Openhab2 2.5 doesn't start

Setup, Configuration and Use Installation
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Installed 2.5 on top of my 2.3 installation on my Pi 3
2.3 was manual and 2.5 was package install.

Managed to get the 2.5 up and running but only if I used open-cli start,
if I used systemctl start openhab2.service it would start the 2.3 instance and it would run fine.

I could run either version but to resolve this, and get 2.5 to start normally I deleted the older systemd openhab2.service file that was causing 2.3 to start

now when 2.5 starts, it crashes while starting.

here is the result of the systemctl status command

pi@raspberry:~ $ sudo /bin/systemctl status openhab2.service
● openhab2.service - openHAB 2 - empowering the smart home
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/openhab2.service; enabled)
Active: active (running) since Fri 2019-10-25 23:46:58 EDT; 829ms ago
Docs: https://www.openhab.org/docs/
https://community.openhab.org
Process: 19616 ExecStop=/usr/share/openhab2/runtime/bin/karaf stop (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Main PID: 19723 (karaf)
CGroup: /system.slice/openhab2.service
├─19723 /bin/sh /usr/share/openhab2/runtime/bin/karaf daemon
├─19805 /bin/sh /usr/share/openhab2/runtime/bin/karaf daemon
├─19806 /usr/bin/java -version
├─19807 awk -F " /version/ {print $2}
└─19808 sed -e s/_.//g; s/^1.//g; s/…//g; s/-.*//g;

Oct 25 23:46:58 raspberry systemd[1]: Started openHAB 2 - empowering the smart home.
pi@raspberry:~ $

Any thoughts on troubleshooting this?

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Please be
More precise. 2.5 is not scheduled for release until the end of this year. What DID you install?

I believe the different installation modes put files in different places. Since you mixed installation types it may be best to backup the configuration, wipe, and clean install.

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Thanks Bruce
Installed 2.5.0.M4

Yes, I finally realized the mixed installation put files in different places but,in spite of that, I had it working.

I’ve had no success with backup and restore from 2.3 into 2.5 but I’ll try backing up the 2.5 to help with moving my configuration into a clean 2.5 install on another machine.

I was hoping to diagnose the issue with 2.5 not starting by looking at logs, but maybe it’s better to concentrate on starting over.

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