# Build-Error – Jabref update from the AUR on GNU/Linux Manjaro

**URL:** <https://discourse.jabref.org/t/build-error-jabref-update-from-the-aur-on-gnu-linux-manjaro/3678>\
**Category:** Help\
**Created:** [December 22, 2022, 4:02pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/build-error-jabref-update-from-the-aur-on-gnu-linux-manjaro/3678 "2022-12-22T16:02:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![lukeflo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/lukeflo/32/1533_2.png) [@lukeflo](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/lukeflo)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2022, 4:02pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/build-error-jabref-update-from-the-aur-on-gnu-linux-manjaro/3678/1 "2022-12-22T16:02:56Z")

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Hey everyone,

Im using Jabref since quite a time now. A few months ago i switched from Ubuntu to Manjaro. Installing Jabref from the AUR using `yay` worked fine.

Now, today i tried to update Jabref usin `yay`. During the `build()` process of the package the following error occured and the build was cancelled:

```bash
==> Beginne build()...
Using JDK from /usr/lib/jvm/java-17-openjdk to build JabRef.

Welcome to Gradle 7.5.1!

Here are the highlights of this release:
 - Support for Java 18
 - Support for building with Groovy 4
 - Much more responsive continuous builds
 - Improved diagnostics for dependency resolution

For more details see https://docs.gradle.org/7.5.1/release-notes.html

To honour the JVM settings for this build a single-use Daemon process will be forked. See https://docs.gradle.org/7.5.1/userguide/gradle_daemon.html#sec:disabling_the_daemon.
Daemon will be stopped at the end of the build 

> Configure project :
Project : => 'org.jabref' Java module

> Task :compileJava FAILED

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* What went wrong:
Execution failed for task ':compileJava'.
> Could not resolve all files for configuration ':compileClasspath'.
   > Could not resolve com.github.JabRef:afterburner.fx:testmoduleinfo-SNAPSHOT.
     Required by:
         project :
      > Could not resolve com.github.JabRef:afterburner.fx:testmoduleinfo-SNAPSHOT.
         > Unable to load Maven meta-data from https://jitpack.io/com/github/JabRef/afterburner.fx/testmoduleinfo-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml.
            > Could not GET 'https://jitpack.io/com/github/JabRef/afterburner.fx/testmoduleinfo-SNAPSHOT/maven-metadata.xml'. Received status code 521 from server:

```

My system is running `jre-openjdk` Version 19. `gradle` is temporary installed within the build-process. Im not confident using Java, so its unclear if the error arose from the PKGBUILD-file or my own Java-installation.

Its the first time i write a bug here. So, please, if this is the wrong place for an error report like this, just tell me 😉

Best,

Florian

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**Author:** ![Siedlerchr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/siedlerchr/32/216_2.png) [@Siedlerchr](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/Siedlerchr)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2022, 4:06pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/build-error-jabref-update-from-the-aur-on-gnu-linux-manjaro/3678/2 "2022-12-22T16:06:12Z")

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Hi,

this is just a temporary issue. I had the same issue today. We rely on jitpack for that, We are planning to publish it as normal version soon.

PS: JabRef does not yet build fully with openjdk19 (jlink and jpackage issues). So we recommend you either use jdk17 or jdk18

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**Author:** ![lukeflo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/lukeflo/32/1533_2.png) [@lukeflo](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/lukeflo)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2022, 4:11pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/build-error-jabref-update-from-the-aur-on-gnu-linux-manjaro/3678/3 "2022-12-22T16:11:40Z")

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Hi Christoph,

thanks for the fast reply. The error also occured using jdk17. But if its only temporary, im fine with it. Version 5.7 still works very well.

I will give short feedback here when the update was successfull.

Best

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**Author:** ![Siedlerchr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/siedlerchr/32/216_2.png) [@Siedlerchr](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/Siedlerchr)\
**Post date:** [December 22, 2022, 4:43pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/build-error-jabref-update-from-the-aur-on-gnu-linux-manjaro/3678/4 "2022-12-22T16:43:23Z")

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You could also try the portable version in the meantime

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**Author:** ![lukeflo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/lukeflo/32/1533_2.png) [@lukeflo](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/lukeflo)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2023, 3:33pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/build-error-jabref-update-from-the-aur-on-gnu-linux-manjaro/3678/5 "2023-01-02T15:33:58Z")

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Hi Christoph and the Jabref-Team,

installation went without problems today through `yay`

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Siedlerchr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/discourse.jabref.org/siedlerchr/32/216_2.png) [@Siedlerchr](https://discourse.jabref.org/u/Siedlerchr)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2023, 7:46pm UTC](https://discourse.jabref.org/t/build-error-jabref-update-from-the-aur-on-gnu-linux-manjaro/3678/6 "2023-01-02T19:46:58Z")

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Happy New Year!  
Thanks for the feedback!