2018 would not start: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/intellij/openapi/diagnostic/Logger$Factory

Adding openapi.jar to idea.lax path fixed the problem

"Alex Roytman" <nospam@hello.world> wrote in message
news:c8gogk$2eu$1@is.intellij.net...

I unzipped it on top of 2013 and it breaks on startup (almost instantly)

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java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
com/intellij/openapi/diagnostic/Logger$Factory
at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:141)
at com.zerog.lax.LAX.launch(DashoA8113)
at com.zerog.lax.LAX.main(DashoA8113)

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If you're using the lax launcher, the idea.lax file is missing the openapi.jar in the class path. Just add it to the class path mentioning the idea.jar

There's a tiny, but important change in the idea.bat file: The file from #2018
includes openapi.jar into the startup classpath. I also just unzipped over my #2013
installation but kept my old startup file and got the same error. Updating the .bat
file solved the problem for me.

From idea.bat:
SET CLASS_PATH=%IDEA_HOME%\lib\idea.jar
; This is the new line:
SET CLASS_PATH=%CLASS_PATH%;%IDEA_HOME%\lib\openapi.jar
SET CLASS_PATH=%CLASS_PATH%;%IDEA_HOME%\lib\jdom.jar
SET CLASS_PATH=%CLASS_PATH%;%IDEA_HOME%\lib\log4j.jar

Hope this helps,

Sascha

Alex Roytman wrote:

I unzipped it on top of 2013 and it breaks on startup (almost instantly)

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java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
com/intellij/openapi/diagnostic/Logger$Factory
at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:141)
at com.zerog.lax.LAX.launch(DashoA8113)
at com.zerog.lax.LAX.main(DashoA8113)

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well spotted!

N.

Sascha Weinreuter wrote:

There's a tiny, but important change in the idea.bat file: The file from #2018
includes openapi.jar into the startup classpath. I also just unzipped over my #2013
installation but kept my old startup file and got the same error. Updating the .bat
file solved the problem for me.

From idea.bat:
SET CLASS_PATH=%IDEA_HOME%\lib\idea.jar
; This is the new line:
SET CLASS_PATH=%CLASS_PATH%;%IDEA_HOME%\lib\openapi.jar
SET CLASS_PATH=%CLASS_PATH%;%IDEA_HOME%\lib\jdom.jar
SET CLASS_PATH=%CLASS_PATH%;%IDEA_HOME%\lib\log4j.jar

Hope this helps,

Sascha

Alex Roytman wrote:

>>I unzipped it on top of 2013 and it breaks on startup (almost instantly)
>>
>>java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
>>com/intellij/openapi/diagnostic/Logger$Factory
>> at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
>> at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:141)
>> at com.zerog.lax.LAX.launch(DashoA8113)
>> at com.zerog.lax.LAX.main(DashoA8113)
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You've got to be mad just unzipping on top of an old build! That is
likely to cause all manner of problems...

Alex Roytman wrote:

I unzipped it on top of 2013 and it breaks on startup (almost instantly)

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
com/intellij/openapi/diagnostic/Logger$Factory
at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:141)
at com.zerog.lax.LAX.launch(DashoA8113)
at com.zerog.lax.LAX.main(DashoA8113)

no it works fine most of the time (I've been on EAP since 2.0).
It is too much troubles to install it fresh every time.
I do it occasionally to get clean baseline but not always

"Nick Atkins" <nicka@slippytoad.com> wrote in message
news:c8h278$soa$1@is.intellij.net...

You've got to be mad just unzipping on top of an old build! That is
likely to cause all manner of problems...

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Alex Roytman wrote:

I unzipped it on top of 2013 and it breaks on startup (almost instantly)

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java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
com/intellij/openapi/diagnostic/Logger$Factory
at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:141)
at com.zerog.lax.LAX.launch(DashoA8113)
at com.zerog.lax.LAX.main(DashoA8113)

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