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UnsupportedClassVersionError Exception while installing Pack for InfoSphere Information Server

Troubleshooting


Problem

While installing an InfoSphere Information Server Pack, the installation fails due to an UnsupportedClassVersionError Exception. This is due to conflicting classes found on the environment's CLASSPATH.

Symptom

An Exception similar to the following is received:


Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: com/sun/xml/util/XmlChars (Unsupported major.minor version 49.0)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass0(Native Method)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:808)
        at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:147)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:475)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$500(URLClassLoader.java:109)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader$ClassFinder.run(URLClassLoader.java:848)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged1(Native Method)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(AccessController.java:389)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:371)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:570)
        at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:442)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:561)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:502)
        at com.sun.xml.parser.Parser.maybeGetNameCacheEntry(Parser.java:613)
        at com.sun.xml.parser.Parser.maybeElement(Parser.java:1271)
        at com.sun.xml.parser.Parser.parseInternal(Parser.java:492)
        at com.sun.xml.parser.Parser.parse(Parser.java:309)
        at com.jxml.quick.Quick.parse(Unknown Source)
        at com.jxml.quick.engine.QCMLBindings.parseSchema(Unknown Source)
        at com.jxml.quick.Quick.parseSchema(Unknown Source)
        at com.jxml.quick.Quick.parseSchema(Unknown Source)
        at com.installshield.qjml.QJML.getSchemaDoc(Unknown Source)
        at com.installshield.qjml.QJML.read(Unknown Source)
        at com.installshield.qjml.QJML.read(Unknown Source)
        at com.installshield.wizard.WizardLoader.load(Unknown Source)
        at com.installshield.wizard.Wizard.loadWizard(Unknown Source)
        at com.installshield.wizard.Wizard.startup(Unknown Source)
        at com.installshield.boot.BootMain.boot(Unknown Source)
        at run.main(Unknown Source)

The installation will then fail.

[{"Product":{"code":"SSZJPZ","label":"IBM InfoSphere Information Server"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Component":"Pack","Platform":[{"code":"PF002","label":"AIX"},{"code":"PF010","label":"HP-UX"},{"code":"PF016","label":"Linux"},{"code":"PF027","label":"Solaris"}],"Version":"1.5.0;1.5.0.2;1.6.1.1;2.2.2.1;3.2.1.1;3.2.2.1;3.2.2.2;4.3.2.1;4.3.2.2;6.5.0.1;6.5.0.2","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB76","label":"Data Platform"}},{"Product":{"code":"SSZJPZ","label":"IBM InfoSphere Information Server"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU048","label":"IBM Software"},"Component":" ","Platform":[{"code":"","label":""}],"Version":"","Edition":"","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB76","label":"Data Platform"}}]

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Document Information

More support for:
IBM InfoSphere Information Server

Software version:
1.5.0, 1.5.0.2, 1.6.1.1, 2.2.2.1, 3.2.1.1, 3.2.2.1, 3.2.2.2, 4.3.2.1, 4.3.2.2, 6.5.0.1, 6.5.0.2

Operating system(s):
AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris

Document number:
198453

Modified date:
25 April 2025

UID

swg21579258

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