"Caused by: java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 0" Error Received when Installing ODI 12c (Doc ID 2405078.1)

Last updated on JUNE 16, 2022

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Symptoms

When trying to install Oracle Data Integrator (ODI) 12c on Oracle Linux or RedHat Linux operating system, the following error occurs:

Preparing to launch the Oracle Universal Installer from /tmp/OraInstall2018-04-28_04-45-34AM
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
  at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
  at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
  at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
  at sun.reflect.misc.Trampoline.invoke(MethodUtil.java:75)
  ...
Caused by: java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 0
  at sun.font.CompositeStrike.getStrikeForSlot(CompositeStrike.java:75)
  at sun.font.CompositeStrike.getFontMetrics(CompositeStrike.java:93)
  at sun.font.FontDesignMetrics.initMatrixAndMetrics(FontDesignMetrics.java:359)
  at sun.font.FontDesignMetrics.(FontDesignMetrics.java:350)
  at sun.font.FontDesignMetrics.getMetrics(FontDesignMetrics.java:302)
  at sun.swing.SwingUtilities2.getFontMetrics(SwingUtilities2.java:1030)
  at javax.swing.JComponent.getFontMetrics(JComponent.java:1625)
  at javax.swing.text.PlainView.calculateLongestLine(PlainView.java:639)
  ...

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