Jabref Issues Kubuntu 24.04 LTS

[A. Mani]

Jabref is not starting in Kubuntu 24.04 LTS.
It has issues with JRE, apparently.

Messages in Konsole
16:29:41.336 [AWT-EventQueue-1] WARN
net.sf.jabref.logic.remote.server.RemoteListenerServerLifecycle - Port
is blocked
java.net.BindException: Address already in use (Bind failed)
       at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.socketBind(Native Method) ~[?:1.8.0_412]
       at java.net.AbstractPlainSocketImpl.bind(AbstractPlainSocketImpl.java:387)
~[?:1.8.0_412]
       at java.net.ServerSocket.bind(ServerSocket.java:390) ~[?:1.8.0_412]
       at java.net.ServerSocket.<init>(ServerSocket.java:252) ~[?:1.8.0_412]
       at net.sf.jabref.logic.remote.server.RemoteListenerServer.<init>(RemoteListenerServer.java:26)
~[Jab
Ref-3.8.2.jar:?]
       at net.sf.jabref.logic.remote.server.RemoteListenerServerThread.<init>(RemoteListenerServerThread.ja
va:18) ~[JabRef-3.8.2.jar:?]
       at net.sf.jabref.logic.remote.server.RemoteListenerServerLifecycle.open(RemoteListenerServerLifecycl
e.java:43) ~[JabRef-3.8.2.jar:?]
       at net.sf.jabref.JabRefMain.start(JabRefMain.java:96)
~[JabRef-3.8.2.jar:?]
       at net.sf.jabref.JabRefMain.lambda$main$0(JabRefMain.java:40)
~[JabRef-3.8.2.jar:?]
       at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(InvocationEvent.java:311)
~[?:1.8.0_412]
       at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:758)
~[?:1.8.0_412]
       at java.awt.EventQueue.access$500(EventQueue.java:97) ~[?:1.8.0_412]
       at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:709) ~[?:1.8.0_412]
       at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:703) ~[?:1.8.0_412]
       at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
~[?:1.8.0_412]
       at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.ja
va:74) ~[?:1.8.0_412]
       at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:728) ~[?:1.8.0_412]
       at org.GNOME.Accessibility.AtkWrapper$6.dispatchEvent(AtkWrapper.java:717)
~[java-atk-wrapper.jar:?]
       at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:205)
~[?:1.8.0_412]
       at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:116)
~[?:1.8.0_412]
       at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:105)
~[?:1.8.0_412]
       at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:101)
~[?:1.8.0_412]
       at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:93)
~[?:1.8.0_412]
       at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:82)
~[?:1.8.0_412]
16:29:41.379 [AWT-EventQueue-1] INFO  net.sf.jabref.JabRefMain -
Arguments passed on to running JabRef insta
nce. Shutting down.

Thanks and Best

A Mani

Dr (Miss) A Mani
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