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ids_install fails with error "An internal LaunchAnywhere application error has occured and this application cannot proceed. (LAX)"

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Question

ids_install fails with error "An internal LaunchAnywhere application error has occured and this application cannot proceed. (LAX)"

Cause

./ids_install
Preparing to install...
Extracting the JRE from the installer archive...
Unpacking the JRE...
Extracting the installation resources from the installer archive...
Configuring the installer for this system's environment...

Launching installer...

An internal LaunchAnywhere application error has occured and this
application cannot proceed. (LAX)

Stack Trace:
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Malformed \uxxxx encoding.
at java.util.Properties.loadConvert(Properties.java:568)
at java.util.Properties.load0(Properties.java:391)
at java.util.Properties.load(Properties.java:341)
at com.zerog.common.java.util.PropertiesUtil.loadProperties
(DashoA10*..)
at com.zerog.lax.LAX.<init>(DashoA10*..)
at com.zerog.lax.LAX.main(DashoA10*..)

Answer


This is a known issue with the InstallAnywhere installer.
To work around the problem, users can unset the PS1 environment variable, or change it as follows:
export PS1=">"

[{"Product":{"code":"SSGU8G","label":"Informix Servers"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU053","label":"Cloud & Data Platform"},"Component":"Not Applicable","Platform":[{"code":"PF002","label":"AIX"},{"code":"PF010","label":"HP-UX"},{"code":"PF016","label":"Linux"},{"code":"PF027","label":"Solaris"}],"Version":"12.1","Edition":"Developer;Enterprise;Express;Growth;Hypervisor;Innovator;Ultimate;Workgroup","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB10","label":"Data and AI"}}]

Document Information

Modified date:
03 June 2021

UID

swg21975406

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