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welshbaloney · Active contributor Joined: 05 Jul 2006 Posts: 7

Hi,
I can't get the installer to install. I've read the FAQ and also tried this from the root account. The console.log gives me the following:

===== Tuesday, July 4, 2006 8:30:33 PM US/Pacific =====
[LaunchRunner Error] The main class "com.zerog.lax.LAX" could not be found.
[JavaAppLauncher Error] CallStaticVoidMethod() threw an exception
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
at apple.launcher.LaunchRunner.run(LaunchRunner.java:85)
at apple.launcher.LaunchRunner.callMain(LaunchRunner.java:50)
at apple.launcher.JavaApplicationLauncher.launch(JavaApplicationLauncher.java:52)

Can anyone advise a solution?
Thanks
W

nev · Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 4:09 am Post subject:

Hi welsh, or should I call you mr baloney?

I've had a look around and found other people that have encountered this problem with other java apps (like limewire).

In those cases it turned out that their download was corrupt in some way - perhaps the file was not fully downloaded or unzipped using a tool that didn't handle the zip file properly.

Try downloading it again and check the file size - the zip file should be 1,403,912 bytes.

welshbaloney · Active contributor Joined: 05 Jul 2006 Posts: 7

Thanks nev,
I downloaded the ZIP file again and confirm the size you quote. Still having the same problem running the installer.

Tried unzipping with Suffit Delux 10 and Stuffit Expander 10.

I found another unzip app on versiontracker, tried that and the installer failed there too. This failure didn't even produce a Console output...strange.

Oh, I'm on PPC btw.

Thanks
Tony.

nev · Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 10:26 pm Post subject:

You wouldn't happen to be using Panther (10.3.x) would you?

welshbaloney · Active contributor Joined: 05 Jul 2006 Posts: 7

nev · Posted: Thu Jul 06, 2006 6:40 am Post subject:

Hmmmmmmm

Do you know what version of Java you're running?
The latest version (Java 5.0 release 4) is available here:
http://developer.apple.com/java/download/

Note that this is a more up to date version than the one linked to from the standard apple java page - for some reason they've still got that stuck at release 1.

It's only as of release 4 that they've made Java 5.0 the default - even if you have Java 5.0 release 1, the mac still treats Java 1.4 as the default. Confused yet?

welshbaloney · Active contributor Joined: 05 Jul 2006 Posts: 7

If I type "java -version" in the Terminal, I get...

java version "1.5.0_06"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_06-112)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_06-64, mixed mode, sharing)

Tony.

nev · Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 5:20 am Post subject:

How frustrating.
I can't think of anything else at the moment.

As a last resort you should be able to install one of these versions from this page:
"Other Java-enabled Platforms"
"Any Unix Platform"
http://www.auctionsieve.com/download/other-downloads.htm

Nev

Meg_Q · Posted: Wed Oct 11, 2006 5:52 am Post subject:

Hi, I'm having a super-frustrating time w/ this update, I'm pretty sure b/c of the Java.

From Terminal, my Java info is
java version "1.4.2_07"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.2_07-215)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.2-50, mixed mode)

I'm running 10.4.8, updated thru Software Update.

I tried downloading Java updates from the developer area as you suggested, but whenever I try to install, I get a "You must update to the latest available version of Java through Software Update" message, and the Installer then closes. Well, if I could do that, I woulda done it, you know? Confused

So, this is more of a help-me-please-with-Java query, but if you could tell me what's going wrong that would be great. (If not that's okay too.)

nev · Posted: Thu Oct 12, 2006 12:09 pm Post subject:

Hi Meg,

Well you could try downloading this one first :
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/java2se50release1.html

The strange (stupid) thing is that, for some inexplicable reason, it doesn't become the default Java - 1.4 remains the default. Dunno why they chose to do that.

Which release from this page did you try to install? Release 4 (Intel)? :
http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/java2se50release1.html

Nev

Meg_Q · Posted: Fri Oct 13, 2006 2:42 am Post subject:

I AM on a PPC G4 mini. If that makes a difference. So was downloading PPC and not Intel version. Haven't tried anything yet as have just started new job this week, very little spare time. Will try this weekend & let you know. Thanks.

welshbaloney · Active contributor Joined: 05 Jul 2006 Posts: 7

I'm back. Thought I'd download the latest and try again. I'm having *exactly* the same installation issue as before Sad

Oh well...

sirplus · Active contributor Joined: 16 Jan 2006 Posts: 7

Hi
I was having issues installing
The installer was freezing -was using the 1 with vm included

the fix was

update and verify to the latest jre
and
use the installer WITHOUT VM

all fixed

hope this helps

welshbaloney · Active contributor Joined: 05 Jul 2006 Posts: 7

sirplus · Active contributor Joined: 16 Jan 2006 Posts: 7

oh yep
i use xp, the uninstaller was broken somehow
so first i had to manually delete every trace of AS first then clean my registry
which is a windows thing

to find what files to delete i had to manually expand every compressed component of the install pack using winrar

not sure how this applies to mac; it worked for me

I am very happy with as and will use it for sure