System Requirements

Before installing Barcode Xpress for Java, make sure your computer system meets these minimum requirements:

x64 architecture
Java Development Kit (JDK) 8 or greater

Java Runtime Environment: Java 1.8 or later
To check which version, if any, you currently have installed, run the following:

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java -version

LIBC 2.4 or greater

(Optional) Maven 2.2.1 or greater To check which version, if any, you currently have installed, run the following:

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mvn -version

Operating Systems

Barcode Xpress Java runs on the following 64-bit operating systems:

Linux:
- Ubuntu 20.04
- Ubuntu 18.04
- Ubuntu 16.04
- CentOS 8
- CentOS 7
- Debian 9
- Debian 10
Windows:
- Windows 8.1
- Windows 10
- Windows Server 2008 (and R2)
- Windows Server 2012 (and R2)
- Windows Server 2016
- Windows Server 2019

On CentOS 8 operating system, Barcode Xpress License Manager may not work since some cryptographic protocols are disabled by default. In this case, to install a license on the local computer, required mode can be enabled with the following command (run it as a root):

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update-crypto-policies --set LEGACY

After installing the license, default mode can be enabled with the command:

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update-crypto-policies --set DEFAULT

See command description:
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/security_hardening/using-the-system-wide-cryptographic-policies_security-hardening

It should also run on other Linux distributions, as long as they fully satisfy the requirements listed in this section.