java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRException

Question

I am building a school management which needs to include terminal reports. I am using jasperreports but when I run the codes in intellij, the reports are shown. But when I create the jar file and run the it, this is the error i encounter from the console .

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: net.sf.jasperreports.engine.JRException

Answer 1

I finally solved it.

1. I switched IDEs. I was using intellij all this while and all this nonsense was going on. I checked their documentation but to no use. I switched to Netbeans and the problem was resolved within less than 5 minutes. So if you are using one IDE, try another.

2. I used the same version of jasper reports in netbeans as was used in the jasper studio. So if the version of the jasperreports is 6.17 in the studio, please download and use the same version in your program.

3. Finally, just realise that using other people's products and plugins and dependencies comes with its issues. Just creating a school software, I have had to use Intellij IDE, then switched to Netbeans IDE, then used Visual Studio code to indent my code, then installed javafx from somewhere, then downloaded POS 5.0 just because I want to include spreadsheet data in my program and then included ................ Man, I want to quit programming and enter to something easier. Shit this is not a good profession. The numerous times we all come to Stack overflow just tells how frustrating programming is.