#150 ProjectLibre 1.9 doesn't start on Mint 19.1 - solved (repackage deb with patch)

[N. Z.]

Hello,

I'm still a beginner at linux, so please be kind and add a link, if I searched for the wrong key words and overlooked the solution.

package: projectlibre_1.9.0-1.deb

System Configuration:

lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: LinuxMint
Description:    Linux Mint 19.1 Tessa
Release:    19.1
Codename:   tessa

java -version
openjdk version "10.0.2" 2018-07-17
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 10.0.2+13-Ubuntu-1ubuntu0.18.04.4)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 10.0.2+13-Ubuntu-1ubuntu0.18.04.4, mixed mode)

desktop: xfce

Installation:

I couldn't install the package with gdebi:

sudo gdebi projectlibre_1.9.0-1.deb
[sudo] Passwort für ***:     
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree        
Reading state information... Done
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/gdebi", line 86, in <module>
    if not debi.open(args[0]):
  File "/usr/share/gdebi/GDebi/GDebiCli.py", line 73, in open
    self._deb = DebPackage(file, self._cache)
  File "/usr/share/gdebi/GDebi/DebPackage.py", line 31, in __init__
    super(DebPackage, self).__init__(cache=cache, filename=filename)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/debfile.py", line 61, in __init__
    self.open(filename)
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/apt/debfile.py", line 71, in open
    control = self._debfile.control.extractdata("control")
LookupError: There is no member named 'control'

Because I wasn't sure what was the problem I used:

sudo dpkg -i projectlibre_1.9.0-1.deb 
Vormals nicht ausgewähltes Paket projectlibre wird gewählt.
(Lese Datenbank ... 413061 Dateien und Verzeichnisse sind derzeit installiert.)
Vorbereitung zum Entpacken von projectlibre_1.9.0-1.deb ...
Entpacken von projectlibre (1.9.0-1) ...
projectlibre (1.9.0-1) wird eingerichtet ...
Trigger für desktop-file-utils (0.23+linuxmint4) werden verarbeitet ...
Trigger für gnome-menus (3.13.3-11ubuntu1.1) werden verarbeitet ...
Trigger für mime-support (3.60ubuntu1) werden verarbeitet ...
Trigger für shared-mime-info (1.9-2) werden verarbeitet ...

There were no error messages.

Starting program:

opening projectlibre I got:

projectlibre
Java auto-detection...
Checking java
    Java version: 10.0.2 NOK, version < 1.6
Checking /usr/lib/jvm/default-java/bin/java
    Java version: 10.0.2 NOK, version < 1.6
Checking /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.11.0-openjdk-amd64/bin/java
    Java version: 10.0.2 NOK, version < 1.6
Checking /usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64/bin/java
    Java version: 10.0.2 NOK, version < 1.6
Java not found or incorrect version.
Please install OpenJDK, Oracle JRE 1.6+ or set JAVA_HOME environment variable if it's already installed.

As far as I understand Java Version 10 is installed and that's higher than Version 6.
(I didn't try downgrading java to version 6,7 or 8, because I have one program wich seems to need version 10.)

I didn't find an alternative package as snap, flatpack or appimage.

How do I solve this problem?

Thanks in advance for your help!

NZ

[N. Z.]

Continuing searching ...
It seems that this is an old problem to various extend:

On https://sourceforge.net/p/projectlibre/tickets/146/ Projectlibre seems to start, but to freeze while saving. The solution was downgrading Java to Version 8.

As I understand this I have to install 2 versions of java and I can't run both versions parallelly.

Can anybody confirm this, please?

TIA

NZ

[Laurent Chretienneau]

Hello,

If you have javax/xml/bind/JAXBException in the console, then it's the same problem. I've given a possible solution in https://sourceforge.net/p/projectlibre/tickets/146/

Could you provide the full error with the stack trace?

Thanks

[N. Z.]

Hello

thanks for your answer.

I didn't get any javax/xml/bind/JAXBException.

In console I did get only the message above.

How would I obtain the stack trace?

I tried to get the JAVA_HOME variable:

~$ echo $JAVA_HOME

on echo command I got an empty return.

so I used:

~$ java -XshowSettings:properties -version
Property settings:
    awt.toolkit = sun.awt.X11.XToolkit
    file.encoding = UTF-8
    file.encoding.pkg = sun.io
    file.separator = /
    java.awt.graphicsenv = sun.awt.X11GraphicsEnvironment
    java.awt.printerjob = sun.print.PSPrinterJob
    java.class.path = 
    java.class.version = 54.0
    java.home = /usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64
    java.io.tmpdir = /tmp
    java.library.path = /usr/java/packages/lib
        /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/jni
        /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
        /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
        /usr/lib/jni
        /lib
        /usr/lib
    java.runtime.name = OpenJDK Runtime Environment
    java.runtime.version = 10.0.2+13-Ubuntu-1ubuntu0.18.04.4
    java.specification.name = Java Platform API Specification
    java.specification.vendor = Oracle Corporation
    java.specification.version = 10
    java.vendor = Oracle Corporation
    java.vendor.url = http://java.oracle.com/
    java.vendor.url.bug = http://bugreport.java.com/bugreport/
    java.version = 10.0.2
    java.version.date = 2018-07-17
    java.vm.compressedOopsMode = 32-bit
    java.vm.info = mixed mode
    java.vm.name = OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM
    java.vm.specification.name = Java Virtual Machine Specification
    java.vm.specification.vendor = Oracle Corporation
    java.vm.specification.version = 10
    java.vm.vendor = Oracle Corporation
    java.vm.version = 10.0.2+13-Ubuntu-1ubuntu0.18.04.4
    jdk.debug = release
    line.separator = \n 
    os.arch = amd64
    os.name = Linux
    os.version = 4.15.0-45201902141402-generic
    path.separator = :
    sun.arch.data.model = 64
    sun.boot.library.path = /usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64/lib
    sun.cpu.endian = little
    sun.cpu.isalist = 
    sun.io.unicode.encoding = UnicodeLittle
    sun.java.launcher = SUN_STANDARD
    sun.jnu.encoding = UTF-8
    sun.management.compiler = HotSpot 64-Bit Tiered Compilers
    sun.os.patch.level = unknown
    user.country = DE
    user.dir = /home/nab
    user.home = /home/nab
    user.language = de
    user.name = nab
    user.timezone = 

openjdk version "10.0.2" 2018-07-17
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 10.0.2+13-Ubuntu-1ubuntu0.18.04.4)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 10.0.2+13-Ubuntu-1ubuntu0.18.04.4, mixed mode)

I have read in the java 11 man pages that java 11 doesn't need this variable.
Non the less I set it with:

~$ JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64
export JAVA_HOME
~$ echo $JAVA_HOME
/usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64

But it didn't chance the result when starting projectlibre in console:

~$ projectlibre 
Java auto-detection...
Checking /usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64/bin/java
    Java version: 10.0.2 NOK, version < 1.6
Checking java
    Java version: 10.0.2 NOK, version < 1.6
Checking /usr/lib/jvm/default-java/bin/java
    Java version: 10.0.2 NOK, version < 1.6
Checking /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.11.0-openjdk-amd64/bin/java
    Java version: 10.0.2 NOK, version < 1.6
Checking /usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64/bin/java
    Java version: 10.0.2 NOK, version < 1.6
Java not found or incorrect version.
Please install OpenJDK, Oracle JRE 1.6+ or set JAVA_HOME environment variable if it's already installed.

What data can I collect with wich commands to help solving this problem?

Thanks a lot!

[kohpe]

I can confirm the problem with Mint19.1.

1. Unfortunately the deb-file contains an empty control.tar.gz. This causes the control error.
   I unpacked the file and repacked it again using the info from control.tar.xz and putting it into control.tar.gz. This did the trick.
   Suggestion: Remove the empty control.tar.gz (Control.tar.mz should be enough).

