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pdfsam package

PdfSam does not start - FATAL GuiClient Error (java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/jgoodies/common/base/SystemUtils)

Bug #1167469 reported by theghost
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This bug affects 27 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
pdfsam (Debian)
Fix Released
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pdfsam (Ubuntu)
Invalid
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Bug Description

PdfSam of Ubuntu repos (v.1.1.4) seems outdated. The upstream version (2.2.2) works fine instead.

Traceback:

19:21:16,751 INFO JMainFrame Starting PDF Split and Merge basic Ver. 1.1.4
19:21:16,840 INFO Configuration Loading configuration..
19:21:16,921 INFO Configuration Getting language...
19:21:17,013 INFO Configuration Setting look and feel...
19:21:17,036 FATAL GuiClient Error:
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/jgoodies/common/base/SystemUtils
 at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
 at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:787)
 at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:142)
 at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:447)
 at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader.java:71)
 at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:361)
 at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:355)
 at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
 at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:354)
 at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:423)
 at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:308)
 at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:356)
 at com.jgoodies.looks.plastic.PlasticLookAndFeel.<clinit>(PlasticLookAndFeel.java:137)
 at org.pdfsam.guiclient.utils.ThemeUtility.setTheme(ThemeUtility.java:160)
 at org.pdfsam.guiclient.configuration.Configuration.setLookAndFeel(Configuration.java:192)
 at org.pdfsam.guiclient.configuration.Configuration.init(Configuration.java:169)
 at org.pdfsam.guiclient.configuration.Configuration.<init>(Configuration.java:54)
 at org.pdfsam.guiclient.configuration.Configuration.getInstance(Configuration.java:59)
 at org.pdfsam.guiclient.gui.frames.JMainFrame.<init>(JMainFrame.java:90)
 at org.pdfsam.guiclient.GuiClient.main(GuiClient.java:61)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.jgoodies.common.base.SystemUtils
 at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:366)
 at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:355)
 at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
 at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:354)
 at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:423)
 at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:308)
 at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:356)
 ... 20 more

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: pdfsam 1.1.4-2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-17.27-generic 3.8.6
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-17-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu5
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Apr 10 19:23:04 2013
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-03-14 (26 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Alpha amd64 (20130314)
MarkForUpload: True
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: pdfsam
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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theghost (theghost) wrote :
tags: added: upgrade-software-version
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in pdfsam (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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Hans Joachim Desserud (hjd) wrote :

Also affects Ubuntu Saucy.

I tried to check if this bug also happens in Debian Sid, but the package is currently not installable there, due to some dependency being mising.

tags: added: saucy
summary: PdfSam does not start - FATAL GuiClient Error
+ (java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/jgoodies/common/base/SystemUtils)
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Felipe Castillo (fcastillo.ec) wrote :

Downloading the .zip file from the pdfsam webpage gets a new copy that runs without any problem on Ubuntu raring.
Now, if somebody could manage to package this linux version zip into a deb, that'll be great!

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Bzzz (da-bzzz) wrote :

Not exactly. I just downloaded 2.2.2 and extracted it to /usr/share/pdfsam.

First of all, it doesn't start, as I didn't wipe the directory before that. So there are two pdfsam-*.jar and the pdfsam link doesn't know which one to open. Deleted the older 1.x one:

New error is:

