# installer will not run on linux

**URL:** <https://forum.servoy.com/t/installer-will-not-run-on-linux/5655>\
**Category:** Classic Servoy\
**Created:** [March 29, 2006, 1:05pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/installer-will-not-run-on-linux/5655 "2006-03-29T13:05:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![fritsyrules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@fritsyrules](https://forum.servoy.com/u/fritsyrules)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 1:05pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/installer-will-not-run-on-linux/5655/1 "2006-03-29T13:05:25Z")

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hello i am trying to install servoy on my linux suse 9.3 server ,java vers 1.5.0\_06

download size ok +30MB tried it several times  
i can run developer with command" java -jar servoy\_developer.jar"  
but when i run servoy server i keep getting this

linux:/usr/local/servoy # java -jar servoy\_server.sh  
Exception in thread “main” java.util.zip.ZipException: error in opening zip file  
at java.util.zip.ZipFile.open(Native Method)  
at java.util.zip.ZipFile.(ZipFile.java:112)  
at java.util.jar.JarFile.(JarFile.java:127)  
at java.util.jar.JarFile.(JarFile.java:65)

i have reinstalled servoy but that diddent work.

help  
 ![:cry:]( "Crying or Very sad") ![:cry:]( "Crying or Very sad")

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**Author:** ![bruno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c77e96/32.png) [@bruno](https://forum.servoy.com/u/bruno)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 9:30pm UTC](https://forum.servoy.com/t/installer-will-not-run-on-linux/5655/2 "2006-03-29T21:30:11Z")

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> fritsyrules:  
> hello i am trying to install servoy on my linux suse 9.3 server ,java vers 1.5.0\_06
> 
> download size ok +30MB tried it several times  
> i can run developer with command" java -jar servoy\_developer.jar"  
> but when i run servoy server i keep getting this
> 
> linux:/usr/local/servoy # java -jar servoy\_server.sh  
> Exception in thread “main” java.util.zip.ZipException: error in opening zip file  
> at java.util.zip.ZipFile.open(Native Method)  
> at java.util.zip.ZipFile.(ZipFile.java:112)  
> at java.util.jar.JarFile.(JarFile.java:127)  
> at java.util.jar.JarFile.(JarFile.java:65)
> 
> i have reinstalled servoy but that diddent work.
> 
> help  
> 😢 😢

You would start your server by just starting the shell script:  
./servoy\_server.sh  
This file rights should be set on read and execute for all (user, group and world).

I made a small deamon start script for SuSE Linux 9.x/10.x, you can download it here:  
[http://www.xpertmind.de/dl/servoy/servoysrvstart.tgz](http://www.xpertmind.de/dl/servoy/servoysrvstart.tgz)  
In it, you’ll find init script for servoy server called - of course, servoy :D.

Copy it into your /etc/init.d/ folder, change the rights to 755 (chmod 755 servoy) and change the settings/paths in it to match your needs.

My setings look like this:  
SERVOY\_DIR=/opt/servoy  
SERVOY\_LOG=$SERVOY\_DIR/startserver.log  
SERVOY\_PROG=servoy\_server.sh  
SERVOY\_BIN=$SERVOY\_DIR/$SERVOY\_PROG

Note: I usually install “foreign” applications, like Servoy or Tomcat in /opt folder.

To start the server just enter  
/etc/init.d/servoy start  
To stop it:  
/etc/init.d/servoy stop

You can use one of the following options: start|stop|status|try-restart|restart|force-reload|reload.

What database are you going to deploy on your server?