java --module-path /usr/share/openjfx/lib --add-modules ALL-MODULE-PATH -jar exactly.jar
Result:
$ java --module-path /usr/share/openjfx/lib --add-modules ALL-MODULE-PATH -jar exactly.jar
[EL Info]: 2021-11-27 01:22:39.859--ServerSession(255728718)--EclipseLink, version: Eclipse Persistence Services - 2.5.2.v20140319-9ad6abd
[EL Info]: connection: 2021-11-27 01:22:40.605--ServerSession(255728718)--file:/home/viejo/java-anwendungen/exactly/dist/exactly.jar_UKSipperflyPU login successful
Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.NullPointerException
at java.desktop/javax.swing.ImageIcon.<init>(ImageIcon.java:217)
at uk.sipperfly.ui.Exactly.<init>(Exactly.java:107)
at uk.sipperfly.ui.Exactly$83.run(Exactly.java:2971)
at java.desktop/java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(InvocationEvent.java:313)
at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:770)
at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:721)
at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:715)
at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.base/java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:85)
at java.desktop/java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:740)
at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:203)
at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:124)
at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:113)
at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:109)
at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:101)
at java.desktop/java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:90)
The created derby.log file contains this information:
----------------------------------------------------------------
Mon Nov 29 12:59:52 CET 2021:
Booting Derby version The Apache Software Foundation - Apache Derby - 10.11.1.1 - (1616546): instance a816c00e-017d-$
on database directory /home/viejo/java-anwendungen/exactly/dist/ukexactly with class loader java.net.URLClassLoader@$
Loaded from file:/home/viejo/java-anwendungen/exactly/dist/lib/derby.jar
java.vendor=Ubuntu
java.runtime.version=11.0.11+9-Ubuntu-0ubuntu2.18.04
user.dir=/home/viejo/java-anwendungen/exactly/dist
os.name=Linux
os.arch=amd64
os.version=5.4.0-90-generic
derby.system.home=null
Database Class Loader started - derby.database.classpath=''
The created logfile.txt is empty.
This attempt was the most promising, since at least the .jar started but it ended quickly in the above error message.
Note: A combination of solution 1 and 3 by changing the bash-script of solution 1 with the parameters from solution 3 resulted in the same errors of solution 3.
Now I am stuck and do not now how to proceed or if it is of any value to try to get the .jar file run under Linux.
