Issue with windows installer
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Marius Klemetsen <mariusdk@...>
I have the same issue as Luis Enrique Ramos Garcí with not being able to download GATE. I post this now given that Luis still has not gotten an answer. GATE requires a Java Runtime Environment and works best with a JDK.
Click OK to download one - minimum version 1.8.0.
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Ian Roberts
Does the same workaround as Luis
suggested work for you (using java -jar to run both the installer
and GATE Developer itself)?
Which exact openjdk did you download,
and which options did you use when installing it? The .exe
wrappers for both the installer and the gate.exe launcher rely on
the presence of particular Oracle-specific keys in the Windows
Registry to find your java installation, so you will need to use
an openjdk package that sets those keys as part of its
installation. My current understanding (I don't have access to a
Windows machine to check) is that the .msi installers for both the
Azul Zulu and Eclipse Temurin versions of openjdk offer an option
to set the JavaSoft/Oracle compatibility registry keys, but this
is not enabled by default. I don't know about other packages like
Amazon Corretto. If you didn't set this option try re-installing
your JDK with the option enabled.
If you're just using a zip download of
the JDK rather than an .msi installer then the .exe launchers will
never be able to see that copy of Java, and your only option is to
run the installer & gateLauncher using java -jar (or javaw
-jar), which is essentially all that the EXEs are doing anyway.
Ian
On 15/01/2023 13:50, Marius Klemetsen
wrote:
-- Ian Roberts | Department of Computer Science i.roberts@... | University of Sheffield, UK |
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Marius Klemetsen <mariusdk@...>
You were right about the JavaSoft/Oracle compatibility registry keys. I ran the "Eclipse Temurin JDK with Hotspot 17.0.5+8 (x64) Setup" (i.e. the JDK installer) once more. Clicked "Change", clicked "JavaSoft/Oracle compatibility registry keys", and changed it to "Will be installed on local hard drive". It seems to have done the trick.
Btw. the workaround by Luis worked before I made the mentioned changes. Thanks for the help! |
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