Hi Bill,
I've installed the loci_tools.jar plugins and restarted ImageJ 1.45m on my
> Mac (OS10.6.8), but I get no response after selecting any of the LOCI
> plugins from the Plugins>LOCI menu. Also, if I try to use any of the LOCI
> plugins from within Fiji (recently updated), I get an error message. For
> example, if I try to use the LOCI>Bio-Formats Importer plugin, I get the
> message:
>
> Plugin loci.plugins.LociImporter did not find the required class:
> ij/plugin/Plugin
>
> I get a similar message about not finding ij/plugin/Plugin in when I try
> any of the LOCI plugins.
>
> My machine has several different ImageJ variants, and I wonder if these
> problems are related and arise from a classpath issue. I copied the jar into
> my Libraries/Java/Extensions folder, but this didn't seem to cure things.
> Can anyone suggest an explanation, fix, or diagnostics?
>
That does sound like a problem with your global system configuration.
1) I would avoid copying anything into /Library/Java/Extensions or
/System/Library/Java/Extensions. Please check both folders for
loci_tools.jar, ij.jar, bio-formats.jar or other ImageJ-related libraries
and remove them. If you are unsure, feel free to send a listing of the
contents of those folders to the list and we can let you know which files
are supposed to be there.
2) Have you tried rebooting the machine? ;-)
3) Have you tried downloading a fresh copy of ImageJ into a new folder,
dropping in loci_tools.jar there and seeing if it works? This will help
determine whether the problem lies with your existing ImageJ/Fiji
installations, or with your system as a whole.
4) Have you hacked any configuration files, such as /etc/launcd.conf or
~/.MacOSX/environment.plist? You should not need to do so for ImageJ, and
doing so could conceivably cause problems.
Please report back to the list if you figure it out!
-Curtis
On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 9:51 AM, Bill Christens-Barry <
[hidden email]> wrote:
> I've installed the loci_tools.jar plugins and restarted ImageJ 1.45m on my
> Mac (OS10.6.8), but I get no response after selecting any of the LOCI
> plugins from the Plugins>LOCI menu. Also, if I try to use any of the LOCI
> plugins from within Fiji (recently updated), I get an error message. For
> example, if I try to use the LOCI>Bio-Formats Importer plugin, I get the
> message:
>
> Plugin loci.plugins.LociImporter did not find the required class:
> ij/plugin/Plugin
>
> I get a similar message about not finding ij/plugin/Plugin in when I try
> any of the LOCI plugins.
>
> My machine has several different ImageJ variants, and I wonder if these
> problems are related and arise from a classpath issue. I copied the jar into
> my Libraries/Java/Extensions folder, but this didn't seem to cure things.
> Can anyone suggest an explanation, fix, or diagnostics?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Bill Christens-Barry
>
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