Unable to run IntelliJ IDEA CE 12 with Ubuntu Oracle Java 8
intellij-idea, java, linux, oracle, ubuntu
Solution
It's a known issue, JDK 8 has removed a method that IDEA is using. It was fixed in IDEA 12.1.5.
We recommend using supported and released JDK versions to avoid problems, like JDK 1.7.
Problem
I am using Ubuntu 13.04 and Oracle Java 8. I have set the `JAVA_HOME` and `PATH` variables. Here is the terminal output of trying to run IntelliJ: ``` darren@ubuntu:~$ /opt/intellij-idea-ce/bin/idea.sh Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.0-b42, mixed mode) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM warning: ignoring option MaxPermSize=350m; support was removed in 8.0 Failed to clear URL cache java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:491) at com.intellij.ide.plugins.PluginManager$2.run(PluginManager.java:190) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:724) Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: sun.reflect.Reflection.getCallerClass(I)Ljava/lang/Class; at com.intellij.openapi.util.IconLoader.getIcon(IconLoader.java:116) at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationInfoImpl.readExternal(ApplicationInfoImpl.java:491) at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationInfoImpl.getShadowInstance(ApplicationInfoImpl.java:426) at com.intellij.ui.AppUIUtil.getAppIconImages(AppUIUtil.java:66) at com.intellij.ui.AppUIUtil.updateWindowIcon(AppUIUtil.java:49) at com.intellij.idea.MainImpl.start(MainImpl.java:46) ... 6 more ERROR: Error while accessing com.intellij.idea.MainImpl.start with arguments: [] java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:491) at com.intellij.ide.plugins.PluginManager$2.run(PluginManager.java:190) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:724) Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: sun.reflect.Reflection.getCallerClass(I)Ljava/lang/Class; at com.intellij.openapi.util.IconLoader.getIcon(IconLoader.java:116) at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationInfoImpl.readExternal(ApplicationInfoImpl.java:491) at com.intellij.openapi.application.impl.ApplicationInfoImpl.getShadowInstance(ApplicationInfoImpl.java:426) at com.intellij.ui.AppUIUtil.getAppIconImages(AppUIUtil.java:66) at com.intellij.ui.AppUIUtil.updateWindowIcon(AppUIUtil.java:49) at com.intellij.idea.MainImpl.start(MainImpl.java:46) ... 6 more ERROR: Error while accessing com.intellij.idea.MainImpl.start with arguments: [] java.lang.AssertionError: Error while accessing com.intellij.idea.MainImpl.start with arguments: [] at com.intellij.openapi.diagnostic.DefaultLogger.error(DefaultLogger.java:55) at com.intellij.openapi.diagnostic.Logger.error(Logger.java:65) at com.intellij.ide.plugins.PluginManager$2.run(PluginManager.java:194) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:724) Exception: java.lang.AssertionError thrown from the UncaughtExceptionHandler in thread "Idea Main Thread 12.1#IC-129.161, eap:false" ```