Re: [Exist-open] I finally installed eXist....but....

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

Someone told me in this forum to run the bin\startup from the command
line.  Soi I did.  I received the following message.  The message says
cannot run program.c:ProgramFiles\Java\jdk-11\bin\javaw.exe in directory
c:Users\TedHickox\Documents\eXist create process error = 206 The filename
or extension is too long.  The stackflow article that someone in this group
sent to me discusses Java classes and Java objects.  I barely comprehend
either term.  I've never programmed in Java even though I have programmed
in Javascript for years.  So I had a tough time reading the stackflow
article.  So I didn't obtain very much useful information from the
stackflow article.

On Mon, Dec 4, 2023 at 10:38 AM Jean-Paul Rehr <re...@gm...> wrote:

> >I tried to run bin\startup as an administrator and it didn't work
>
> Unfortunately these kinds of comments don't let anyone help you. To get
> correct help you need to provide exactly the steps to reproduce your
> installation and problems in executing programs, and then the exact error
> messages you receive.
>
> Lots of people run eXist on Windows (I don't, but my colleagues do).
>
> As it goes, most eXist help is now found on the eXist developer's Slack
> community,
> https://join.slack.com/t/exist-db/shared_invite/zt-89ukckoj-zbbC_V2QDIR5nGMokG9TQA
> . You are likely to find more responsiveness there than this mailing list.
>
> JPR
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 4, 2023 at 5:25 PM Ted Hickox <meg...@gm...> wrote:
>
>> I tried to run the program as an administrator and it didn't work.  I
>> tried to run bin\startup as an administrator and it didn't work.  I
>> couldn't comprehend one word about the stackflow article.  Unless someone
>> translates that article for me, I guess this program can't work with
>> Windows.  And when I tried to use this program in Ubuntu Linux, it refused
>> to use any Java version except the 1.8 build.  So unless someone can help
>> me with that, I won't be able to use eXist.  And that's a real shame
>> because 10 years ago l loved using eXist.  I even uploaded videos about it
>> and bought the book that you published about it.  I've tried to read the
>> book but I feel I would need an encyclopedia just to translate it.
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 4, 2023 at 5:49 AM Pieter Lamers <pie...@be...>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I think this is a bogus error. I think you may need to run it with
>>> administrator permissions  or something of the like.
>>>
>>> best
>>> Pieter
>>>
>>>
>>> On 04/12/2023 09:44, Vincent Razanajao wrote:
>>> > Hi Ted,
>>> >
>>> > I also had this issue with my brand new laptop running windows 11.
>>> > Though it does not run existdb as a service, I managed to launch the
>>> > server by executing /bin/statrtup.bat through the command line.
>>> >
>>> > Hope this helps,
>>> >
>>> > Best,
>>> >
>>> > Vincent
>>> >
>>> > Le 04/12/2023 à 07:00, Ted Hickox a écrit :
>>> >> I finally figured out that my PC Matic program was blocking my eXist
>>> >> database.  But when I tried to open eXist for the first time, I got
>>> >> an error.  I don't know how to fix it.  I attached a photo of the
>>> >> error so you could see it.
>>> >>
>>> >>
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