Openfire 4.7.4 error

alex331 · January 31, 2023, 8:26am

Hi! An error occurs when installing openfire in the Alt Linux OS (RPM). The Java version is not installed, although Java is installed. Why can’t I make two versions of the Openfire installation - 1 with Java, 2 - without Java ? How to fix this error?

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guus · January 31, 2023, 8:36am

I suspect that Java was installed ‘manually’, not using the dependency mechanism that apt provides. This causes apt to not know of this dependency. There are a couple of manners in which you can try to resolve this:

install Java through apt
create a pseudo-package that provides the Java dependency on your system: package management - How to tell apt that dependencies are resolved manually? - Super User
instruct the installer to ignore a dependency: ubuntu - How do I get apt-get to ignore some dependencies? - Server Fault

I have not tested the last two options myself, so I’m not sure how feasible they are.

alex331 · January 31, 2023, 11:06am

Unfortunately, the tips did not help, Java 1.8.0 reinstalled and the error persists. It’s a pity that Java was removed in the installation.

akrherz · January 31, 2023, 12:16pm

Why are you using apt-get to install a RPM? Usually, installing RPMs is done with rpm or dnf/yum.

alex331 · February 1, 2023, 4:02am

Thanks, we managed to install the server. The problem was in the wrong installation command. I always used apt-get to load dependencies, up to this point there were no problems with it. The rpm -ivh openfire_X_Y_Z.rpm command worked.