Scala throws an exception when I try to run it on ubuntu

Question

I am trying to run scala on Ubuntu 16.04.3. I installed java and scala, but when I type scala in the terminal, it throws an exception unexpectedly.

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Step 1: Install Java and Scala

First I installed Java by following the steps described in How to install java :

 - $sudo apt-get update
 - $sudo apt-get install default-jre
 - $sudo apt-get install default-jdk
 - $sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
 - $sudo apt-get update
 - $sudo apt-get install oracle-java9-installer

When I type $java -version, I get:

java version "9.0.1"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 9.0.1+11)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 9.0.1+11, mixed mode)

Secondly, I installed scala using the following command $sudo apt-get install scala

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Step 2: Launch Scala

From the console, when I type $scala, I get the following exception:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: javax/script/Compilable
    at scala.tools.nsc.interpreter.ILoop.createInterpreter(ILoop.scala:126)
    at scala.tools.nsc.interpreter.ILoop$$anonfun$process$1.apply$mcZ$sp(ILoop.scala:908)
    at scala.tools.nsc.interpreter.ILoop$$anonfun$process$1.apply(ILoop.scala:906)
    at scala.tools.nsc.interpreter.ILoop$$anonfun$process$1.apply(ILoop.scala:906)
    at scala.reflect.internal.util.ScalaClassLoader$.savingContextLoader(ScalaClassLoader.scala:97)
    at scala.tools.nsc.interpreter.ILoop.process(ILoop.scala:906)
    at scala.tools.nsc.MainGenericRunner.runTarget$1(MainGenericRunner.scala:74)
    at scala.tools.nsc.MainGenericRunner.run$1(MainGenericRunner.scala:87)
    at scala.tools.nsc.MainGenericRunner.process(MainGenericRunner.scala:98)
    at scala.tools.nsc.MainGenericRunner$.main(MainGenericRunner.scala:103)
    at scala.tools.nsc.MainGenericRunner.main(MainGenericRunner.scala)

Answer 1

It seems that there are various issues with Scala in conjunction with Java9 (see here ).

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