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Published Jul. 2, 2025

Installing Liferay Project SDK on Windows results in error java.io.FileNotFoundException

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Gustavo Vasconcelos

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Issue

  • When trying to install Liferay Project SDK on Windows the last part of the installation is canceled with the error message below:
Problem running post-install step. Installation may not complete correctly
Error Running C:\Users\%USERNAME%\.jpm\windows\bin\jpm install -fl --jvmlocation "C:/Program Files/Java/jdk1.8.0_241/bin/java.exe" "C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Local\Temp\LiferayProjectSDK\blade.jar": Error
 0. [IO.copy] java.io.FileNotFoundException: During copy: C:\JPM\misc\winrun4jc.exe

SDKErrorWindows.png

Environment

  • Windows 10 version 1903
  • Liferay Project SDK 3.7.1: LiferayProjectSDK-201910152009-windows-installer.exe

Resolution

The resolution is to manually install JPM before running the Liferay Project SDK installer.

  1. Manually download a JPM Java installer from the repository below (we recommend downloading the most recent one):
    https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/biz/aQute/bnd/biz.aQute.jpm.run/4.0.0-SNAPSHOT/
  2. Run the command below: 
    java -jar .\biz.aQute.jpm.run-4.0.0-[DATE].[TIME]-[VERSION].jar -u init
  3. Run Liferay Project SDK installer and finish the installation.

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