Exception while installing SAP GUI Java on Debian - PlatinGUI-Linux-720.jar

[Former Member]

Hello,

I get the following error when trying to install SAP GUI Java (PlatinGUI-Linux-720.jar):

> java -jar PlatinGUI-Linux-720.jar

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
   at com.sap.platin.micro.JNLPFile.getAlternateCodebase(JNLPFile.java:146)
   at com.sap.platin.micro.JNLPFile.getExternalJNLP(JNLPFile.java:275)
   at com.sap.platin.micro.JNLPFile.loadImpl(JNLPFile.java:204)
   at com.sap.platin.micro.JNLPFile.<init>(JNLPFile.java:64)
   at com.sap.platin.micro.JNLPFile.load(JNLPFile.java:93)
   at com.sap.platin.micro.Microkernel.createJNLPFile(Microkernel.java:2326)
   at com.sap.platin.micro.Microkernel.installImpl(Microkernel.java:1388)
   at com.sap.platin.micro.Microkernel.install(Microkernel.java:1256)
   at com.sap.platin.micro.Microkernel.main(Microkernel.java:2411)

Any ideas?

[RMW]

Hello,

please create an [official bug report|https://service.sap.com/message] on component BC-FES-JAV and attach the file guiinstall.log, which you should find in your user's home directory.

Best regards

Rolf-Martin