# Designer not Launching on Linux system **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** ignition79\ **Created:** [June 11, 2019, 2:09am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-not-launching-on-linux-system/25708 "2019-06-11T02:09:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Andrew.Zebic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Andrew.Zebic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Andrew.Zebic)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2019, 2:09am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-not-launching-on-linux-system/25708/1 "2019-06-11T02:09:04Z")
Hi, I’m using Ubuntu 18.0.4 and when downloading and running the designer for Ignition 7.9.10, I’m getting the error: “Error Launching Application: NoClassDefFoundError: java/sql/Date”. I’m running using the command: javaws designer.jnlp on the terminal. How do I resolve this issue? Thanks in advance. ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2019, 2:57am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-not-launching-on-linux-system/25708/2 "2019-06-11T02:57:56Z")
What version of Java do you have installed? Is there a reason you’re not using the launcher? ---
**Author:** ![Andrew.Zebic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Andrew.Zebic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Andrew.Zebic)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2019, 3:02am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-not-launching-on-linux-system/25708/3 "2019-06-11T03:02:00Z")
I am using Java openjdk 11.0.3 and I am using the launcher, but pressing Launch Designer in the gateway just downloads and runs the .jnlp file. ---
**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2019, 3:05am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-not-launching-on-linux-system/25708/4 "2019-06-11T03:05:16Z")
You can only use up to Java 9 with Ignition 7.9. You should be able to download a native launcher from the gateway home page and then launch the Designer and Clients using that rather than the webstart JNLP. Starting with Ignition 7.9.10 the native launchers include a Java runtime and it doesn’t matter which version you have installed on your system (for the purpose of clients and designers… gateway still uses system Java). ---
**Author:** ![Andrew.Zebic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Andrew.Zebic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Andrew.Zebic)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2019, 3:14am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-not-launching-on-linux-system/25708/5 "2019-06-11T03:14:03Z")
Hi @Kevin.Herron, Thanks for that, it worked perfectly and everything is going well now. Cheers. ---
**Author:** ![Ali.Etezadkhah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b19c9b/32.png) [@Ali.Etezadkhah](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ali.Etezadkhah)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 4:26pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-not-launching-on-linux-system/25708/6 "2019-10-12T16:26:12Z")
Hi, I’m also having an issue launching the designer in Linux. I’m using Linux Mint 19.2, Cinnamon, and Ignition 7.9.12 After I installed Ignition, it didn’t automatically launch the Gateway, but I was able to manually type in the address. I clicked on the Launch Designer and saved the designer.jnlp file. I tried to open the designer.jnlp file using the installed OpenJDK Java 11 Runtime, but nothing happened. I installed Icedtea using “sudo apt install icedtea-netx” and was able to start the Designer application, but received this error message while launching: ![Screenshot%20from%202019-10-12%2009-23-25](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/original/2X/2/263d3ea639e5dfad679d6b1e6b6fc38bca83f4ca.png) ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 5:40pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-not-launching-on-linux-system/25708/7 "2019-10-12T17:40:46Z")
Java WebStart (jnlp) no longer exists in Java11. You must use the Native Client Launcher. ---
**Author:** ![Ali.Etezadkhah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b19c9b/32.png) [@Ali.Etezadkhah](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Ali.Etezadkhah)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2019, 1:12am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-not-launching-on-linux-system/25708/8 "2019-10-18T01:12:51Z")
Could you please elaborate? When I click on the Designer button on the Gateway web page, it downloads a .jnlp file. How do launch the native Designer? ---
**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2019, 1:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-not-launching-on-linux-system/25708/9 "2019-10-19T13:54:14Z")
Download and run the Native Launcher for your platform. Use it’s Designer Launch button. (v7.9. In 8.0, the designer launcher is a separate download.)