Applies To:
Micro Focus (HPE or HP) ALM 11.5x
Issue:
When attempting to install ALM you receive a java.lang.NullPointerException in thread “main” at com.hp.qc.install.core.logger.InstallationLogger.
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException at com.hp.qc.install.core.logger.InstallationLogger.getAbsoluteOutputFileName(InstallationLogger.java:119) at com.hp.qc.install.core.logger.InstallationLogger.<init>(InstallationLogger.java:74) at com.hp.qc.install.core.logger.InstallationLogger.getLogger(InstallationLogger.java:165) at com.hp.qc.install.setup.QcServerGuiConfigurationToolBuilder.<init>(QcServerGuiConfigurationToolBuilder.java:38) at com.hp.qc.install.setup.QcConfigMain.main(QcConfigMain.java:44)
Solution:
Ensure your account has full administrator permissions and a correct version of Java is installed and configured with environment path variables.