The ability to run JIRA v4.x is dependent on the availability of Sun's Java Development Kit (JDK) version 5 (1.5) or Sun JRE version 6 (1.6), update 10 or higher:

http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/Installing+Java#InstallingJava-verifyjava

Some popular Linux distributions, such as Debian v5 (Lenny), do not come configured with, or have available for installation the Sun JDK or JRE. Like other Linux distributions, the GNU Compiler with Java (GCJ) is provided, which does not support JIRA v4.

If you have JIRA 4.x running on a particular Linux distribution, please post to this thread. Let's save other developers/administrators the time and energy associated with a trial and error approach to figuring out which Linux distro will support JIRA v4.x out-of-box.

Please include the Linux distribution that you are using and the associated hardware/architecture you are running JIRA v4.x on.

Thanks!

P.S. - I am presently testing Linux Ubunto v9.04 desktop distribution, and will post the results of my test to this thread. My platform is a Macbook Pro (gen. 5) OS X using the AMD64 distribution of Ubunto v9.04, installed in a Virtual Machine instance via VMWare v.2.x.

It doesn't work out-of-the-box on Suse Linux Enterprise Server(SLES) 10 SP2, because of the default IBM JRE 1.5 which has a problem with the annotations used in JIRA. https://support.atlassian.com/browse/JSP-44950

After a proper installation of a Sun JDK, Jira works like a charm on SLES 10.

If installing your own JDK don't forget to set $JRE_HOME which points to the system JRE. Tomcat uses this even if the $JAVA_HOME is set to an other JDK.

Tim

Edited by: Tim Gesekus on Oct 21, 2009 4:11 PM

Tim, Thanks for posting the info on SuSe and the IBM JRE 1.5. I am downloading the current release of Fedora Linux as it appears that some Atlassian developers (based on some posts I read this morning) have tested JIRA v4 on Fedora. I'll test Fedora if I encounter problems with Ubunto Linux v9.0.4 Desktop edition.

Hi Steve, Hmmm, it would appear that way, yes? I'll recheck via Aptitude and apt-get and post back if I am successful with a Sun JRE package install. Thanks for posting the info and link to it.

Edited by: James Intriglia on Oct 21, 2009 3:58 PM

It's been confirmed by Atlassian that JIRA v4 will not run using the GNU GCJ JRE. Has anyone confirmed whether JIRA v4 will run on any Linux distro using Sun's OpenJDK JRE (reference 7.3.2 below)?

http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-java-faq/ch7.html#s-openjdk

Steve & All,

After updating my sources.list files to include the non-free archives, I was able to use Aptitude to install the java-6-sun JRE. Once that step was completed, I used the sudo update-alternatives --config java command to set java-6-sun as the default JRE. Then I set the JAVA_HOME variable in /etc/profile, and voila - all is well on my debian system, now running Sun JRE. Steve, Thanks for the info on the non-free libraries that contained the Sun JRE.

When I install manually, I usually avoid to install in the location where
Apt will install it's packages. I also prefer using Apt (or aptitude) when
possible, but I've seen time when not possible (example: a software
requiring a library version higher than what available through package
management...). The only problems I can see is when you need two versions of
the same library (the one in Apt for other installed software and the one
you manually installed for your new soft) or when you need to upgrade your
distribution to a new release (but... who does that on a server anyways? And
you should keep track of what installed on your server no?).

Albert

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Albert, Good information, thanks. As I am managing my Debian system using
Aptitude, I want to avoid installing software manually. Bad things can
happen when Aptitude is not aware of packages that are installed on the
machine via a manual-install process, yes?
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I'm creating a "JIRA 4.x Installation and Configuration on Linux How-to" document based on the information shared in this thread and other resources I've come across. If anyone would like a copy, email me at JimIntriglia@gmail.com.