today's alpha won't run #15111
Description
JabRef version
6.0-alpha.4
Operating system
GNU / Linux
Details on version and operating system
System: Kernel: 6.17.0-14-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.3.0 clocksource: tsc Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.6.7 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: Muffin v: 6.6.3 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 22.3 Zena base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble
Checked with the latest development build (copy version output from About dialog)
- I made a backup of my libraries before testing the latest development version.
- I have tested the latest development version and the problem persists
Steps to reproduce the behaviour
I've fallen back to
JabRef 5.15--2024-07-10--1eb3493
Linux 6.17.0-14-generic amd64
Java 21.0.2
JavaFX 22.0.1+7
because today's 6 alpha release won't start:
Unpacking jabref (6.0.32340) over (6.0.32340) ...
Setting up jabref (6.0.32340) ...
**dom@cakrapani:**~$ /opt/jabref/bin/JabRef
WARNING: Using incubator modules: jdk.incubator.vector
2026-02-14 09:52:49 [main] org.jabref.Launcher.main()
INFO: Starting JabRef v6.0-alpha.340--2026-02-14--5c362e3
Messages are not initialized before accessing key: Imported entries
2026-02-14 09:52:50 [main] io.zonky.test.db.postgres.embedded.EmbeddedPostgres.prepareBinaries()
ERROR: Got error while unpacking Postgres: java.nio.file.FileAlreadyExistsException: /tmp/embedded-pg/PG-148ac568d29aace9eca359dd1153cd22/lib/libicui18n.so.60
at java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixException.translateToIOException(UnixException.java:94)
at java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:106)
at java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:111)
at java.base/sun.nio.fs.UnixFileSystemProvider.createSymbolicLink(UnixFileSystemProvider.java:484)
at java.base/java.nio.file.Files.createSymbolicLink(Files.java:976)
at embedded.postgres@2.2.0/io.zonky.test.db.postgres.embedded.EmbeddedPostgres.extractTxz(EmbeddedPostgres.java:734)
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