Autopsy errors on start

[Szewcson]

Bug description

After starting Autopsy it shows 5 problems. On Autopsy github I found that it can be caused by lack of OpenJFX. Unfortuneatly on arch/blackarch there is no Java8-OpenJFX and Java-OpenJFX from blackarch repo not fixing those errors. Also Autopsy shows that there is newer version available.

Steps to reproduce

1.) Install Autopsy 2.) Change java to OpenJDK8 to be able to start it since on never Java it not start 3.)Run Autopsy

Actual result: Describe here what happens after you run the steps above (i.e. the buggy behaviour) Autopsy shows 5 problems after start:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.sun.javafx.PlatformUtil
    at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:387)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:418)
    at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:352)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:351)
    at org.netbeans.ProxyClassLoader.doFindClass(ProxyClassLoader.java:209)
Caused: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.sun.javafx.PlatformUtil starting from ModuleCL@733692f4[org.sleuthkit.autopsy.corelibs] with possible defining loaders null and declared parents [org.netbeans.JarClassLoader@1a8644e8]
    at org.netbeans.ProxyClassLoader.doFindClass(ProxyClassLoader.java:211)
    at org.netbeans.ProxyClassLoader.loadClass(ProxyClassLoader.java:125)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:351)
Caused: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/sun/javafx/PlatformUtil
    at org.sleuthkit.autopsy.corelibs.SigarLoader.getSigar(SigarLoader.java:46)
    at org.sleuthkit.autopsy.coreutils.PlatformUtil.getPID(PlatformUtil.java:505)
    at org.sleuthkit.autopsy.coreutils.Installer.restored(Installer.java:60)
    at org.sleuthkit.autopsy.core.Installer.restored(Installer.java:373)
    at org.netbeans.core.startup.NbInstaller.loadCode(NbInstaller.java:447)
[catch] at org.netbeans.core.startup.NbInstaller.loadImpl(NbInstaller.java:370)
    at org.netbeans.core.startup.NbInstaller.access$000(NbInstaller.java:77)
    at org.netbeans.core.startup.NbInstaller$1.run(NbInstaller.java:322)
    at org.openide.filesystems.FileUtil$2.run(FileUtil.java:413)
    at org.openide.filesystems.EventControl.runAtomicAction(EventControl.java:102)
    at org.openide.filesystems.FileSystem.runAtomicAction(FileSystem.java:494)
    at org.openide.filesystems.FileUtil.runAtomicAction(FileUtil.java:397)
    at org.openide.filesystems.FileUtil.runAtomicAction(FileUtil.java:417)
    at org.netbeans.core.startup.NbInstaller.load(NbInstaller.java:319)
    at org.netbeans.ModuleManager.enable(ModuleManager.java:1449)
    at org.netbeans.ModuleManager.enable(ModuleManager.java:1254)
    at org.netbeans.core.startup.ModuleList.installNew(ModuleList.java:315)
    at org.netbeans.core.startup.ModuleList.trigger(ModuleList.java:251)
    at org.netbeans.core.startup.ModuleSystem.restore(ModuleSystem.java:298)
    at org.netbeans.core.startup.Main.getModuleSystem(Main.java:156)
    at org.netbeans.core.startup.Main.getModuleSystem(Main.java:125)
    at org.netbeans.core.startup.Main.start(Main.java:282)
    at org.netbeans.core.startup.TopThreadGroup.run(TopThreadGroup.java:98)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:750)

Error in RequestProcessor org.sleuthkit.autopsy.timeline.OnStart
Caused by: javafx/application/Platform

Error in RequestProcessor org.sleuthkit.autopsy.imagegallery.OnStart
Caused by: javafx/application/Platform

Some features will not be available. Check that you have JavaFX installed (OpenJFX 8). Could not start Solr server process Expected result: Describe here what should happen after you run the steps above (i.e. what would be the correct behaviour) AUtopsy start without errors

[noraj]

Java 8 is deprecated (https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/java-se-support-roadmap.html) and is in AUR https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Java#OpenJFX. Here is the upstream issue asking to upgrade autopsy to use more recent Java version https://github.com/sleuthkit/autopsy/issues/5817

[D3vil0p3r]

Autopsy seems to work with Java 21. There is an issue on sleuthkit-java BA package that caused issue on starting Autopsy. The related sleuthkit-java PKGBUILD is 4.12.1 but the actual package is 4.11. @noptrix can you please rebuild sleuthkit-java to be sure we get 4.12.1?

[D3vil0p3r]

@noraj can you check if actually Autopsy dependency python2-pytsk3 is needed? PKGBUILD

[noraj]

please test, I don't have much time right now

[D3vil0p3r]

Tested. It seems to work.