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Jacques Le Roux commented on OFBIZ-13207:
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Background: 42 years using computers, 25 years as independent developer, 20
years working with OFBiz, retired for 4 years, still volunteer :).
bq. Install says: install JDK. Current JDK version is 23.
If you read [https://github.com/apache/ofbiz-framework/blob/trunk/INSTALL] it
says:
{noformat}
The only requirement to run OFBiz is to have the Java Development Kit (JDK)
version 8 installed on your system (not just the JRE, but the full JDK) which
you can download from the below link. Make sure of setting the $JAVA_HOME
environment variable.
https://adoptopenjdk.net/[JDK download]
{noformat}
bq. Gradle Wrapper inOfbiz pulls in gradle 5.0-rc-5 (not even a release
version).
It's the last offcial release of 5.0, ask Gradle why...
bq. From the gradle compatibility table, gradle 5 works with jdk 11, so I used
that.
You were lucky, indeed at some point the 18.12 branch supported JDK 11
bq. None of the above can be attribute to Windows, as far as I can tell…
I use Windows 7 and all works for me
bq. so no-one has come across these problems in the last X years? No-one has
installed it?
Here is a list of downloads by months:
https://infra-reports.apache.org/download_stats/ofbiz/
Feb. 24: https://infra-reports.apache.org/download_stats/ofbiz/2024-02.json
HTH
> Installation documentation (Windows 11 frustrated installation)
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Key: OFBIZ-13207
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/OFBIZ-13207
> Project: OFBiz
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Components: ALL COMPONENTS
> Affects Versions: 18.12.17
> Environment: Windows 11.
> Reporter: Steve
> Priority: Blocker
>
> Background 45 years using computers, 20 years as a business owner.
> Trying Ofbiz as a replacement for legacy invoicing software and ecommerce
> site.
> Install says: install JDK.
> Current JDK version is 23.
> Gradle Wrapper inOfbiz pulls in gradle 5.0-rc-5 (not even a release version).
> Consequently the build fails with piles of deprecation errors.
> From the gradle compatibility table, gradle 5 works with jdk 11, so I used
> that.
> This allowed the build to complete, but still with a pile of deprecation
> notices.
> The last couple of sentences do not reflect the frustration and time wasted
> in reading about unfamiliar concepts and understanding the
> problems….something NO BUSINESS USER would ordinarily be able to do, nor
> would have the time. So Ofbiz goes in the bin at this point/goodbye potential
> user.
>
> As I’m a fighter I tried to use the current gradle 18.1.12 with the current
> JDK 23.
> This requires replacing various obsolete method names in the files
> build.gradle and solr\build.gradle
> before I was eventually beaten by aspectjweaver-1.8.9.jar; Invalid CEN header
> which I could not overcome despite repeated downloads and using -U in gradlew.
> All the above is unthinkable for a potential user.
> None of the above can be attribute to Windows, as far as I can tell…so no-one
> has come across these problems in the last X years? No-one has installed it?
> Added to the very low commit rate in Github, it seems to be evident that
> Ofbiz is staggering along a purely maintenance path. Unless there is some
> evidence to the contrary somewhere.
> Shame, it could be a world beater. I wanted it to be the solution.
>
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