Problems installing JChem Cartridge on Win2008 R2 64bit

Server OS Win2008 R2 64bit
Oracle version 10.2.0.4 

I am having problems installing on this machine.

I have downloaded the jchem-5_2_06-windows_with_jre distribution and run it successfully.

However when running the install-interact.bat script I stop at:

INFO: Checking JChem Server at localhost:1099... 
====> JChem Server is configured to run on localhost. Please, start JChem Server
 on localhost. Press <Enter>, when started. 

I have set the JAVA_HOME to the JRE installed with your distribution.

Running server.bat start gives:

C:\Program Files (x86)\ChemAxon\JChem\cartridge>server.bat start 
C:\Program Files (x86)\ChemAxon\JChem\cartridge>"C:\Program Files (x86)\ChemAxon\JChem\jre\bin\java.exe" -server -Xrs -XX:-OmitStackTraceInFastThrow -Dchemaxon.jchem.cartridge.config.file="C:\Program Files (x86)\ChemAxon\JChem\cartridge\\conf\jcart.properties" -Djava.util.logging.config.class=chemaxon.jchem.cartridge.util.LoggingConfigurator -Djava.awt.headless=true -classpath "C:\Program Files (x86)\ChemAxon\JChem\lib\jchem.jar"  Chemaxon.jchem.cartridge.server.Bootstrapperstart Error: no `server' JVM at `C:\Program Files (x86)\ChemAxon\JChem\jre\bin\server\jvm.dll'. 

C:\Program Files (x86)\ChemAxon\JChem\cartridge>

Should I set some other JAVA_HOME path?
 

By the way. At first I did try downloading both a JRE and JDK som Sun and point towards them when installing but the JCHEM installer refused to see the JAVA_HOME.

I suspect that was some 64bit issue. Are there any special conditions to install on a 64bit architecture? 32bit dependencies from JCHEM for instance?

I will check if this is a bug. In the meantime, you can try and do what the message says:

1. open a new command prompt window

2. Navigate to the jchem/cartridge directory.

3. execute: server.bat start

4. go back to the first command prompt window and press enter.

Let me know if this helps.

Peter

Thank you for your reply.

Manually starting the server gives the second error I posted. Root cause beeing that:

no `server' JVM at `C:\Program Files (x86)\ChemAxon\JChem\jre\bin\server\jvm.dll'. 

If I look into the folder there is no /server/jvm.dll.

As a workaround I copied the jre\bin\client folder and renamed the copy \jre\bin\server. This made the installation continue.

In the beginning I also downloaded a JRE from Sun but if I set up a 64bit JRE things did not work. Does JCHEM require a 32bit environment?

 

Does JCHEM require a 32bit environment?

No. 64-bit should be fine. It requires JDK: http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/widget/jdk6.jsp Point JAVA_HOME to a JDK "home" directory.

Peter

Ok. So the distribution you have with "Windows Installer with Java" actually does not install the Java needed?

When I install the JDK I get the same behaviour. No /server folder under bin. However creating one and putting the jvm into it works.

I notice now that I never got a Windows service installed for JCHEM on my machine. Is there a command for performing this post installation or do I need to start over?

pkovacs wrote:

No. 64-bit should be fine.

I rolled back my snapshot of the server and tried again.

If I install the JDK (jdk-6u17-windows-x64) and point the JAVA_HOME to it, the JCHEM installer refuses to start. It states it cannot find the runtime.

If I instead install a 32bit JDK (jdk-6u17-windows-i586) and point the JAVA_HOME to it. Things go through if I make a /server folder manually.

No Windows Service created tough so I have to start the server manually.

The JCHEM installer's inability to start is a separate issue. Please, open a separate topic for that problem.

What I think is likely to work is (if you absolulately want to use the JChem installer -- though I am not sure if it does anything indispensable):

1. Start the JChem installer in whatever way you managed to do it the first time (by unsetting the JAVA_HOME environment variable?)

2. After the JChem installer successfully completed set the JAVA_HOME variable to a (64-bit)
JDK and restart the JChem Cartridge installation.

Let me know if this helps.

Peter

pkovacs wrote:

The JCHEM installer's inability to start is a separate issue. Please, open a separate topic for that problem. What I think is likely to work is (if you absolulately want to use the JChem installer -- though I am not sure if it does anything indispensable): 1. Start the JChem installer in whatever way you managed to do it the first time (by unsetting the JAVA_HOME environment variable?) 2. After the JChem installer successfully completed set the JAVA_HOME variable to a (64-bit) JDK and restart the JChem Cartridge installation. Let me know if this helps. Peter

1.
The only way I get the JChem installer to run is to download the one with an embedded JRE. Probably was the installer that had a 32bit dependency.

2.
This helped. The order of actions I used now was:
- Download and install 64bit JDK
- Download and install JChem with JRE Bundle
- Set JAVA_HOME to the 64bit home
- Run install-interact

I also got a Service created as expected this time round.

Thank's for the pointers Peter.