Error installing JIRA on Debian

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Problem

When installing JIRA on a Debian server, the following exception is thrown:

Extracting files ...
                                                                           
com.install4j.runtime.beans.actions.misc.RunExecutableAction failed

Ignore [i, Enter], Quit [q]
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Please wait a few moments while JIRA starts up.
Launching JIRA ...
Installation of JIRA 6.4.13 is complete
Your installation of JIRA 6.4.13 is now ready and can be accessed via your
browser.
JIRA 6.4.13 can be accessed at http://localhost:8088
In action "Write Modz Registry [Run script]" (screen "Custom Finish Screen [Configurable banner form]"), property "Script":
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: appBaseDir '/atlassian-jira' is not a readable directory
	at com.atlassian.inception.modz.ModificationHelper.checkReadableDir(ModificationHelper.java:219)
	at com.atlassian.inception.modz.ModificationHelper.<init>(ModificationHelper.java:68)
	at com.atlassian.inception.modz.JiraModificationHelper.<init>(JiraModificationHelper.java:18)
	at com.atlassian.inception.modz.ModificationHelper.createJiraHelper(ModificationHelper.java:60)
	at I4jScript_Internal_424.eval(I4jScript_Internal_424.java:24)
	at I4jScript_Internal_424.evaluate(I4jScript_Internal_424.java:33)
	at com.install4j.runtime.installer.helper.Script.evaluate(Unknown Source)
	at com.install4j.runtime.installer.ContextImpl.runScript(Unknown Source)
	at com.install4j.runtime.installer.ContextImpl.runScript(Unknown Source)
	at com.install4j.runtime.beans.actions.control.RunScriptAction.execute(Unknown Source)
	at com.install4j.runtime.beans.actions.SystemInstallOrUninstallAction.install(Unknown Source)
	at com.install4j.runtime.installer.InstallerContextImpl.performActionInt(Unknown Source)
	at com.install4j.runtime.installer.ContextImpl.performAction(Unknown Source)
	at com.install4j.runtime.installer.controller.Controller.executeActions(Unknown Source)
	at com.install4j.runtime.installer.controller.Controller.handleCommand(Unknown Source)
	at com.install4j.runtime.installer.controller.Controller.start(Unknown Source)
	at com.install4j.runtime.installer.Installer.main(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at com.exe4j.runtime.LauncherEngine.launch(Unknown Source)
	at com.install4j.runtime.launcher.Launcher.main(Unknown Source)
Unable to register filesystem for installer modification checking.
Finishing installation ..

Cause

Debian does not have /opt directory by default.

Resolution

Create the /opt directory manually at the root level and re-run the installation.

Last modified on Jul 15, 2016

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