[GR-46219] Remove the GraalVM Updater #6855

fniephaus · 2023-06-21T16:13:06Z

TL;DR

We plan to remove the GraalVM Updater and provide GraalVM language plugins and other GraalVM extensions in new ways.

Goals

Installed applications and runtimes are supposed to stay immutable. GraalVM Updater modified the installation, making it hard to work with systems and package managers requiring immutability. We, therefore, will remove GraalVM Updater and find replacements for its use cases with the GraalVM for the JDK 21 release.
For polyglot embedding, all languages should be usable as Maven dependency.
Language launcher users should be guided to use standalone distributions instead of using the launchers installed by gu.

All non-language components and their migration:

Component ID	Component Name	How to use in GraalVM for JDK 21+
`jipher`	Jipher JCE Provider	to be included in Oracle GraalVM (not available in GraalVM CE)
`llvm-toolchain`	LLVM.org toolchain	Build from source or usable as part of the Ruby standalone
`native-image-llvm-backend`	Native Image LLVM backend	Build from source
`visualvm`	VisualVM	GitHub release (VisualVM standalone)

Non-Goals

Remove any of the components themselves
Introduce a new component installer or rework gu

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Glavo · 2023-06-26T09:23:38Z

Sounds like good news.

So after completing this change, can you provide an apt/yum repository to provide GraalVM CE/Oracle GraalVM? I think this will be very helpful to users.

fniephaus · 2023-06-26T09:27:28Z

So after completing this change, can you provide an apt/yum repository to provide GraalVM CE/Oracle GraalVM? I think this will be very helpful to users.

I'm not sure the deprecation of gu is a prerequisite for this, maybe we could provide apt/yum repos sooner.

Glavo · 2023-06-26T09:45:22Z

I'm not sure the deprecation of gu is a prerequisite for this

I think maybe it is. gu will modify GraalVM itself, which is very unfriendly to the package manager.

fniephaus · 2023-06-26T09:50:12Z

You could be right, let us check anyway. :)

rubyFeedback · 2023-06-30T00:35:17Z

(This is just info, in the event it may be useful to the GraalVM devs.)

In the past I used the openjdk download; since perhaps 2 years (or
a bit less than that) I use the GraalVM release as-is, such as here:

https://github.com/graalvm/graalvm-ce-builds/releases

For both linux and windows. Linux is my main dev platform though;
I try to make sure my java and ruby code works on windows.

I avoid all kind of automatic updaters in general, always doing the
manual way of downloading (or downloading via a set of ruby
scripts, e. g. I compile from source and batch-download via these
scripts, e. g. "update kde" to download all new KDE source releases,
then "compile kde" where update and compile point to the .rb file
that handles the compile/install-logic. This is kind of one big reason
why I default to a single downloadable file (perhaps that also provides
a bit more context to my older suggestion for "fat downloads" - I
just find it easier to have everything that is useful for, say, 95% of
the devs or so, available in one place. Since GraalVM seems to work
perfectly fine I kind of replaced openjdk with it, since I also get
native-image with it, which is nifty.)

ezzarghili · 2023-07-19T15:22:21Z

I'm not sure the deprecation of gu is a prerequisite for this

I think maybe it is. gu will modify GraalVM itself, which is very unfriendly to the package manager.

Yum packages are already available publically for community and we are looking into adding the new Oracle GraalVM too (now available only for customers and OCI users)
i.e https://yum.oracle.com/repo/OracleLinux/OL7/graalvm/community/x86_64/
And in this implementation gu is removed to not impact the package installed with in place updates.

* In TruffleRuby 23.1+, the GraalVM Updater (`gu`) is no longer available in GraalVM, instead JVM Standalones and Maven artifacts are provided to replace `gu`. * See oracle/graal#6855

chumer · 2023-09-19T16:56:26Z

GU was removed with the GraalVM for JDK 21 release.

liudonghua123 · 2023-09-20T01:10:24Z

If gu was removed, how can I install native-image via gu install native-image like before?

liudonghua123 · 2023-09-20T01:13:40Z

If gu was removed, how can I install native-image via gu install native-image like before?

I found the native-image is included in the new graalvm.

fniephaus · 2023-09-20T06:11:59Z

I found the native-image is included in the new graalvm.

Correct, the native-image component is included since the release of GraalVM for JDK 17: #5995

qidian99 · 2023-10-13T08:17:36Z

After updating to GraalVM 23.1, TOO many stuffs were broken. For instance mvn -Pnative -DskipTests package always fail b/c:

'gu' tool wasn't found. This probably means that JDK at isn't a GraalVM distribution.

fniephaus · 2023-10-13T08:21:35Z

Apologies, @qidian99. We actually planned to include a script that prints a useful deprecation message, but due to a configuration issue, the script wasn't included in the release.

The problem should go away if you upgrade the Maven plugin in your pom.xml to at least 0.9.27.

