NullPointerException printed when running the JBoss EAP 7 installer jar

Solution Unverified - Updated -

Issue

java -jar jboss-eap-7.4.0-installer.jar -console

Is logging this NullPointerException :

Exception in thread "IzPack - Unpacker thread" java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
    at com.izforge.izpack.event.SummaryLoggerInstallerListener.afterPacks(SummaryLoggerInstallerListener.java:92)
    at com.izforge.izpack.installer.UnpackerBase.informListeners(UnpackerBase.java:457)
    at com.izforge.izpack.installer.Unpacker.run(Unpacker.java:497)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:750)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
    at com.izforge.izpack.util.SummaryProcessor.<clinit>(SummaryProcessor.java:66)
    ... 4 more

Or

Exception in thread "IzPack - Unpacker thread" java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
    at com.izforge.izpack.event.SummaryLoggerInstallerListener.afterPacks(SummaryLoggerInstallerListener.java:92)
    at com.izforge.izpack.installer.UnpackerBase.informListeners(UnpackerBase.java:457)
    at com.izforge.izpack.installer.Unpacker.run(Unpacker.java:497)
    at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:833)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "java.awt.Font.getFamily()" because the return value of "com.izforge.izpack.gui.FontResources.getOpenSansRegular()" is null
    at com.izforge.izpack.util.SummaryProcessor.<clinit>(SummaryProcessor.java:66)
    ... 4 more

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) 7.4
  • jboss-eap-7.4.0-installer.jar

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