Error when running OpenMRS

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Hello guys,

I’m Benjamin and I’m a challenge setup OpenMRS.

Getting the error below. kindly i need your assistance.

OpenMRS is not able to start. The following error occurred at startup: OpenMRS requires Java 6, but is running under 1.8.0_191

org.openmrs.api.APIException: OpenMRS requires Java 6, but is running under 1.8.0_191 at org.openmrs.util.OpenmrsUtil.validateJavaVersion(OpenmrsUtil.java:1201) at org.openmrs.web.Listener.contextInitialized(Listener.java:116) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.listenerStart(StandardContext.java:4643) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.startInternal(StandardContext.java:5109) at org.apache.catalina.util.LifecycleBase.start(LifecycleBase.java:183) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChildInternal(ContainerBase.java:743) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.addChild(ContainerBase.java:719) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.addChild(StandardHost.java:695) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployWAR(HostConfig.java:986) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.deployApps(HostConfig.java:492) at org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig.check(HostConfig.java:1651) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source) at org.apache.tomcat.util.modeler.BaseModelMBean.invoke(BaseModelMBean.java:287) at com.sun.jmx.interceptor.DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.invoke(Unknown Source) at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.JmxMBeanServer.invoke(Unknown Source) at org.apache.catalina.manager.ManagerServlet.check(ManagerServlet.java:1571) at org.apache.catalina.manager.HTMLManagerServlet.upload(HTMLManagerServlet.java:294) at org.apache.catalina.manager.HTMLManagerServlet.doPost(HTMLManagerServlet.java:212) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:660) at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:741) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:231) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166) at org.apache.catalina.filters.CsrfPreventionFilter.doFilter(CsrfPreventionFilter.java:136) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166) at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:53) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:199) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:96) at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:607) at org.apache.catalina.valves.RequestFilterValve.process(RequestFilterValve.java:348) at org.apache.catalina.valves.RemoteAddrValve.invoke(RemoteAddrValve.java:53) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:139) at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:92) at org.apache.catalina.valves.AbstractAccessLogValve.invoke(AbstractAccessLogValve.java:668) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:74) at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:343) at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.service(Http11Processor.java:408) at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProcessorLight.process(AbstractProcessorLight.java:66) at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$ConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:791) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1417) at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketProcessorBase.run(SocketProcessorBase.java:49) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

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Which OpenMRS version are you trying to install?

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Daniel i’m runnning kenyan distro <kenyaemr16.0.1>

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That one requires Java 6 as per the error message.

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Hello @bmwau

Use this link to download java 6

download java 6

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@aryu124 I have tried to download java 6 file but it is downloading as a jdk-6u45-linux-i586-rpm.bin format how can i set that file into my environment can u help to sort out the error

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I got the same problem before when I was using OpenMRS 1.9.3. I can see that you’re using JDK 1.8, install JDK 1.6 depending on your operating system and set the default JAVA_HOME and PATH to JDK 1.6 instead of 1.8, then restart Tomcat.

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Hello, what operating system are you using? You downloaded the jdk 1.6 for linux. It’s a basic Google search.