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Shahin Mameghani updated KARAF-5695: ------------------------------------ Summary: Starting Karaf 4.2.0 in Ubuntu 17.10 with OpenJDK 9 fails (was: Starting Karaf 4.2.0 on Ubuntu 17.10 with OpenJDK 9 fails) > Starting Karaf 4.2.0 in Ubuntu 17.10 with OpenJDK 9 fails > --------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: KARAF-5695 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KARAF-5695 > Project: Karaf > Issue Type: Bug > Affects Versions: 4.2.0 > Environment: Ubuntu 17.10 > OpenJDK 9 (build 9-Ubuntu+0-9b181-4) > Reporter: Shahin Mameghani > Priority: Major > Original Estimate: 1h > Remaining Estimate: 1h > > In earlier versions of Java, executing {{java -version}} in a terminal will > return for instance {{1.8.0_162}} but in Ubuntu with Java 9 it returns > {{9-Ubuntu}}. Because of this, when executing {{./bin/karaf}}, the following > error output is given. > {code:java} > /home/shahin/tools/apache-karaf-4.2.0/bin/karaf: 212: [: Illegal number: > 9-Ubuntu > /home/shahin/tools/apache-karaf-4.2.0/bin/karaf: 274: [: Illegal number: > 9-Ubuntu > -Djava.endorsed.dirs=/usr/lib/jvm/java-9-openjdk-amd64/jre/lib/endorsed:/usr/lib/jvm/java-9-openjdk-amd64/lib/endorsed:/home/shahin/tools/apache-karaf-4.2.0/lib/endorsed > is not supported. Endorsed standards and standalone APIs > in modular form will be supported via the concept of upgradeable modules. > Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine. > Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit. > {code} > Starting Karaf with Java 8 works fine. > A workaround for this was to modify the {{sed}} expression at line 211 in the > function {{checkJvmVersion()}} in {{./bin/inc}} from > {code:java} > sed -e 's/_.*//g; s/^1\.//g ; s/\..*//g;'{code} > to > {code:java} > sed -e 's/_.*//g; s/^1\.//g ; s/\..*//g; s/-.*//g;' > {code} > After this Karaf boots properly with Java 9. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.6.3#76005)