Installation of DataStax DevCenter-1.3.1 failed on Windows 8

Question

I get following logs when I try to install it

I have following Java Version java version "1.8.0_60" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_60-b27) Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 25.60-b23, mixed mode, sharing)

Answer 1

It looks like you are trying to launch a 64 bit version of DevCenter: -arch x86_64

but Java is 32 bit - note the lack of any 64 bit indication in your java -version output.

A 64-bit version of Java will report this: $ java -version java version "1.8.0_40" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_40-b25) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.40-b25, mixed mode)

I've seen this happen on Windows systems where the OS is 64-bit and a 32-bit browser is used to download Java so it defaults to downloading a 32-bit version of Java. You have to be careful to either 1) use a 64-bit version of the browser or 2) specifically select to download a 64-bit version of Java.