Trouble installing Juxta Beta | Dana Wheeles | 4/17/12 12:28 PM | Some users a running into difficulties related to having old and incompatible versions of a java xml parsing file --such as xerces.jar -- on their computers. If you see an installation error that looks something like the one below, then we have a fix for you. To verify that this is the case, open up a Terminal window and type: ls /Library/Java/Extensions If there is something like xerces.jar listed there, it will need to be move someplace else. For now, the desktop is a good place. Move it by entering the command: mv /Library/Java/Extensions/xerces.jar ~/Desktop/ If the file is not present at the location mentioned above, try the same steps as above, but using the path ~/Library/Java/Extensions instead. Once this has been done, retry the installer. INSTALLATION ERROR NOTE Exception: java.lang.AbstractMethodError: org.apache.xerces.dom.DocumentImpl.getXmlStandalone()Z at com.sun.org.apache.xalan.internal.xsltc.trax.DOM2TO.setDocumentInfo(DOM2TO.java:373) at com.sun.org.apache.xalan.internal.xsltc.trax.DOM2TO.parse(DOM2TO.java:127) at com.sun.org.apache.xalan.internal.xsltc.trax.DOM2TO.parse(DOM2TO.java:94) at com.sun.org.apache.xalan.internal.xsltc.trax.TransformerImpl.transformIdentity(TransformerImpl.java:661) at com.sun.org.apache.xalan.internal.xsltc.trax.TransformerImpl.transform(TransformerImpl.java:707) at com.sun.org.apache.xalan.internal.xsltc.trax.TransformerImpl.transform(TransformerImpl.java:313) at com.install4j.runtime.installer.helper.XmlHelper.writeFile(Unknown Source) at com.install4j.runtime.installer.helper.XmlHelper.writeFile(Unknown Source) at com.install4j.runtime.beans.AutoUninstallHandler.saveProperties(Unknown Source) at com.install4j.runtime.installer.InstallerContextImpl.finish(Unknown Source) at com.install4j.runtime.installer.controller.Controller.handleCommand(Unknown Source) at com.install4j.runtime.installer.controller.Controller.start(Unknown Source) at com.install4j.runtime.installer.Installer.main(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at com.exe4j.runtime.LauncherEngine.launch(Unknown Source) at com.install4j.runtime.launcher.MacLauncher.main(Unknown Source) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at apple.launcher.LaunchRunner.run(LaunchRunner.java:116) at apple.launcher.LaunchRunner.callMain(LaunchRunner.java:51) at apple.launcher.JavaApplicationLauncher.launch(JavaApplicationLauncher.java:52) System properties: java.runtime.name=Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment exe4j.moduleName=/Volumes/Juxta/Juxta Installer.app sun.boot.library.path=/System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Libraries java.vm.version=19.1-b02-334 awt.nativeDoubleBuffering=true gopherProxySet=false mrj.build=10M3326 java.vm.vendor=Apple Inc. java.vendor.url=http://www.apple.com/ path.separator=: java.vm.name=Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM file.encoding.pkg=sun.io user.country=US sun.os.patch.level=unknown install4j.exeDir=/Volumes/Juxta/ java.vm.specification.name=Java Virtual Machine Specification user.dir=/Volumes/Juxta/Juxta Installer.app/Contents/Resources/app java.runtime.version=1.6.0_24-b07-334-10M3326 java.awt.graphicsenv=apple.awt.CGraphicsEnvironment 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