Clean installation exception on startup: Error installing boot features

  • Platform information:
    • Hardware: MacBook Pro Intel Core i5
    • OS: OSX Big Sur 11.2.1 (20D74)
    • Java Runtime Environment: java version “1.8.0_281”
      Java™ SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_281-b09)
      Java HotSpot™ 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.281-b09, mixed mode)
    • openHAB version: Applies to both 3.0.1 and 3.1.0.M2
  • Issue of the topic:

I followed documentation steps for downloading, and launching openhab. I haven’t yet configured anything - it’s a clean install. When launching, I got the exception below (it did not manage to launch any service on port 8080).

2021-02-28 20:38:31.412 [ERROR] [ternal.service.BootFeaturesInstaller] - Error installing boot features

org.apache.felix.resolver.reason.ReasonException: Unable to resolve root: missing requirement [root] osgi.identity; osgi.identity=openhab-runtime-ui; type=karaf.feature; version="[3.1.0.M2,3.1.0.M2]"; filter:="(&(osgi.identity=openhab-runtime-ui)(type=karaf.feature)(version>=3.1.0.M2)(version<=3.1.0.M2))" [caused by: Unable to resolve openhab-runtime-ui/3.1.0.M2: missing requirement [openhab-runtime-ui/3.1.0.M2] osgi.identity; osgi.identity=openhab-core-ui; type=karaf.feature [caused by: Unable to resolve openhab-core-ui/3.1.0.M2: missing requirement [openhab-core-ui/3.1.0.M2] osgi.identity; osgi.identity=openhab-core-base; type=karaf.feature [caused by: Unable to resolve openhab-core-base/3.1.0.M2: missing requirement [openhab-core-base/3.1.0.M2] osgi.identity; osgi.identity=org.openhab.core.automation; type=osgi.bundle; version="[3.1.0.M2,3.1.0.M2]"; resolution:=mandatory [caused by: Unable to resolve org.openhab.core.automation/3.1.0.M2: missing requirement [org.openhab.core.automation/3.1.0.M2] osgi.wiring.package; filter:="(&(osgi.wiring.package=org.openhab.core)(version>=3.1.0)(!(version>=4.0.0)))" [caused by: Unable to resolve org.openhab.core/3.1.0.M2: missing requirement [org.openhab.core/3.1.0.M2] osgi.ee; filter:="(&(osgi.ee=JavaSE)(version=11))"]]]]]

at org.apache.felix.resolver.Candidates$MissingRequirementError.toException(Candidates.java:1343) ~[org.eclipse.osgi-3.12.100.jar:?]

at org.apache.felix.resolver.ResolverImpl.doResolve(ResolverImpl.java:392) ~[org.eclipse.osgi-3.12.100.jar:?]

at org.apache.felix.resolver.ResolverImpl.resolve(ResolverImpl.java:378) ~[org.eclipse.osgi-3.12.100.jar:?]

at org.apache.felix.resolver.ResolverImpl.resolve(ResolverImpl.java:332) ~[org.eclipse.osgi-3.12.100.jar:?]

at org.apache.karaf.features.internal.region.SubsystemResolver.resolve(SubsystemResolver.java:257) ~[?:?]

at org.apache.karaf.features.internal.service.Deployer.deploy(Deployer.java:393) ~[?:?]

at org.apache.karaf.features.internal.service.FeaturesServiceImpl.doProvision(FeaturesServiceImpl.java:1062) ~[?:?]

at org.apache.karaf.features.internal.service.FeaturesServiceImpl.lambda$doProvisionInThread$13(FeaturesServiceImpl.java:998) ~[?:?]

at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266) [?:1.8.0_281]

at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1149) [?:1.8.0_281]

at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:624) [?:1.8.0_281]

at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) [?:1.8.0_281]

Caused by: org.apache.felix.resolver.reason.ReasonException: Unable to resolve openhab-runtime-ui/3.1.0.M2: missing requirement [openhab-runtime-ui/3.1.0.M2] osgi.identity; osgi.identity=openhab-core-ui; type=karaf.feature [caused by: Unable to resolve openhab-core-ui/3.1.0.M2: missing requirement [openhab-core-ui/3.1.0.M2] osgi.identity; osgi.identity=openhab-core-base; type=karaf.feature [caused by: Unable to resolve openhab-core-base/3.1.0.M2: missing requirement [openhab-core-base/3.1.0.M2] osgi.identity; osgi.identity=org.openhab.core.automation; type=osgi.bundle; version="[3.1.0.M2,3.1.0.M2]"; resolution:=mandatory [caused by: Unable to resolve org.openhab.core.automation/3.1.0.M2: missing requirement [org.openhab.core.automation/3.1.0.M2] osgi.wiring.package; filter:="(&(osgi.wiring.package=org.openhab.core)(version>=3.1.0)(!(version>=4.0.0)))" [caused by: Unable to resolve org.openhab.core/3.1.0.M2: missing requirement [org.openhab.core/3.1.0.M2] osgi.ee; filter:="(&(osgi.ee=JavaSE)(version=11))"]]]]

at org.apache.felix.resolver.Candidates$MissingRequirementError.toException(Candidates.java:1343) ~[org.eclipse.osgi-3.12.100.jar:?]

