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java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: sun.font.FontManager error when installing patch 5 for the Case Foundation Process Engine 5.0.0

Troubleshooting


Problem

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: sun.font.FontManager error when installing patch 5 for the Process Engine on Redhat Linux

Symptom

All modes of the patch installation generate errors.

Interactive installation:

-sh-4.1$ ./5.0.0.5-P8PE-LINUX.BIN


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...

Graphical installers are not supported by the VM. The console mode will
be used instead...

Preparing CONSOLE Mode Installation...
......
Installer User Interface Mode Not Supported

The installer cannot run in this UI mode. To specify the interface
mode, use the -i command-line option, followed by the UI mode
identifier. The valid UI modes identifiers are GUI, Console, and Silent.

=======================================================

Console-mode installation:

-sh-4.1$ ./5.0.0.5-P8PE-LINUX.BIN -i Console
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...

Preparing CONSOLE Mode Installation...
......
Installer User Interface Mode Not Supported

The installer cannot run in this UI mode. To specify the interface
mode, use the -i command-line option, followed by the UI mode
identifier. The valid UI modes identifiers are GUI, Console, and Silent.

=======================================================

Silent installation:

-sh-4.1$ ./5.0.0.5-P8PE-LINUX.BIN -f pe_silent_install.txt
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...

Preparing SILENT Mode Installation...


[-Invocation of this Java Application has caused an
InvocationTargetException. This application will now exit. (LAX)

Stack Trace in the pe_silent_install.txt file:


    java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: sun.font.FontManager (initialization
    failure)
    at java.lang.J9VMInternals.initialize(J9VMInternals.java:127)
    at java.awt.Font.getFont2D(Font.java:378)
    at java.awt.Font.getFamily(Font.java:984)
    at java.awt.Font.getFamily_NoClientCode(Font.java:958)
    at java.awt.Font.getFamily(Font.java:950)
    at ZeroGre.a(DashoA10*..)
    at ZeroGre.a(DashoA10*..)
    at ZeroGre.a(DashoA10*..)
    at ZeroGre.a(DashoA10*..)
    at ZeroGre.a(DashoA10*..)
    at ZeroGre.a(DashoA10*..)
    at ZeroGre.a(DashoA10*..)
    at com.zerog.ia.installer.actions.InstallUninstaller.a

[{"Product":{"code":"SSTHRT","label":"IBM Case Foundation"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Component":"Process Engine","Platform":[{"code":"PF016","label":"Linux"}],"Version":"5.0","Edition":"All Editions","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB76","label":"Data Platform"}}]

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Modified date:
17 June 2018

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