Upgrading Nzbhydra2 from 4.x to 5.x

[PnoT]

Has anyone gone through this process yet? I typically haven't had any issues with upgrades in the past but since they're moving away from Java to a .core installation things are a little wonkey.

I've tried to download the amd64 linux distro and run it via:

/usr/local/bin/python3.9 ./nzbhydra2wrapperPy3.py --datafolder /config

but keep getting the following error message:

2023-02-01 10:27:36,379 INFO - Determined release type: native
2023-02-01 10:27:36,382 INFO - Starting NZBHydra main process with command line: ./core -Xmx256M -DfromWrapper=true -DinternalApiKey=eclduftbvnwuydgfljzk -Dspring.output.ansi.enabled=ALWAYS --datafolder /config in folder /usr/local/share/nzbhydra2
ELF binary type "0" not known.
2023-02-01 10:27:36,384 ERROR - Unable to start process; make sure "core" exists and is executable. Error message: [Errno 8] Exec format error: './core'

 

[Whattteva]

Any reason why you can't use the version from the ports tree? https://www.freshports.org/news/nzbhydra2/

 

[PnoT]

I'm currently running 4.7.4, which is the latest, but I wanted to manually upgrade to 5.x since it's been released.

 

[Whattteva]

I don't use this thing, but it seems like you have to run it with Java 17.

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On any other OS or architecture or as a fallback:

• You need to install Java 17 (not lower, not higher).
• Download the generic asset. This contains python scripts and java libraries. Run either wrapper file (Python 2.7 / 3.x respectively). This should work basically everwhere.
• The Java executable is expected to be in the PATH. If it's not and you can't/won't put it there then you need to provide the full path using the --java paramater.

There is probably also a way to run the Linux version with the Linux compatibility layer, but that's probably more trouble than it's worth.

Honestly, I don't really see any reason why you can't run the version available from ports unless there is a very specific feature in 5.x that you need that's not available in 4.x.

 

[PnoT]

v4 has been running on Java, and v5 is meant to do away with it, but the default Linux package doesn't work. I will wait for the update to hit ports and go that route.

Thank you for trying to help out!