Filebot won't run (Mint)

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Megalomaniac
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Filebot won't run (Mint)

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Launching from the Menu results in nothing,output from console is as follows:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: net/filebot/Main : Unsupported major.minor version 52.0
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:800)
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:142)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:449)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader.java:71)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:361)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:355)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:354)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:425)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:308)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:358)
at sun.launcher.LauncherHelper.checkAndLoadMain(LauncherHelper.java:482)
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Re: Filebot won't run (Mint)

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See FAQ.
:idea: Please read the FAQ and How to Request Help.
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Re: Filebot won't run (Mint)

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rednoah wrote:See FAQ.
I was able resolve the issue (incorrect java version) but I actually don't see that as an answer in the FAQ. Could you point out where?
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Re: Filebot won't run (Mint)

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FAQ wrote:Q: When I try to start filebot it crashes immediately with an UnsupportedClassVersionError. What does that mean?
If you get an error like Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: net/filebot/Main : Unsupported major.minor version 52.0 it means that you're running Java 6 or 7 but Java 8 is required for running FileBot.
@see viewtopic.php?f=3&t=7#p7
:idea: Please read the FAQ and How to Request Help.
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