Income tax utilities on Linux
From Ubuntu↗ 20.04 LTS or Linux Mint 20, the Java 8 SDK or Java 8
Runtime Environment is in the repository, but the openjfx libraries are not of version 8 but of version 11. To overcome error, you can use the Zulu↗ Java runtime for version 8 with JavaFX. Also, these steps can work on Fedora↗ 32. To do so, open a terminal window ↗ and enter the following commands:
- Download the Zulu Java Runtime Environment from * Azul↗ site. The local copy is currently in Applications folder of DDrive.*
- Untar the file from the downloaded folder (~/Downloads) into the
/usr/lib/jvm folder
$//cd /usr/lib/jvm//<enter>
$//sudo tar -zxvf ~/Downloads/zulu8.48.0.51-ca-fx*.gz//<enter> - Rename it to zulu8 for convenience
$//sudo mv zulu8.48.0.51-ca-fx-jre8.0.262-linux_x64 zulu8//<enter>
$//cd ~/Downloads//<enter> - Now try to run the Java ITR utilities of India income tax return
$///usr/lib/jvm/zulu8/bin/java -jar ITR-1_AY202021_PR2.jar//<enter>
The utility should run now.
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