java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class javax.crypto.JceSecurityManager

Question

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class javax.crypto.JceSecurityManager
    javax.crypto.Cipher.getConfiguredPermission(Cipher.java:2543)
    java         


        

Answer 1

Try the following steps:

1. Uninstall all old versions of Java, and keep only one version(preferably latest version of JDK)
2. If manual entries of old java environment path is set, remove them eg) JAVA_HOME, PATH
3. Point the IDE (eg. Eclipse) to the latest version of JDK
4. Revert to original jar files in the JDK/JRE if modified earlier by manual steps
5. Click 'Check of update' from java installation on the system/PC