JBoss Developer Studio installation failed with error message java.io.EOFException: Attempt to read primitive data, but no data block is active.

Issue

• While installing  JBoss Developer Studio, the installer fails after executing the following command:

  [user@localhost]$ java -jar jbdevstudio-linux-gtk-x86_64-3.0.0.v201003100055R-H50-GA.jar
  PackageListener, install.log=/tmp/jbdevstudio-install-buvdt4.log
  Exception 
   in thread "Basic L&F directory loader" Exception in thread "Basic  
  L&F directory loader" Exception in thread "Basic L&F directory  
  loader" Exception in thread "Basic L&F directory loader" Exception  
  in thread "Basic L&F directory loader"  
  java.lang.NullPointerException
     at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicDirectoryModel$DirectoryLoadThread.run(libgcj.so.11)
  java.lang.NullPointerException
     at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicDirectoryModel$DirectoryLoadThread.run(libgcj.so.11)
  java.lang.NullPointerException
     at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicDirectoryModel$DirectoryLoadThread.run(libgcj.so.11)
  java.lang.NullPointerException
     at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicDirectoryModel$DirectoryLoadThread.run(libgcj.so.11)
  java.lang.NullPointerException
     at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicDirectoryModel$DirectoryLoadThread.run(libgcj.so.11)
  couldn't parse: 0mm 2mm 0 8mm
  couldn't parse: 0mm
  couldn't parse: 2mm
  couldn't parse: 8mm
  couldn't parse: 0mm 2mm 0 8mm
  couldn't parse: 0mm
  couldn't parse: 2mm
  couldn't parse: 8mm
  java.io.EOFException: Attempt to read primitive data, but no data block is active.
     at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readNextBlock(libgcj.so.11)
     at java.io.ObjectInputStream.readNextBlock(libgcj.so.11)
     at java.io.ObjectInputStream.read(libgcj.so.11)
     at java.io.InputStream.skip(libgcj.so.11)
     at com.izforge.izpack.installer.Unpacker.run(Unpacker.java:547)
     at java.lang.Thread.run(libgcj.so.11)
  

• Despite several attempts of removing log files from /tmp directory and the /home/jorge/jbdevstudio directory created in past attempts of installation, the user was still facing the same issue.