Forge Installer Linux crash: Can not initialize cryptographic mechanism

[FearTheNoob]

Hi all,

 

trying my first Forge installation on my Linux machine but keep running into an exception while installing "java3d:vecmath". Stacktrace is this:

 

Downloading library java3d:vecmath:1.5.2
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
    at java.base/javax.crypto.JceSecurityManager.<clinit>(JceSecurityManager.java:66)
    at java.base/javax.crypto.Cipher.getConfiguredPermission(Cipher.java:2610)
    at java.base/javax.crypto.Cipher.getMaxAllowedKeyLength(Cipher.java:2634)
    at java.base/sun.security.ssl.CipherSuite$BulkCipher.isUnlimited(CipherSuite.java:602)
    at java.base/sun.security.ssl.CipherSuite$BulkCipher.<init>(CipherSuite.java:574)
    at java.base/sun.security.ssl.CipherSuite$BulkCipher.<clinit>(CipherSuite.java:460)
    at java.base/sun.security.ssl.CipherSuite.<clinit>(CipherSuite.java:1074)
    at java.base/sun.security.ssl.SSLContextImpl.getApplicableSupportedCipherSuiteList(SSLContextImpl.java:354)
    at java.base/sun.security.ssl.SSLContextImpl.access$100(SSLContextImpl.java:42)
    at java.base/sun.security.ssl.SSLContextImpl$AbstractTLSContext.<clinit>(SSLContextImpl.java:590)
    at java.base/java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
    at java.base/java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:292)
    at java.base/java.security.Provider$Service.getImplClass(Provider.java:1844)
    at java.base/java.security.Provider$Service.newInstance(Provider.java:1820)
    at java.base/sun.security.jca.GetInstance.getInstance(GetInstance.java:236)
    at java.base/sun.security.jca.GetInstance.getInstance(GetInstance.java:164)
    at java.base/javax.net.ssl.SSLContext.getInstance(SSLContext.java:169)
    at java.base/javax.net.ssl.SSLContext.getDefault(SSLContext.java:99)
    at java.base/javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory.getDefault(SSLSocketFactory.java:123)
    at java.base/javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection.getDefaultSSLSocketFactory(HttpsURLConnection.java:335)
    at java.base/javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection.<init>(HttpsURLConnection.java:292)
    at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.https.HttpsURLConnectionImpl.<init>(HttpsURLConnectionImpl.java:86)
    at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.https.Handler.openConnection(Handler.java:62)
    at java.base/sun.net.www.protocol.https.Handler.openConnection(Handler.java:57)
    at java.base/java.net.URL.openConnection(URL.java:1051)
    at net.minecraftforge.installer.DownloadUtils.downloadFile(DownloadUtils.java:371)
    at net.minecraftforge.installer.DownloadUtils.downloadInstalledLibraries(DownloadUtils.java:64)
    at net.minecraftforge.installer.ClientInstall.run(ClientInstall.java:131)
    at net.minecraftforge.installer.InstallerAction.run(InstallerAction.java:43)
    at net.minecraftforge.installer.InstallerPanel.run(InstallerPanel.java:406)
    at net.minecraftforge.installer.SimpleInstaller.launchGui(SimpleInstaller.java:165)
    at net.minecraftforge.installer.SimpleInstaller.main(SimpleInstaller.java:51)
Caused by: java.lang.SecurityException: Can not initialize cryptographic mechanism
    at java.base/javax.crypto.JceSecurity.<clinit>(JceSecurity.java:118)
    ... 32 more
Caused by: java.lang.SecurityException: Can't read cryptographic policy directory: unlimited
    at java.base/javax.crypto.JceSecurity.setupJurisdictionPolicies(JceSecurity.java:324)
    at java.base/javax.crypto.JceSecurity.access$000(JceSecurity.java:73)
    at java.base/javax.crypto.JceSecurity$1.run(JceSecurity.java:109)
    at java.base/javax.crypto.JceSecurity$1.run(JceSecurity.java:106)
    at java.base/java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
    at java.base/javax.crypto.JceSecurity.<clinit>(JceSecurity.java:105)
    ... 32 more

 

Looks like he cannot download from a https source. Anyone have an idea what I can do?

 

Thanks in advance!

[quadraxis]

While this may not be the direct cause of your issue here, that looks like a Java 9+ installation. You'll need Java 8 for Forge anyway, so you should try using Java 8 to start with.

[FearTheNoob]

Thanks for the reply, that did indeed cause the exception! Thanks for your help!

 

 

Edited July 30, 2018 by FearTheNoob