So you know the link you provided does not install the proper dependencies and filebot doesn't start. This package however does provide the necessary dependencies. It does sometimes have problems with the icon though, so my solution is to install filebot-git first then uninstall leaving the dependen...

Oddly enough filebot-git updated yesterday and I have my icon back.

I am on this version: filebot-git 4.8.5.20181206-1

I don't mind starting filebot via command line but until recently I had an icon. Not to mention when I open via command line an icon shows up on the dash, just not in Gnome apps and I can't make it a favorite in dash to dock.

Okay. Your question fixed the problem. On arch you have to install the package openJDK8 and openJFX both explicitly for filebot to work. I thought they didn't split JFX off until version 11 so it was included in the JDK8. I was apparently wrong.

The package for Oracle JDK 8 is on the AUR, but, none of the end of support versions work anymore, because they download directly from Oracle and you have to have an account and sign in. Yay jerks.

[lazarus@Minerva ~]$ filebot Failed to initialize JavaFX java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javafx/embed/swing/JFXPanel at net.filebot.util.ui.SwingUI.initJavaFX(SwingUI.java:519) at net.filebot.Main.onStart(Main.java:191) at net.filebot.Main.lambda$null$1(Main.java:161) at net.filebot.util.ui.SwingUI...

checking filebot's status reveals this: WARNING: An illegal reflective access operation has occurred WARNING: Illegal reflective access by org.codehaus.groovy.vmplugin.v7.Java7$1 (file:/home/lazarus/filebot-portable/jar/groovy.jar) to constructor java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles$Lookup(java.lang.Class...

Is it throwing the error because it is looking for the package name openjdk-8-jre on my system and not seeing the name structure jre8-openjdk? Or is it looking for the actual Java components and not finding them? I'm guessing it is the naming structure.

I have been trying on and off to get Filebot to work for some time. Today I installed via wget and thought I had it, but, no after buying a license when opening filebot it throws the JavaFX initialization error regardless of Whether using openJdk8 or any other version. To include installing the curr...

This also works on Arch Linux as long as you install this package from the AUR instead of the apt get listed package. On Arch it is jre8-openjdk and Java-openJFX. Currently the portable version of filebot is the only one availible for arch as the two versions from the AUR have been taken down.