Re: [Exist-open] I finally installed Java 21 correctly. But I can't install eXist 6

[Ted H. <meg...@gm...>]

I tried to use the command line to open eXist.  But it didn't work.  It
keeps saying that /opt/exist doesn't exist.  What else can I do?

On Sat, Oct 21, 2023 at 1:01 PM Ted Hickox <meg...@gm...> wrote:

> I finished installing eXist.  And apparently the installation was
> successful.  It said I was going to be able to click an icon on my
> computer.  But I can't find it.  Is there a way to create a desktop icon
> for eXist?
>
> On Sat, Oct 21, 2023 at 12:56 PM Ted Hickox <meg...@gm...> wrote:
>
>> I found the eXist DB folder and deleted it.  Now it's installing just
>> fine.
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 21, 2023 at 12:53 PM Ted Hickox <meg...@gm...> wrote:
>>
>>> I tried to install it.  The error reads incompatible installation
>>> detected.  Uninstall it first, or choose another directory to install it.
>>>
>>> On Sat, Oct 21, 2023 at 12:49 PM Claudius Teodorescu <
>>> cla...@gm...> wrote:
>>>
>>>> https://exist-db.org/exist/apps/doc/basic-installation
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, 21 Oct 2023, 20:47 Ted Hickox, <meg...@gm...> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> How do I do that?  Sorry, I'm a novice when it comes to Linux.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Oct 21, 2023 at 12:44 PM Claudius Teodorescu <
>>>>> cla...@gm...> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I would install eXist 6 in /home somewhere, to see what happens.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, 21 Oct 2023 at 20:36, Ted Hickox <meg...@gm...> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> This is the only output it produced.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sat, Oct 21, 2023 at 12:33 PM Claudius Teodorescu <
>>>>>>> cla...@gm...> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> This is only output from that command?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I got many like this one:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> /home/claudius/workspace/software/eXist-db/5.2.0-CLRE/lib/exist-core-5.2.0.jar
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> From such an information I can see the directory where eXist is
>>>>>>>> installed.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sat, 21 Oct 2023 at 20:31, Ted Hickox <meg...@gm...>
>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> When I ran the command, this is the information I received.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> find: ‘/run/user/1000/doc’: Permission denied
>>>>>>>>> find: ‘/run/user/1000/gvfs’: Permission denied
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> And I don't want to save any files from my previous version.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Oct 21, 2023 at 12:25 PM Claudius Teodorescu <
>>>>>>>>> cla...@gm...> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Run from command line:
>>>>>>>>>> sudo find / -type f -name "exist*.jar"
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Do you want to recover any data from eXist 2?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 21 Oct 2023 at 20:03, Ted Hickox <meg...@gm...>
>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Long ago I installed eXist 2.0.  But I have no idea how to find
>>>>>>>>>>> and remove it.  Then I attempted to install the latest version of eXist.
>>>>>>>>>>> Although that installation failed, I'm not sure if the files are still on
>>>>>>>>>>> my hard drive.  Can you assist me with this problem?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Oct 21, 2023 at 10:51 AM Claudius Teodorescu <
>>>>>>>>>>> cla...@gm...> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Did you ever had a previous version?
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 21 Oct 2023, 17:46 Ted Hickox, <meg...@gm...>
>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> I finally installed and set the java version to 11.  When I
>>>>>>>>>>>>> tried to install eXist, it told me to uninstall the previous version of
>>>>>>>>>>>>> eXist.  How do I find and then uninstall the previous version of eXist?
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, Oct 21, 2023 at 1:20 AM Claudius Teodorescu <
>>>>>>>>>>>>> cla...@gm...> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> You need Java 11. Remember that Dannes confirmed that this
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> version works with eXist 6.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> See
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52504825/how-to-install-jdk-11-under-ubuntu
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> for installing Java 11.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Claudius
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Sat, 21 Oct 2023 at 08:05, Ted Hickox <meg...@gm...>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I ran the following command and this is what happened when I
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> tried to install eXist 6:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> java -jar exist-installer-6.2.0.jar
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Command line arguments:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cannot find named resource: 'userInputLang.xml' AND
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 'userInputLang.xml_eng'
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cannot find named resource: 'userInputLang.xml' AND
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> 'userInputLang.xml_eng'
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> WARNING:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> com.izforge.izpack.api.exception.ResourceNotFoundException: Cannot find
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> named resource: 'packsLang.xml' AND 'packsLang.xml_eng'
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Can anyone assist me?
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Cu stimă,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Claudius Teodorescu
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>> Cu stimă,
>>>>>>>>>> Claudius Teodorescu
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
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