[ARCHIVE] Error During Installation of Harris FlexNet License Server on Debian 8: Unsupported major.minor version 5.2
When attempting to install the Harris FlexNet License Server on Debian 8, the following error may be encountered:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: com/flexnet/glservice/main/Main : Unsupported major.minor version 52.0
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:803)
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:142)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:449)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader.java:71)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:361)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:355)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:354)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:425)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:308)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:358)
at sun.launcher.LauncherHelper.checkAndLoadMain(LauncherHelper.java:482)
./configure: line 253: /etc/default/flexnetls-$PUBLISHER: ambiguous redirect
This error can occur if Java version 8 is not yet installed on the system.
To resolve this issue:
- Install Java JRE 8
- Uninstall the Harris FlexNet license server per the instructions in the Harris Install and Administer Flexera License Server Service on Linux documentation.
- Reinstall the license server service.
Reviewed by JU (11 Jan 20-17)