Rob287 · 2023-10-15T17:02:00Z

Even with 0.9.27 compilation is broken (on MacOS):

[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.graalvm.buildtools:native-maven-plugin:0.9.27:compile (default-cli) on project demo: 'gu' tool was not found. This probably means that JDK at is not a GraalVM distribution. -> [Help 1]

BlueCloudDev · 2023-10-18T15:14:52Z

[ERROR] Internal error: java.lang.RuntimeException: org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException: 'gu' tool wasn't found. This probably means that JDK at isn't a GraalVM distribution. -> [Help 1] org.apache.maven.InternalErrorException: Internal error: java.lang.RuntimeException: org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException: 'gu' tool wasn't found. This probably means that JDK at isn't a GraalVM distribution. at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:168) at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.execute(MavenCli.java:537) at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.doMain(MavenCli.java:196) at org.apache.maven.cli.MavenCli.main(MavenCli.java:141) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DirectMethodHandleAccessor.invoke(DirectMethodHandleAccessor.java:104) at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:577) at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launchEnhanced(Launcher.java:290) at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.launch(Launcher.java:230) at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.mainWithExitCode(Launcher.java:414) at org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:357) Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException: 'gu' tool wasn't found. This probably means that JDK at isn't a GraalVM distribution. at org.graalvm.buildtools.maven.NativeExtension.getGraalvmJava(NativeExtension.java:359) at org.graalvm.buildtools.maven.NativeExtension.lambda$configureAgentForSurefire$6(NativeExtension.java:316) at org.graalvm.buildtools.maven.NativeExtension.lambda$updatePluginConfiguration$8(NativeExtension.java:333) at java.base/java.util.ArrayList.forEach(ArrayList.java:1511) at org.graalvm.buildtools.maven.NativeExtension.updatePluginConfiguration(NativeExtension.java:331) at org.graalvm.buildtools.maven.NativeExtension.configureAgentForSurefire(NativeExtension.java:309) at org.graalvm.buildtools.maven.NativeExtension.lambda$null$0(NativeExtension.java:131) at java.base/java.util.Optional.ifPresent(Optional.java:178) at org.graalvm.buildtools.maven.NativeExtension.withPlugin(NativeExtension.java:193) at org.graalvm.buildtools.maven.NativeExtension.lambda$afterProjectsRead$4(NativeExtension.java:127) at java.base/java.util.Optional.ifPresent(Optional.java:178) at org.graalvm.buildtools.maven.NativeExtension.withPlugin(NativeExtension.java:193) at org.graalvm.buildtools.maven.NativeExtension.afterProjectsRead(NativeExtension.java:120) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.doExecute(DefaultMaven.java:274) at org.apache.maven.DefaultMaven.execute(DefaultMaven.java:156) ... 9 more Caused by: org.apache.maven.plugin.MojoExecutionException: 'gu' tool wasn't found. This probably means that JDK at isn't a GraalVM distribution. at org.graalvm.buildtools.Utils.getJavaHomeNativeImage(Utils.java:89) at org.graalvm.buildtools.Utils.getNativeImage(Utils.java:121) at org.graalvm.buildtools.maven.NativeExtension.getGraalvmJava(NativeExtension.java:357) ... 23 more [ERROR] [ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch. [ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging. [ERROR] [ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles: [ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/InternalErrorException

Trying to work with the Fortune demo. I can build a hello-world with native-image, but this fails. How can I resolve?

fniephaus · 2023-10-18T16:06:51Z

We are working on a new release of the Native Build Tools to resolve this issue. It seems the error is similar to what was reported in graalvm/native-build-tools#521. The problem here is that JAVA_HOME was not set correctly. Please check your environment variables.

BlueCloudDev · 2023-10-18T16:29:37Z

I followed native-hello-module example, which includes JAVA_HOME in the build process. It built and ran without issues. Could you specify what I'm supposed to be looking for to identify that my environment variables are correct? It seems like they're correct for other graalvm examples.

I'm not an expert in the Java build process, so I'm not sure what is and isn't correct. I just know that example isn't working when others are.

fniephaus · 2023-10-18T17:08:09Z

No problem, @BlueCloudDev. What JAVA_HOME do you use when building the examples? What operating system do you use?

JAVA_HOME needs to point to a GraalVM installation, e.g. /home/fniephaus/bin/graalvm-jdk-17.0.7+8.1 or /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/graalvm-jdk-21+35.1/Contents/Home.

BlueCloudDev · 2023-10-18T17:26:26Z

I'm running Oracle Linux 7.9

I had not set JAVA_HOME, so it was likely using the installation of java that came with the image which is Java 18

After setting JAVA_HOME, to the place where I extracted graalvm: /home/opc/nosql/graalvm-jdk-21.0.1+12.1

I get a different error:
[ERROR] Could not find goal 'exec@java-agent' in plugin org.codehaus.mojo:exec-maven-plugin:3.0.0 among available goals exec, help, java -> [Help 1]

I have another example with less dependencies working, so I'm not sure its necessary to get this one working, unless this build issue is indicative of a larger problem.

fniephaus · 2023-10-18T17:42:53Z

Could you please file a ticket for the guide(s) that you can get working so that we can take a look? It's a bit hard to guess what's going wrong without knowing what you are running on what machine and with what GraalVM.

me-her · 2023-11-07T07:02:25Z

Even with 0.9.27 compilation is broken (on MacOS):

[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.graalvm.buildtools:native-maven-plugin:0.9.27:compile (default-cli) on project demo: 'gu' tool was not found. This probably means that JDK at is not a GraalVM distribution. -> [Help 1]

19.31 [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
19.31 [INFO] BUILD FAILURE
19.31 [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
19.31 [INFO] Total time: 18.322 s
19.31 [INFO] Finished at: 2023-11-07T06:59:40Z
19.31 [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------
19.31 [ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.graalvm.buildtools:native-maven-plugin:0.9.28:compile (default-cli) on project helloworld: 'gu' tool was not found in your JAVA_HOME.This probably means that the JDK at '/usr/lib64/graalvm/graalvm-community-java17' is not a GraalVM distribution. ->

I get this error with maven-plugin 0.9.28 as well. I was trying to build the image through a multi-stage docker builder, so that it goes well with CI/CD. I keep getting gu not found, and later I got to know that it was deprecated. What do I do?

oracle/graal#6855

GraalVM Updater is removed from version 21 onwards (see oracle/graal#6855)

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