freeplane splash appears, but nothing after that

[Robert Norman Higgins]

upgraded to ubuntu unity 16.04 and reinstalled freeplane
execute freeplane and splash appears but nothing else
error:

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/commons/lang/StringUtils
caused by:
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils

then STDOUT: Framework launched

but nothing more than the splash image

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Robert Norman Higgins (drhiggins)]

The freeplane that is not working on 16.04 was installed from the software resources via synaptic.

I have subsequently got freeplane up and running from the freeplane.sh provided in the .zip file from sourceforge.

https://sourceforge.net/projects/freeplane/files/freeplane%20stable/

Nevertheless, we need to continue to discover why the install from the package resources did not work.

Thank you.

--rnh---

[Felix Natter (fnatter)]

hello Robert,

I am the freeplane package maintainer. freeplane-1.3.15-3 works fine on
Debian unstable.

I cannot explain this at all: freeplane depends on libcommons-lang-java;
at runtime /usr/share/java/commons-lang.jar is referenced [1],
and this is part of libcommons-lang-java [2].

I would have suggested this is a one-off on your computer, but since this
affects multiple users...

Could you please post the output of:
$ jar tf /usr/share/java/commons-lang.jar | grep StringUtils
?
(you need to install the jdk instead of the jre for this;
if you cannot do this, please upload the jar somewhere)

Cheers and Best Regards,
Felix

[1] http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-java/freeplane.git/tree/debian/patches/15_libraries_manifest.patch
[2] http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?searchon=contents&keywords=commons-lang.jar&mode=exactfilename&suite=xenial&arch=any

[Felix Natter (fnatter)]

@Robert:
Is there more log output? Can you also look at ~/.config/freeplane/1.3.x/logs/log.0 ?
Thanks,
Felix

[Robert Norman Higgins (drhiggins)]

~$ uname -a
Linux delli7 4.4.0-11-generic #26-Ubuntu SMP Sat Mar 5 14:25:21 UTC 2016 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

~$ jar tf /usr/share/java/commons-lang.jar | grep StringUtils
org/apache/commons/lang/RandomStringUtils.html
org/apache/commons/lang/StringUtils.html
org/apache/commons/lang/class-use/RandomStringUtils.html
org/apache/commons/lang/class-use/StringUtils.html

~$ freeplane
Knopflerfish OSGi framework launcher, version 7.1.2
Copyright 2003-2015 Knopflerfish. All Rights Reserved.
See http://www.knopflerfish.org for more information.

Created Framework: org.knopflerfish.framework, version=7.1.2.
Loaded properties from bundle://1:1/freeplane.properties
Loaded properties from bundle://1:2/org/freeplane/main/application/
Installed: reference:file:/usr/share/freeplane/plugins/org.freeplane.plugin.script (id#2)
Installed: reference:file:/usr/share/freeplane/plugins/org.freeplane.plugin.openmaps (id#3)
Installed: reference:file:/usr/share/freeplane/plugins/org.freeplane.plugin.latex (id#4)
Installed: reference:file:/usr/share/freeplane/plugins/org.freeplane.plugin.svg (id#5)
Installed: reference:file:/usr/share/freeplane/plugins/org.freeplane.plugin.formula (id#6)
Started: reference:file:/usr/share/freeplane/plugins/org.freeplane.plugin.script (id#2)
Started: reference:file:/usr/share/freeplane/plugins/org.freeplane.plugin.openmaps (id#3)
Started: reference:file:/usr/share/freeplane/plugins/org.freeplane.plugin.latex (id#4)
Started: reference:file:/usr/share/freeplane/plugins/org.freeplane.plugin.svg (id#5)
Started: reference:file:/usr/share/freeplane/plugins/org.freeplane.plugin.formula (id#6)
Mar 12, 2016 4:58:57 AM org.freeplane.core.util.LogUtils info
INFO: freeplane_version = 1.3.15; freeplane_xml_version = freeplane 1.3.0
java_version = 1.8.0_01-internal; os_name = Linux; os_version = 4.4.0-11-generic

STDERR: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/commons/lang/StringUtils
STDERR: at org.freeplane.features.format.FormatController.loadFormats(FormatController.java:209)
STDERR: at org.freeplane.features.format.FormatController.initPatternFormats(FormatController.java:144)
STDERR: at org.freeplane.features.format.FormatController.<init>(FormatController.java:119)
STDERR: at org.freeplane.main.application.FreeplaneGUIStarter.createController(FreeplaneGUIStarter.java:160)
STDERR: at org.freeplane.main.osgi.ActivatorImpl.startFramework(ActivatorImpl.java:178)
STDERR: at org.freeplane.main.osgi.ActivatorImpl.start(ActivatorImpl.java:79)
STDERR: at org.freeplane.main.osgi.Activator.start(Activator.java:36)
STDERR: at org.knopflerfish.framework.BundleImpl.start0(BundleImpl.java:387)
STDERR: at org.knopflerfish.framework.BundleThread.run(BundleThread.java:145)
STDERR: Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils
STDERR: at org.knopflerfish.framework.BundleClassLoader.findClass(BundleClassLoader.java:218)
STDERR: at org.knopflerfish.framework.BundleClassLoader.loadClass(BundleClassLoader.java:347)
STDERR: at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:357)
STDERR: ... 9 more
STDERR: ## DEBUG: errors - FrameworkErrorEvent bundle #1
STDERR: ## DEBUG: errors - FrameworkErrorEvent throwabl...

[Felix Natter (fnatter)]

hello Robert,

thanks for the information. It seems this is a bug in Ubuntu's commons-lang,
I contacted the author regarding this. Fortunately your report is early so that
it can probably be fixed before the 16.04 release.

Cheers and Best Regards,
Felix

[Robert Norman Higgins (drhiggins)]

Thank you Felix

---rnh---

[Felix Natter (fnatter)]

hi,

I filed a bug against commons-lang which I claim to be the root cause:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libcommons-lang-java/+bug/1556647

please increase the "heat" by declaring yourself as being affected!

Cheers and Best Regards,
Felix

[Robert Norman Higgins (drhiggins)]

Appears fixed in latest update. Thank you.