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What to Do If You Have the Wrong Java Runtime Environment

FitNesse requires version 1.5 or later of the Java Runtime Environment (JRE).
If you see the messages:

C:\fitnesse>java -jar fitnesse.jar
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
java/lang/CharSequence
at fitnesse.FitNesse.parseCommandLine(Unknown Source)
at fitnesse.FitNesse.main(Unknown Source)

C:\fitnesse>pause
Press any key to continue . . .


Then you need to download and install version 1.5 or later of the JRE. Follow these steps: