# Supporting Java 8 in the standalone too

**URL:** <https://talk.openmrs.org/t/supporting-java-8-in-the-standalone-too/3587>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** platform-2.0\
**Created:** [November 3, 2015, 1:39pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/supporting-java-8-in-the-standalone-too/3587 "2015-11-03T13:39:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![darius](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/darius/32/8082_2.png) [@darius](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/darius)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2015, 1:39pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/supporting-java-8-in-the-standalone-too/3587/1 "2015-11-03T13:39:44Z")

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Continuing the discussion from [OpenMRS is not able to start](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/openmrs-is-not-able-to-start/3555/2):

> [@Why do I get a "ASM ClassReader failed to parse class file" error with Java 8?](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/why-do-i-get-a-asm-classreader-failed-to-parse-class-file-error-with-java-8/3555/2):
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> Hi Justine,
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> The standalone does not yet support Java 8. Can you take a look at this page and see how to run the standalone with lower versions of Java? [https://wiki.openmrs.org/display/docs/OpenMRS+Standalone](https://wiki.openmrs.org/display/docs/OpenMRS+Standalone)

@maany, noticing this, we definitely need to fix this as part of the Platform 2.0 release, so I wanted to make sure it’s on your radar.

I see this ticket [[STAND-78] - OpenMRS Issues](https://issues.openmrs.org/browse/STAND-78) – can we repurpose this as a Platform 2.0 ticket?

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**Author:** ![maany](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/maany/32/692_2.png) [@maany](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/maany)\
**Post date:** [November 4, 2015, 1:36am UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/supporting-java-8-in-the-standalone-too/3587/2 "2015-11-04T01:36:27Z")

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yup @darius, this needs to be done 🙂@dkayiwa do the standalone release versions coincide with the Platform release version i.e would Platform 2.0 lead to the release of Standalone 2.0? I’ll update the FixVersion of the issue accordingly on JIRA

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**Author:** ![michael](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/michael/32/15070_2.png) [@michael](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/michael)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2015, 10:33pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/supporting-java-8-in-the-standalone-too/3587/3 "2015-11-13T22:33:28Z")

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Right now we are only releasing the Standalone edition of the Reference Application (aka OpenMRS 2.x).

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**Author:** ![darius](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/darius/32/8082_2.png) [@darius](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/darius)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 5:24pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/supporting-java-8-in-the-standalone-too/3587/4 "2015-11-16T17:24:38Z")

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This is incorrect. If you go to [openmrs.org/download](http://openmrs.org/download) we have “Platform 1.11.4 Standalone Edition” (and I think we have always released standalones of the platform…)

Releasing “Platform 2.0” should include the simultaneous release of “Platform 2.0 Standalone Edition”.

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**Author:** ![michael](https://talk.openmrs.org/user_avatar/talk.openmrs.org/michael/32/15070_2.png) [@michael](https://talk.openmrs.org/u/michael)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2015, 5:26pm UTC](https://talk.openmrs.org/t/supporting-java-8-in-the-standalone-too/3587/5 "2015-11-16T17:26:06Z")

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Oops, yep. Not sure what I was thinking when I wrote that.