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Stephen, Yes. That should, in theory, work. Best, Unidata IDV Support > Classification: UNCLASSIFIED > Caveats: NONE > > I see. You're saying download the IDV installer for Linux 64 bit, install, > then swap my freshly built idv.jar for the downloaded one right? > > Thanks, > Steve > > -----Original Message----- > From: Unidata IDV Support [mailto:address@hidden] > Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 1:38 PM > To: Kirby, Stephen F CIV USARMY ARL (US) > Cc: address@hidden; Kirby, Stephen F CIV USARMY ARL (US) > Subject: [IDV #PBQ-956479]: compiled ok, but getting runtime error > > Stephen, > > What I would do in this case is build the idv.jar and replace the idv.jar that > comes with the IDV distribution with your idv.jar. That way, all the ancillary > stuff should already be properly configured. > > Best, > > Unidata IDV Support > > > Classification: UNCLASSIFIED > > Caveats: NONE > > > > Hi, > > > > I successfully built IDV from source (idv_src_5.0u1.jar) and it said > > to start up IDV, do: > > > > java -Xmx512m -jar idv.jar > > > > but as I mentioned it is failing, looking for that SceneGraphObject class. > > > > I was wondering about testing it later on, on something like an iPad > > perhaps, but thought I would get my feet wet, by building from src on my > > Linux box. > > This error really puzzles me (especially since I have given it both > > the CLASSPATH env var, and a -cp flag). > > > > --Steve > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Unidata IDV Support [mailto:address@hidden] > > Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 12:45 PM > > To: Kirby, Stephen F CIV USARMY ARL (US) > > Cc: address@hidden; Kirby, Stephen F CIV USARMY ARL (US) > > Subject: [IDV #PBQ-956479]: compiled ok, but getting runtime error > > > > Stephen, > > > > What is your ultimate objective here? > > > > Please take a look at the runIDV script as a template. > > > > Best, > > > > Unidata IDV Support > > > > > > > Classification: UNCLASSIFIED > > > Caveats: NONE > > > > > > Do I have to "install" j3d? I do have it in my classpath, like this: > > > CLASSPATH=/home/skirby/jdk1.8.0_25/ext/j3dcore.jar > > > > > > --Steve > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Unidata IDV Support [mailto:address@hidden] > > > Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 11:47 AM > > > To: Kirby, Stephen F CIV USARMY ARL (US) > > > Cc: Kirby, Stephen F CIV USARMY ARL (US) > > > Subject: [IDV #PBQ-956479]: compiled ok, but getting runtime error > > > > > > > Classification: UNCLASSIFIED > > > > Caveats: NONE > > > > > > > > Yuan, > > > > > > > > I just upgraded to: > > > > > > > > $ java -version > > > > java version "1.8.0_25" > > > > Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_25-b17) Java > > > > HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.25-b02, mixed mode) > > > > > > > > --Steve > > > > > > > > > Did you install j3d package? > > > > > > > > > Yuan > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Unidata IDV Support [mailto:address@hidden] > > > > Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2014 11:43 AM > > > > To: Kirby, Stephen F CIV USARMY ARL (US) > > > > Cc: address@hidden > > > > Subject: [IDV #PBQ-956479]: compiled ok, but getting runtime error > > > > > > > > > Full Name: steve kirby > > > > > Email Address: address@hidden > > > > > Organization: arl > > > > > Package Version: > > > > > Operating System: redhat linux > > > > > Hardware: x86_64 > > > > > Description of problem: IDV compiled ok for me (although I did > > > > > have to augment the classpath in the build.xml, or else it was > > > > > complaining about not finding some j3d stuff. But when I try to > > > > > run IDV, per instructions, I get: > > > > > > > > > > $ java -Xmx512m -jar idv.jar > > > > > Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: > > > > > javax/media/j3d/SceneGraphObject at > > > > > visad.util.Util.<clinit>(Util.java:300) > > > > > at > > > > > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.checkSystem(IntegratedData > > > > > Vi > > > > > ew > > > > > er > > > > > .java:373) at > > > > > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.<init>(IntegratedDataViewer. > > > > > ja > > > > > va > > > > > :267) at > > > > > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.<init>(IntegratedDataViewer. > > > > > ja > > > > > va > > > > > :225) at ucar.unidata.idv.DefaultIdv.<init>(DefaultIdv.java:84) > > > > > at ucar.unidata.idv.DefaultIdv.main(DefaultIdv.java:165) > > > > > Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: > > > > > javax.media.j3d.SceneGraphObject at > > > > > java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:372) > > > > > at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:361) > > > > > at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at > > > > > java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:360) > > > > > at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:424) > > > > > at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:308) > > > > > at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:357) > > > > > ... 6 more > > > > > > > > > > So I added to my environment CLASSPATH, the exact jars, as I > > > > > have them in the build.xml, but it didn't help. Also tried > > > > > adding them via -cp, in the runtime call, but again, no luck. > > > > > Please let me know if you have any ideas. > > > > > > > > > > TIA, > > > > > Steve > > > > > > > > > > > > > > What is the version of your java? > > > > > > > > > > > > Yuan > > > > > > > > Ticket Details > > > > =================== > > > > Ticket ID: PBQ-956479 > > > > Department: Support IDV > > > > Priority: Normal > > > > Status: Open > > > > > > > > > > > > Classification: UNCLASSIFIED > > > > Caveats: NONE > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ticket Details > > > =================== > > > Ticket ID: PBQ-956479 > > > Department: Support IDV > > > Priority: Normal > > > Status: Open > > > > > > > > > Classification: UNCLASSIFIED > > > Caveats: NONE > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ticket Details > > =================== > > Ticket ID: PBQ-956479 > > Department: Support IDV > > Priority: Normal > > Status: Closed > > > > > > Classification: UNCLASSIFIED > > Caveats: NONE > > > > > > > > > > > Ticket Details > =================== > Ticket ID: PBQ-956479 > Department: Support IDV > Priority: Normal > Status: Closed > > > Classification: UNCLASSIFIED > Caveats: NONE > > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: PBQ-956479 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed