snpeff install error

Question

[bestone]

Hello guys, I installed snpeff tools to my mac but even I update the java. It still giving the error like this:

Error: A JNI error has occurred, please check your installation and try again
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: org/snpeff/SnpEff has been compiled by a more recent version of the Java Runtime (class file version 55.0), this version of the Java Runtime only recognizes class file versions up to 52.0
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:757)
    at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:142)
    at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:473)
    at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader.java:74)
    at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:369)
    at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:363)
    at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:362)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:419)
    at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:352)
    at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:352)
    at sun.launcher.LauncherHelper.checkAndLoadMain(LauncherHelper.java:601)

Could you pls help me with this issue?

[Pierre Lindenbaum]

your version of java is just too old. java 11 is required for "class file version 55.0" ( https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9170832 )

[bestone]

I downloaded the last version it but it didn't work

[Pierre Lindenbaum]

output of

echo "${JAVA_HOME}"

and

which java

and

java -version

?

[bestone]

https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/downloads/#java17 I downloaded this website

[Pierre Lindenbaum]

answer my question please.

[bestone]

when I write to terminal

openjdk version "1.8.0_332" OpenJDK Runtime Environment (Zulu 8.62.0.19-CA-macosx) (build 1.8.0_332-b09) OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (Zulu 8.62.0.19-CA-macosx) (build 25.332-b09, mixed mode) But if I write: java --version It says Unrecognized option: --version Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine. Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.

[Pierre Lindenbaum]

But if I write: java --version

I asked java -version

[bestone]

Thank you guys I figure it out. I will share the link if you need how to fix it. check it