Preferences window fails to open in 3.8.2+ds-12~18.04

[Amr Ibrahim]

Steps:

1. Run jabref 3.8.2+ds-12~18.04 from bionic-proposed
2. Select Options → Preferences
3. It fails to open

Error from terminal:

16:31:59.651 [AWT-EventQueue-0] ERROR net.sf.jabref.FallbackExceptionHandler - Uncaught exception Occurred in Thread[AWT-EventQueue-0,6,main]
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/sun/java/swing/plaf/windows/WindowsLookAndFeel
 at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method) ~[?:?]
 at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:1016) ~[?:?]
 at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:174) ~[?:?]
 at jdk.internal.loader.BuiltinClassLoader.defineClass(BuiltinClassLoader.java:802) ~[?:?]
 at jdk.internal.loader.BuiltinClassLoader.findClassOnClassPathOrNull(BuiltinClassLoader.java:700) ~[?:?]
 at jdk.internal.loader.BuiltinClassLoader.loadClassOrNull(BuiltinClassLoader.java:623) ~[?:?]
 at jdk.internal.loader.BuiltinClassLoader.loadClass(BuiltinClassLoader.java:581) ~[?:?]
 at jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoaders.java:178) ~[?:?]
 at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:521) ~[?:?]
 at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method) ~[?:?]
 at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:315) ~[?:?]
 at net.sf.jabref.gui.preftabs.AppearancePrefsTab$LookAndFeel.getAvailableLookAndFeels(AppearancePrefsTab.java:64) ~[JabRef-3.8.2.jar:?]
 at net.sf.jabref.gui.preftabs.AppearancePrefsTab.<init>(AppearancePrefsTab.java:104) ~[JabRef-3.8.2.jar:?]
 at net.sf.jabref.gui.preftabs.PreferencesDialog.<init>(PreferencesDialog.java:91) ~[JabRef-3.8.2.jar:?]
 at net.sf.jabref.gui.JabRefFrame.showPreferencesDialog(JabRefFrame.java:740) ~[JabRef-3.8.2.jar:?]
 at net.sf.jabref.gui.JabRefFrame$ShowPrefsAction.actionPerformed(JabRefFrame.java:1788) ~[JabRef-3.8.2.jar:?]
 at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:1967) ~[?:?]
 at javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2308) ~[?:?]
 at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(DefaultButtonModel.java:405) ~[?:?]
 at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(DefaultButtonModel.java:262) ~[?:?]
 at javax.swing.AbstractButton.doClick(AbstractButton.java:369) ~[?:?]
 at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicMenuItemUI.doClick(BasicMenuItemUI.java:1020) ~[?:?]
 at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicMenuItemUI$Handler.mouseReleased(BasicMenuItemUI.java:1064) ~[?:?]
 at java.awt.AWTEventMulticaster.mouseReleased(AWTEventMulticaster.java:297) ~[?:?]
 at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Component.java:6632) ~[?:?]
 at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(JComponent.java:3342) ~[?:?]
 at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Component.java:6397) ~[?:?]
 at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Container.java:2263) ~[?:?]
 at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:5008) ~[?:?]
 at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2321) ~[?:?]
 at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4840) ~[?:?]
 at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Container.java:4918) ~[?:?]
 at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Container.java:4547) ~[?:?]
 at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Container.java:4488) ~[?:?]
 at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2307) ~[?:?]
 at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:2772) ~[?:?]
 at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4840) ~[?:?]
 at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:772) ~[?:?]
 at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:721) ~[?:?]
 at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:715) ~[?:?]
 at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) ~[?:?]
 at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:85) ~[?:?]
 at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:95) ~[?:?]
 at java.awt.EventQueue$5.run(EventQueue.java:745) ~[?:?]
 at java.awt.EventQueue$5.run(EventQueue.java:743) ~[?:?]
 at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) ~[?:?]
 at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:85) ~[?:?]
 at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:742) ~[?:?]
 at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:203) [?:?]
 at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:124) [?:?]
 at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:113) [?:?]
 at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:109) [?:?]
 at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:101) [?:?]
 at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:90) [?:?]
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.sun.java.swing.plaf.windows.WindowsLookAndFeel
 at jdk.internal.loader.BuiltinClassLoader.loadClass(BuiltinClassLoader.java:583) ~[?:?]
 at jdk.internal.loader.ClassLoaders$AppClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoaders.java:178) ~[?:?]
 at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:521) ~[?:?]
 ... 54 more

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: jabref 3.8.2+ds-12~18.04
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.18.0-16.17~18.04.1-generic 4.18.20
Uname: Linux 4.18.0-16-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.6
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
Date: Mon Mar 18 16:29:50 2019
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-11-29 (108 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725)
PackageArchitecture: all
SourcePackage: jabref
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Matthias Klose (doko)]

which version of libjgoodies-looks-java is installed? Please make sure you are using the version from bionic-proposed.

[Amr Ibrahim (amribrahim1987)]

Thanks for the hint. jabref had hit -proposed six days before libjgoodies-looks-java has.
It works now after I installed libjgoodies-looks-java from -proposed.