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Re: Fiji not starting up?

Posted by ctrueden on Dec 22, 2014; 11:12pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Fiji-not-starting-up-tp5011018p5011035.html

Hi everyone,

> I am investigating the best way to fix things, but the best options
> for Windows users at the moment are: A) do not update; or B) download
> a fresh installation from http://imagej.net/Downloads.

I added a workaround on the remote server side which avoids the bug in the
ImageJ Updater. So it should be feasible to update installations on Windows
now. Unfortunately, installations which have already been rendered
non-functional will still not start up. In that case, downloading a new
copy is your best bet.

Regards,
Curtis

On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 4:34 PM, Curtis Rueden <[hidden email]> wrote:

>
> Hi Jacob,
>
> > Here's my bad installation.
>
> Thank you very much. I can confirm that there is a bug in the ImageJ
> Updater on Windows, which causes it to hose installations. It downloads
> only a subset of the updated files. I fear that any Windows users who
> update will be stuck with a non-working installation.
>
> I am investigating the best way to fix things, but the best options for
> Windows users at the moment are: A) do not update; or B) download a fresh
> installation from http://imagej.net/Downloads.
>
> Regards,
> Curtis
>
> On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 10:20 AM, Rebecca Keller <[hidden email]>
> wrote:
>>
>> Here's my bad installation.
>>
>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/j0xacahjedk2q5z/Fiji.app.zip?dl=0
>>
>> Jacob
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 10:51 AM, Curtis Rueden <[hidden email]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Hi everyone,
>> >
>> > > it might be a good idea to run Fiji from the command line and look at
>> > > the output. If you share it on this list, someone might be able to
>> > > provide more specific help.
>> >
>> > I second Jan's suggestion. In addition, it would be great if someone
>> could
>> > zip up an affected installation and post it online somewhere, for study.
>> > Having a broken installation would be helpful to understand what went
>> > wrong, and put safeguards in place to prevent it happening again.
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Curtis
>> >
>> > On Mon, Dec 22, 2014 at 9:45 AM, Jan Eglinger <[hidden email]>
>> > wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Dear all,
>> > >
>> > > On 22.12.14 13:12, Rebecca Keller wrote:
>> > >
>> > >> Yes, I had already tried both task mgr and restarting, to no avail.​
>> > But I
>> > >> guess no one else is having a problem? Also, the task mgr registers a
>> > >> short
>> > >> instance of FIJI, but then it goes away immediately.
>> > >>
>> > >
>> > > To see the cause for this, it might be a good idea to run Fiji from
>> the
>> > > command line and look at the output. If you share it on this list,
>> > someone
>> > > might be able to provide more specific help.
>> > >
>> > > In general, you can try to delete the "update" folder within
>> ./Fiji.app/
>> > > and it might also help to delete ij-updater-core-*.jar and
>> > > ij-ui-swing-updater-*.jar depending on what state your Fiji
>> installation
>> > > was *before* the last update [1]. This will trigger a new download of
>> the
>> > > updater upon starting Fiji.
>> > >
>> > > Hope that helps,
>> > > Jan
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > [1]: http://fiji.sc/Fix_non-functional_ImageJ_after_Update
>> > >
>> > >
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