`java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.media.jai.ImageLayout` error

Question

I was running a geoscript-groovy tutorial code:

groovy:000> import geoscript.layer.GeoTIFF
groovy:000> format = new GeoTIFF()
groovy:000> raster = format.read(new File("raster.tif"))

, and got the follow errors:

ERROR java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
javax/media/jai/ImageLayout

I have limited knowledge about JAI. I don't know whether this is a general JDK configuration issue or an issue with groovy etc.

My questions are:

What's the cause of this error associated with javax.media.jai.ImageLayout and how to fix it? How do I verify if javax.media.jai.ImageLayout is really installed.

Thanks

P.S. The software environment is Ubuntu 12.04 with:

$java -version
java version "1.6.0_32"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.13.4) (6b32-1.13.4-4ubuntu0.12.04.2)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.25-b01, mixed mode)

$groovy -v
Groovy Version: 1.8.6 JVM: 1.6.0_32 Vendor: Sun Microsystems Inc. OS: Linux

-- UPDATE --

I changed JDK to oracle

$ java -version
java version "1.7.0_72"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_72-b14)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.72-b04, mixed mode)

and still I am getting the following error:

ERROR java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
javax/media/jai/ImageLayout
        at org.geotools.gce.geotiff.GeoTiffFormat.getReader (GeoTiffFormat.java:287)
        at org.geotools.gce.geotiff.GeoTiffFormat$getReader.call (Unknown Source)

Also, the commands I used to install Oracle JDK are:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-installer

I also did

sudo apt-get install libjai-core-java libjai-imageio-core-java

and I am still getting the same error.

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 16 '14 at 20:00

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To use javax.media.jai.ImageLayout you need an Oracle JDK. It's not present in OpenJDK. I don't know the library you're using so I can't tell you if there is any option to e.g. inject different strategy for image manipulation. Switch to Oracle JDK and test if it works for you that way.

answered Oct 16 '14 at 20:00

Szymon Stepniak

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Thanks, I switched to Oracle JDK, and it's still giving the error. Please see the update. – thor Oct 16 '14 at 22:53
Do you have jai-imageio installed in your system? In Fedora linux the packages is named jai-imageio-core – Szymon Stepniak Oct 17 '14 at 05:29
I am not sure. I have just listed the commands I used to install JDK in the update. – thor Oct 17 '14 at 05:34
`jai-imageio` is not a part of JDK installation, it has to be installed separately. – Szymon Stepniak Oct 17 '14 at 05:53

`java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.media.jai.ImageLayout` error

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