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Can't install jEdit on WinXP Pro
Submitted by critter on Sunday, 4 April, 2004 - 11:02
Please, help me. I have downloaded both versions of jEdit 4.1 and jEdit 4.2pre11, but can't install it.

I have installed this Java version:

e:\windows\system32\java.exe -showversion
java version "1.3.1"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.1-b24)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.1-b24, mixed mode)



Errors for jEdit 4.1:

F:\Temp>e:\windows\system32\java.exe -jar jedit41install.jar

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.Error: can't load javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLookAndFeel
at javax.swing.UIManager.initializeDefaultLAF(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.UIManager.initialize(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.UIManager.maybeInitialize(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.UIManager.getUI(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JPanel.updateUI(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JPanel.(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JPanel.(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JRootPane.createGlassPane(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JRootPane.(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JFrame.createRootPane(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JFrame.frameInit(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JFrame.(Unknown Source)
at installer.SwingInstall.(Unknown Source)
at installer.Install.main(Unknown Source)

Here the execution stops and whait for the input. When I press Ctrl-Break, it print the big dump.



Errors for jEdit 4.2 pre 11:

F:\Temp>e:\windows\system32\java.exe -jar f:\temp\jedit42pre11install.jar

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.Error: can't load javax.swing.plaf.metal.MetalLookAndFeel
at javax.swing.UIManager.initializeDefaultLAF(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.UIManager.initialize(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.UIManager.maybeInitialize(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.UIManager.getUI(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JPanel.updateUI(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JPanel.(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JPanel.(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JRootPane.createGlassPane(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JRootPane.(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JFrame.createRootPane(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JFrame.frameInit(Unknown Source)
at javax.swing.JFrame.(Unknown Source)
at installer.SwingInstall.(SwingInstall.java:29)
at installer.Install.main(Install.java:37)



How can I install jEdit? I'm the newbie in Java and I don't know how to work with it.
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