17:40:26,217 INFO Starting PDF Split and Merge basic Ver. 2.2.2
17:40:26,641 INFO Loading configuration..
17:40:26,644 FATAL Error loading configuration.
org.pdfsam.guiclient.exceptions.ConfigurationException: Unable to create /home/bzzz/.pdfsam
 at org.pdfsam.guiclient.configuration.services.xml.XmlConfigurationService.searchConfigurationFile(XmlConfigurationService.java:275)
 at org.pdfsam.guiclient.configuration.services.xml.XmlConfigurationService.getConfigurationXmlFile(XmlConfigurationService.java:237)
 at org.pdfsam.guiclient.configuration.services.xml.XmlConfigurationService.initializeService(XmlConfigurationService.java:87)
 at org.pdfsam.guiclient.configuration.services.xml.XmlConfigurationService.<init>(XmlConfigurationService.java:75)
 at org.pdfsam.guiclient.configuration.services.ConfigurationServiceLocator.getConfigurationService(ConfigurationServiceLocator.java:38)
 at org.pdfsam.guiclient.configuration.Configuration.initialize(Configuration.java:70)
 at org.pdfsam.guiclient.configuration.Configuration.<init>(Configuration.java:51)
 at org.pdfsam.guiclient.configuration.Configuration.getInstance(Configuration.java:60)
 at org.pdfsam.guiclient.gui.frames.JMainFrame.initialize(JMainFrame.java:122)
 at org.pdfsam.guiclient.gui.frames.JMainFrame.<init>(JMainFrame.java:96)
 at org.pdfsam.guiclient.GuiClient.main(GuiClient.java:76)
17:40:26,653 FATAL Error:
java.lang.NullPointerException
 at org.pdfsam.guiclient.configuration.Configuration.getI18nResourceBundle(Configuration.java:111)
 at org.pdfsam.guiclient.gui.frames.JMainFrame.initialize(JMainFrame.java:221)
 at org.pdfsam.guiclient.gui.frames.JMainFrame.<init>(JMainFrame.java:96)
 at org.pdfsam.guiclient.GuiClient.main(GuiClient.java:76)

Deleting the ~/.pdfsam/config.xml and their dir worked (permissions were ok!), pdfsam recreated that folder and uses pdfsam-config.xml now.

However, all that stuff may interfere with an updated .deb in the future. We have a package system, why don't we use it :/

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Gerhard Dickescheid (gerhard-dickescheid) wrote :

To solve the NoClassDefFoundError of the version of pdfsam installed by package manager, just install the addional jgoogies-common java libary with:
sudo apt-get-install libjgoodies-common-java

cd in pdfsam lib dircetory with
cd /usr/share/pdfsam/lib

and add a symlink with
sudo ln -s ../../java/jgoodies-common.jar

the new jar is automatically included in the java classpath if starting pdfsam again.

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Washington Indacochea Delgado (wachin-id-h) wrote :

Working fine, I download the source pdfsam-2.2.2-out.zip, and execute in command line:

java -jar pdfsam-2.2.2.jar

Working fine for me in UbuntuStudio 13.04, thanks Felipe Castillo, I from Ecuador

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Don Myers (donmyers) wrote :

Gerhard's solution worked perfectly for me!!!!!! Thank you Gehard!!!!!!

Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in pdfsam (Debian):
status: Unknown → New
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Aditya V (kroq-gar78) wrote :

Here's a debdiff for raring (should work for all versions using 1.1.4-2).

Changed in pdfsam (Ubuntu):
assignee: nobody → kroq-gar78 (kroq-gar78)
status: Confirmed → In Progress
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Aditya V (kroq-gar78) wrote :

Sorry, the last debdiff didn't have the Launchpad bug number in it. Here it is with the bug number.

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Aditya V (kroq-gar78) wrote :

I'm sorry. I forgot to format it correctly as a diff file. Third time's a charm...

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tags: added: patch
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James Page (james-page) wrote :

Hi kroq-gar78

Thanks for preparing this patch; I took a look and currently I can't reproduce this issue on Saucy; pdfsam works just fine.

I think it was fixed by this update:

libjgoodies-looks-java (2.5.2-3) unstable; urgency=low

  * Add javahelper.mk to d/rules.
  * Add jgoodies-common to the manifest via classpath file.
    (Closes: #709002)

 -- tony mancill <email address hidden> Sun, 02 Jun 2013 08:36:43 -0700

Which would fixup the loading of the jgoodies-common jar file in a different way.

Marking this bug as Invalid; please re-open if you think this is not true.

Changed in pdfsam (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Invalid
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PhilippeSeidel (pagin) wrote :

I had this bug on ubuntu 13.04, pdfsam 1.1.4-2. The bug could be that there is no dependency to the goodies library. However, I installed it and it still does not work.

Changed in pdfsam (Ubuntu):
status: Invalid → In Progress
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müzso (bit2) wrote :

I could reproduce the issue on 13.04 and Gerhard's workaround worked for me too.

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müzso (bit2) wrote :

The pdfsam version I have is: 1.1.4-2

Aditya V (kroq-gar78)
Changed in pdfsam (Ubuntu):
assignee: kroq-gar78 (kroq-gar78) → nobody
status: In Progress → Invalid
Bug Watch Updater (bug-watch-updater)
Changed in pdfsam (Debian):
status: New → Fix Released
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