... 12 more

Caused by: org.apache.felix.resolver.reason.ReasonException: Unable to resolve openhab-core-ui/3.1.0.M2: missing requirement [openhab-core-ui/3.1.0.M2] osgi.identity; osgi.identity=openhab-core-base; type=karaf.feature [caused by: Unable to resolve openhab-core-base/3.1.0.M2: missing requirement [openhab-core-base/3.1.0.M2] osgi.identity; osgi.identity=org.openhab.core.automation; type=osgi.bundle; version="[3.1.0.M2,3.1.0.M2]"; resolution:=mandatory [caused by: Unable to resolve org.openhab.core.automation/3.1.0.M2: missing requirement [org.openhab.core.automation/3.1.0.M2] osgi.wiring.package; filter:="(&(osgi.wiring.package=org.openhab.core)(version>=3.1.0)(!(version>=4.0.0)))" [caused by: Unable to resolve org.openhab.core/3.1.0.M2: missing requirement [org.openhab.core/3.1.0.M2] osgi.ee; filter:="(&(osgi.ee=JavaSE)(version=11))"]]]

at org.apache.felix.resolver.Candidates$MissingRequirementError.toException(Candidates.java:1343) ~[org.eclipse.osgi-3.12.100.jar:?]

at org.apache.felix.resolver.Candidates$MissingRequirementError.toException(Candidates.java:1343) ~[org.eclipse.osgi-3.12.100.jar:?]

... 12 more

Caused by: org.apache.felix.resolver.reason.ReasonException: Unable to resolve openhab-core-base/3.1.0.M2: missing requirement [openhab-core-base/3.1.0.M2] osgi.identity; osgi.identity=org.openhab.core.automation; type=osgi.bundle; version="[3.1.0.M2,3.1.0.M2]"; resolution:=mandatory [caused by: Unable to resolve org.openhab.core.automation/3.1.0.M2: missing requirement [org.openhab.core.automation/3.1.0.M2] osgi.wiring.package; filter:="(&(osgi.wiring.package=org.openhab.core)(version>=3.1.0)(!(version>=4.0.0)))" [caused by: Unable to resolve org.openhab.core/3.1.0.M2: missing requirement [org.openhab.core/3.1.0.M2] osgi.ee; filter:="(&(osgi.ee=JavaSE)(version=11))"]]

at org.apache.felix.resolver.Candidates$MissingRequirementError.toException(Candidates.java:1343) ~[org.eclipse.osgi-3.12.100.jar:?]

at org.apache.felix.resolver.Candidates$MissingRequirementError.toException(Candidates.java:1343) ~[org.eclipse.osgi-3.12.100.jar:?]

at org.apache.felix.resolver.Candidates$MissingRequirementError.toException(Candidates.java:1343) ~[org.eclipse.osgi-3.12.100.jar:?]

... 12 more

Caused by: org.apache.felix.resolver.reason.ReasonException: Unable to resolve org.openhab.core.automation/3.1.0.M2: missing requirement [org.openhab.core.automation/3.1.0.M2] osgi.wiring.package; filter:="(&(osgi.wiring.package=org.openhab.core)(version>=3.1.0)(!(version>=4.0.0)))" [caused by: Unable to resolve org.openhab.core/3.1.0.M2: missing requirement [org.openhab.core/3.1.0.M2] osgi.ee; filter:="(&(osgi.ee=JavaSE)(version=11))"]

at org.apache.felix.resolver.Candidates$MissingRequirementError.toException(Candidates.java:1343) ~[org.eclipse.osgi-3.12.100.jar:?]

at org.apache.felix.resolver.Candidates$MissingRequirementError.toException(Candidates.java:1343) ~[org.eclipse.osgi-3.12.100.jar:?]

at org.apache.felix.resolver.Candidates$MissingRequirementError.toException(Candidates.java:1343) ~[org.eclipse.osgi-3.12.100.jar:?]

at org.apache.felix.resolver.Candidates$MissingRequirementError.toException(Candidates.java:1343) ~[org.eclipse.osgi-3.12.100.jar:?]

... 12 more

Caused by: org.apache.felix.resolver.reason.ReasonException: Unable to resolve org.openhab.core/3.1.0.M2: missing requirement [org.openhab.core/3.1.0.M2] osgi.ee; filter:="(&(osgi.ee=JavaSE)(version=11))"

at org.apache.felix.resolver.Candidates$MissingRequirementError.toException(Candidates.java:1343) ~[org.eclipse.osgi-3.12.100.jar:?]

at org.apache.felix.resolver.Candidates$MissingRequirementError.toException(Candidates.java:1343) ~[org.eclipse.osgi-3.12.100.jar:?]

at org.apache.felix.resolver.Candidates$MissingRequirementError.toException(Candidates.java:1343) ~[org.eclipse.osgi-3.12.100.jar:?]

at org.apache.felix.resolver.Candidates$MissingRequirementError.toException(Candidates.java:1343) ~[org.eclipse.osgi-3.12.100.jar:?]

at org.apache.felix.resolver.Candidates$MissingRequirementError.toException(Candidates.java:1343) ~[org.eclipse.osgi-3.12.100.jar:?]

... 12 more

You need java 11 - according to your configuration you use java 8.

Thanks a lot, and apologies.

I thought I was up-to-date, but I had accidentally downloaded an ancient java 8 (having a quite recent date) from https://www.java.com/en/download/. My bad, I should have read the docs more carefully.