2. In /usr/bin/projectlibre the java version is determined in the following line:

JAVA_VERSION=`echo "$JAVA_VERSION" | awk '{ print substr($1, 1, 3); }' | sed -e 's;\.;0;g'`

Mint19 comes with openjdk 10.0.2. Beacuse of substr($1, 1, 3) the version number is converted to 100, which ist below the minimum version.
Suggestion:
Change the line to

JAVA_VERSION=`echo "$JAVA_VERSION" | awk '{ print substr($1, 1); }' | sed -e 's;\.;0;g'`

This will result in version 10002 which is greater than the minimum version.

Best regards!

[N. Z.]

Thanks kohpe!

after some searching I came up with following pprocedure:

dpkg -x projectlibre_1.9.0-1.deb projectlibre_1.9.0-1/
then I did the from kohpe suggested change on projectlibre_1.9.0-1/usr/bin/projectlibre

dpkg -e projectlibre_1.9.0-1.deb projectlibre_1.9.0-1/DEBIAN
dpkg -b projectlibre_1.9.0-1/ projectlibre_1.9.0-2.deb

and installed the "new" package with gdebi

(I didn't have to do anything with the control.tar.gz, because "dpkg -e" generated control just fine.)

Installation went without a problem.
projectlibre open, a new project was generated and saved. But I get some warning:

WARNING: An illegal reflective access operation has occurred
WARNING: Illegal reflective access by org.pushingpixels.flamingo.api.ribbon.JRibbonFrame$KeyTipLayer (file:/usr/share/projectlibre/projectlibre.jar) to method com.sun.awt.AWTUtilities.setComponentMixingCutoutShape(java.awt.Component,java.awt.Shape)
WARNING: Please consider reporting this to the maintainers of org.pushingpixels.flamingo.api.ribbon.JRibbonFrame$KeyTipLayer
WARNING: Use --illegal-access=warn to enable warnings of further illegal reflective access operations
WARNING: All illegal access operations will be denied in a future release

After save projectlibre doesn't update the orginal project, writes the whole file to to Projectname_tmp0.pod.:

Exception in thread "saveProject" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/xml/bind/JAXBException
    at com.projectlibre1.server.data.MSPDISerializer.serializeProject(Unknown Source)
    at com.projectlibre1.server.data.MSPDISerializer.serializeProject(Unknown Source)
    at com.projectlibre1.server.data.MSPDISerializer.saveProject(Unknown Source)
    at com.projectlibre1.exchange.MicrosoftImporter.saveProject(Unknown Source)
    at com.projectlibre1.exchange.LocalFileImporter.exportFile(Unknown Source)
    at com.projectlibre1.exchange.LocalFileImporter$2.run(Unknown Source)
    at com.projectlibre1.job.Job$InternalRunnable.run(Unknown Source)
    at com.projectlibre1.job.Job.runSwing(Unknown Source)
    at com.projectlibre1.job.Job.runThread(Unknown Source)
    at com.projectlibre1.job.Job.run(Unknown Source)
    at com.projectlibre1.job.Job.run(Unknown Source)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.xml.bind.JAXBException
    at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.BuiltinClassLoader.loadClass(BuiltinClassLoader.java:583)
    at java.base/jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoaders.java:190)
    at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:499)
    ... 11 more

When using the save button (right of the logo) then projectlibre freezes without output in terminal. When trying to close, it's not possible because either you freeze with saving or jump back into the loop getting asked whether you want to save the changes before exiting.

As far as I understand that's a new unrelated problem to my modifing the deb package.

Since there is now a javax/xml/bind/JAXBException it could be related to: https://sourceforge.net/p/projectlibre/tickets/146/

If not, please point me in the correct direction.

TIA

[Gerardo R. Maduro G.]

Thx, that work for me!!!

[Laurent Chretienneau]

Fixed in 1.9.1

[N. Z.]

Thank you very much indeed!
As soon as the deb-package is avaible I will test it :-)