Dandanator Mini -- cannot start or compile app (Linux)

[thomas]

Hi!

I have some issues starting/compiling the Dandanator Java App on my Debian system. Since it is based on javafx, this is a bit complicated ...

Starting the precompiled jar gives me an InvocationTargetException, and building via mvn install fails quickly.

Oracle JDK 8 is installed and the "active" JDK chosen via update-alternatives.
Any ideas?

- thomas

[thomas]

 OK, nevermind -- I got it!
In case someone else is struggling here:

- download the tar-Archive from oracle (suckers! A login is needed since late 2019!)
- extract and install as explained here: https://docs.datastax.com/en/jdk-install/doc/jdk-install/installOracleJdkDeb.html
- choose java and javac from update-alternatives --config javac

The issue was caused by an "incompatible" JDK 8 version installed on my machine. With 8u281 it works! :-)
- thomas