<p><em>The following comment is cross-posted from <a href="https://bisq.community/t/new-install-not-starting-up/8963/31" rel="nofollow">https://bisq.community/t/new-install-not-starting-up/8963/31</a>:</em></p>
<p>I have been unable to reproduce this error. Here are the steps I took:</p>
<ol>
<li>Install a fresh Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS VM via VirtualBox</li>
<li>Download and install the Bisq v1.2.5 .deb from <a href="https://github.com/bisq-network/bisq/releases/tag/v1.2.5">https://github.com/bisq-network/bisq/releases/tag/v1.2.5</a></li>
<li>Run Bisq successfully with no command line options</li>
<li>Notice that the app starts up without error</li>
<li>Inspect <code>~/.local/share/Bisq</code> and notice that everything is in place as it should be</li>
<li>Click the link within the running Bisq application to download and verify the v1.2.7 release</li>
<li>Close Bisq v1.2.5, install and run the newly-downloaded v1.2.7 .deb.</li>
<li>Notice that the app starts up without error</li>
<li>Inspect the <code>~/.local/share/Bisq</code> directory and the contents of the <code>bisq.log</code> file within and notice that everything is as it should be.</li>
</ol>
<p>Since I cannot reproduce this myself, what's needed now is to get more information about the reason for the failure to create the (already existing) <code>~/.local/share/Bisq</code> directory. I've just published a patch that will ensure a stack trace is printed to the console in the case of this kind of directory creation failure. @tieck and/or <a class="user-mention" data-hovercard-type="user" data-hovercard-url="/users/DrFredPhD/hovercard" data-octo-click="hovercard-link-click" data-octo-dimensions="link_type:self" href="https://github.com/DrFredPhD">@DrFredPhD</a>, could one of you build and run from source using the following commands and report the stack trace back here?</p>
<p>First you will need to have JDK 10, 11 or 12 installed locally. Use JDK 10 if you don't have anything installed already. You can get it from <a href="https://jdk.java.net/" rel="nofollow">https://jdk.java.net/</a>. When complete, check your java version at the command line and you should see the following:</p>
<pre><code>$ java -version
openjdk version "10.0.2" 2018-07-17
OpenJDK Runtime Environment 18.3 (build 10.0.2+13)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 18.3 (build 10.0.2+13, mixed mode)
</code></pre>
<p>Next, you need to build and run Bisq with my patch applied. Here's how to do it if you have <code>git</code> installed. If you don't, see the alternative instructions that follow:</p>
<pre><code>git clone --depth=50 --branch=debug-appdir-creation https://github.com/cbeams/bisq
cd bisq
./gradlew :desktop:run
</code></pre>
<p>If you do not have <code>git</code> installed, you can download the source as a zip file, unzip it and run the <code>./gradlew :desktop:run</code> command within the <code>bisq</code> directory it unzips into:</p>
<ol>
<li>Download and unzip <a href="https://github.com/cbeams/bisq/archive/debug-appdir-creation.zip">https://github.com/cbeams/bisq/archive/debug-appdir-creation.zip</a></li>
<li><code>cd bisq</code></li>
<li><code>./gradlew :desktop:run</code></li>
</ol>
<p>Note that on Windows, you will need to run <code>gradlew.bat :desktop:run</code> instead of <code>./gradlew :desktop:run</code></p>
<p>You should end up with an error that begins with the following lines:</p>
<pre><code>> Task :desktop:run FAILED
fault: An unexpected error occurred. Please file a report at https://bisq.network/issues
...
</code></pre>
<p>Please copy and paste your entire error message here.</p>

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