Ubuntu 64 16.04 install => (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)

Setup, Configuration and Use Installation
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  • Platform information:
    • Hardware: Intel i7-4770T CPU @ 2.50GHz, 16GB RAM, 223GB SSD
    • OS: Ubuntu Studio 16.04 64
    • Java Runtime Environment: Zulu 9
    • openHAB version: 2.2
  • Issue of the topic:
    Would not even start;

will@will-ZBOX-ID92-ZBOX-IQ01:~$ sudo systemctl start openhab2.service
will@will-ZBOX-ID92-ZBOX-IQ01:~$ sudo systemctl status openhab2.service
● openhab2.service - openHAB 2 - empowering the smart home
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/openhab2.service; disabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: activating (auto-restart) (Result: exit-code) since Fri 2018-01-12 17:17:02 EST; 2s ago
Docs: http://docs.openhab.org
https://community.openhab.org
Process: 18757 ExecStop=/usr/share/openhab2/runtime/bin/karaf stop (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Process: 18644 ExecStart=/usr/share/openhab2/runtime/bin/karaf $OPENHAB_STARTMODE (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Main PID: 18644 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE

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How did you install?

What version of Java?

What do you see in syslog when you try to start OH?

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Installed via repository

Zulu 9.0.1 per Openhab link

syslog shows;

Jan 12 17:17:02 will-ZBOX-ID92-ZBOX-IQ01 systemd[1]: Started openHAB 2 - empowering the smart home.
Jan 12 17:17:02 will-ZBOX-ID92-ZBOX-IQ01 karaf[18644]: Java 1.8 or higher is required. Aborting launch.
Jan 12 17:17:02 will-ZBOX-ID92-ZBOX-IQ01 systemd[1]: openhab2.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Jan 12 17:17:02 will-ZBOX-ID92-ZBOX-IQ01 karaf[18757]: Java 1.8 or higher is required. Aborting launch.
Jan 12 17:17:02 will-ZBOX-ID92-ZBOX-IQ01 systemd[1]: openhab2.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=1
Jan 12 17:17:02 will-ZBOX-ID92-ZBOX-IQ01 systemd[1]: openhab2.service: Unit entered failed state.
Jan 12 17:17:02 will-ZBOX-ID92-ZBOX-IQ01 systemd[1]: openhab2.service: Failed with result ‘exit-code’.
Jan 12 17:17:07 will-ZBOX-ID92-ZBOX-IQ01 systemd[1]: openhab2.service: Service hold-off time over, scheduling restart.
Jan 12 17:17:07 will-ZBOX-ID92-ZBOX-IQ01 systemd[1]: Stopped openHAB 2 - empowering the smart home.

java -version shows;

openjdk version "9.0.1.3"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (Zulu build 9.0.1.3+11)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (Zulu build 9.0.1.3+11, mixed mode)

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Actually the docs do state:

As for now, a pre-release Java 9 installation is not recommended and is not yet supported by openHAB 2.

That sentence needs to be fixed slightly as Java 9 is no longer prerelease, but it is still true. OH will not run on Java 9.

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Thanks, that did the trick. I simply downloaded the Zulu 8 version, adjusted my java alternatives settings, and so far am now in configuration mode in PaperUI. Thanks!

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Am having some unexpected exceptions, so reviewed the Zulu download comments which show “glibc v2.5 and higher”

I checked my glibc version with;

$ apt-cache policy libc6

Which responded with;

libc6:
Installed: 2.23-0ubuntu9
Candidate: 2.23-0ubuntu9
*** 2.23-0ubuntu9 500
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main amd64 Packages
500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
2.23-0ubuntu3 500
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages

I also tried;

$ apt-cache policy glibc-source

which responded with;

glibc-source:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 2.23-0ubuntu9
Version table:
2.23-0ubuntu9 500
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe amd64 Packages
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe i386 Packages
500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/universe amd64 Packages
500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/universe i386 Packages
2.23-0ubuntu3 500
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 Packages
500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe i386 Packages

I keep fairly current on updates, and running following update command below only resulting in a couple of small updates. Rerunning the glibc and libc6 resulted in the same output as before.

$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

As I am running Ubuntu Studio 16.04 LTS, it appears either I need to shift to the most recent Ubuntu version and hope that it upgrades to the minimum glibc, or try a different JRE. Hence, I will try the Oracle 8 JRE, and will report back.