idah 12.1 upgrade on z/linux java.lang.NullPointerException error
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Issue/Introduction
Get the following error trying to run the idash 12.1 installer
Unpacking JRE ...
Starting Installer ...
java.lang.NullPointerException
at sun.awt.FontConfiguration.getVersion(FontConfiguration.java:1264)
at sun.awt.FontConfiguration.readFontConfigFile(FontConfiguration.java:219)
at sun.awt.FontConfiguration.init(FontConfiguration.java:107)
at sun.awt.X11FontManager.createFontConfiguration(X11FontManager.java:774)
at sun.font.SunFontManager$2.run(SunFontManager.java:431)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.font.SunFontManager.<init>(SunFontManager.java:376)
at sun.awt.FcFontManager.<init>(FcFontManager.java:35)
at sun.awt.X11FontManager.<init>(X11FontManager.java:57)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:423)
at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:442)
at sun.font.FontManagerFactory$1.run(FontManagerFactory.java:83)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at sun.font.FontManagerFactory.getInstance(FontManagerFactory.java:74)
at sun.font.SunFontManager.getInstance(SunFontManager.java:250)
at sun.font.FontDesignMetrics.getMetrics(FontDesignMetrics.java:264)
at sun.swing.SwingUtilities2.getFontMetrics(SwingUtilities2.java:1113)
at javax.swing.JComponent.getFontMetrics(JComponent.java:1626)
at javax.swing.text.WrappedPlainView.updateMetrics(WrappedPlainView.java:318)
at javax.swing.text.WrappedPlainView.updateChildren(WrappedPlainView.java:297)
at javax.swing.text.WrappedPlainView.insertUpdate(WrappedPlainView.java:463)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTextUI$RootView.insertUpdate(BasicTextUI.java:1610)
at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicTextUI$UpdateHandler.insertUpdate(BasicTextUI.java:1869)
at javax.swing.text.AbstractDocument.fireInsertUpdate(AbstractDocument.java:201)
at javax.swing.text.AbstractDocument.handleInsertString(AbstractDocument.java:748)
at javax.swing.text.AbstractDocument.insertString(AbstractDocument.java:707)
at javax.swing.text.PlainDocument.insertString(PlainDocument.java:130)
at javax.swing.text.DefaultEditorKit.read(DefaultEditorKit.java:273)
at javax.swing.JEditorPane.setText(JEditorPane.java:1416)
at javax.swing.JEditorPane.<init>(JEditorPane.java:290)
at com.install4j.runtime.installer.frontend.headless.AbstractHeadlessScreenExecutor.init(Unknown Source)
at com.install4j.runtime.installer.frontend.headless.ConsoleScreenExecutor.<init>(Unknown Source)
at com.install4j.runtime.installer.frontend.headless.InstallerConsoleScreenExecutor.<init>(Unknown Source)
at com.install4j.runtime.installer.Installer.getScreenExecutor(Unknown Source)
at com.install4j.runtime.installer.Installer.runInProcess(Unknown Source)
at com.install4j.runtime.installer.Installer.main(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
at com.exe4j.runtime.LauncherEngine.launch(Unknown Source)
at com.install4j.runtime.launcher.Launcher.main(Unknown Source)
Could not display the GUI. This application needs access to an X Server.
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You can also run this application in console mode without
access to an X server by passing the argument -c
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Environment
Release : 12.1
O/S: Z/Linux on SUSE
Cause
If there are no fonts available on the linux machine.
You can do a fc-list to see all avaible fonts
Resolution
Need to download and apply missing fontconfig package or any SUSE fonts from online to the following dir /usr/share/fonts
for example: DejaVuSans-BoldOblique.ttf
Once this is added to the fonts directory the installer will proceed with the install process
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