Zimbra Desktop Update to 7.2.5 on Mac OS X Mavericks

When Updating Zimbra Desktop (documentation) to the latest version on Mac OS X 10.9.3 (Mavericks), the installation of the update fails. The hint how to work around this bug is quite subtle, well hidden in the Zimbra Desktop 7.2.5 release notes and even wrong and misleading, so here’s the corrected hint:

Issue # 88878: Unable to install Zimbra Desktop on OS X Mavericks machine.
Workaround: If launching Zimbra Desktop fails on an
OS X Mavericks machine, you can override your security
settings to open Zimbra Desktop:
1. In the Finder, locate the Zimbra Desktop .mpkg file. This
can likely be found in the Applications folder [wrong, see my notes below!].
2. Press the Control-key and click the file.
3. Choose Open from the pop-up menu.
4. Click Open.

Important hint: The ‘Zimbra Desktop.mpkg’ file is NOT located in the Applications folder though, but in a mounted ‘update.dmg’ image, named “Zimbra Desktop Installer” (its icon is probably shown on your desktop), and only as long as the warning dialog is being displayed (do NOT close it before running ‘Zimbra Desktop.mpkg’!). Further, auto-mounting of update.dmg only works the first time right after booting – otherwise, you either need to reboot your Mac or manually mount

/private/tmp/zdupdate/update.dmg

(e.g. by copying [optional] and double-clicking it).

Addendum: This update was obviously packaged in a rush and wasn’t tested well on Mac OS X Mavericks (I seriously hope that’s not a bad omen for the future support of ZD on Mac OS X!). For example, after updating ZD to 7.2.5 GA build 12038, I can’t compose new messages anymore as there’s the following Java error when clicking on the “New” button:

HTTP ERROR 500

Problem accessing /zimbra/public/launchNewWindow.jsp. Reason:

    PWC6033: Unable to compile class for JSP

PWC6199: Generated servlet error:
The type java.util.regex.Pattern cannot be resolved. It is indirectly referenced from required .class files

PWC6199: Generated servlet error:
The import java.util.regex.Pattern cannot be resolved

Caused by:

org.apache.jasper.JasperException: PWC6033: Unable to compile class for JSP

PWC6199: Generated servlet error:
The type java.util.regex.Pattern cannot be resolved. It is indirectly referenced from required .class files

PWC6199: Generated servlet error:
The import java.util.regex.Pattern cannot be resolved


	at org.apache.jasper.compiler.DefaultErrorHandler.javacError(DefaultErrorHandler.java:123)
	at org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.javacError(ErrorDispatcher.java:296)
	at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.generateClass(Compiler.java:376)
	at org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:437)
	at org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.java:608)
	at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:360)
	at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:486)
	at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:380)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:814)
	at com.zimbra.webClient.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:64)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder.handle(ServletHolder.java:511)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1166)
	at com.zimbra.cs.servlet.SetHeaderFilter.doFilter(SetHeaderFilter.java:79)
	at com.zimbra.webClient.filters.SetHeaderFilter.doFilter(SetHeaderFilter.java:239)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1157)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.handle(ServletHandler.java:388)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.security.SecurityHandler.handle(SecurityHandler.java:218)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.SessionHandler.handle(SessionHandler.java:182)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandler.handle(ContextHandler.java:765)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.handle(WebAppContext.java:422)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandlerCollection.handle(ContextHandlerCollection.java:230)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerCollection.handle(HandlerCollection.java:114)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:152)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.rewrite.RewriteHandler.handle(RewriteHandler.java:230)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:152)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.Server.handle(Server.java:326)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection.handleRequest(HttpConnection.java:585)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection$RequestHandler.headerComplete(HttpConnection.java:971)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpParser.parseNext(HttpParser.java:549)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpParser.parseAvailable(HttpParser.java:212)
	at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection.handle(HttpConnection.java:415)
	at org.mortbay.io.nio.SelectChannelEndPoint.run(SelectChannelEndPoint.java:429)
	at org.mortbay.thread.BoundedThreadPool$PoolThread.run(BoundedThreadPool.java:451)

Composing new messages on the ZCS web interface still works fine.

12 Replies to “Zimbra Desktop Update to 7.2.5 on Mac OS X Mavericks”

  1. Great feedback, Daniel! I’ll definitely pass this along to the product team. When Zimbra Desktop was under VMWare, they decided to retire the product. So, it has been a few years since anyone has worked on ZD. However, now that the company is under its own leadership, they want to revamp ZD. So, stay tuned for upcoming announcements around ZD coming soon!

  2. Thanks, Jenn, for the quick response and for passing along my findings, I’m looking forward to the next update fixing these issues. Nice to hear that ZD will be revamped!

  3. Daniel – thanks for the detailed write-up. I’ll pass this along to the engineering team.

    Cheers,
    Rob (@zimbra cto)

  4. Has there been any update to this issue? I am running ZD 7.2.5 GA (build 12038) with Java V8U25 (build 1.8.0) on OSX Yosemite 10.10.1 and have the same error. Any help is greatly appreciated.

    Thanks.

  5. Hello, I am also running ZD 7.2.5 GA (build 12038) on OS X Yosemite and have experienced the same issues. I was able to overcome the /zimbra/public/launchNewWindow.jsp ERROR when launching a new window by launching the ZD application using a jdk over a jre. I am using jdk1.7.0_75 to launch Zimbra Desktop. I would guess other jdk versions would work as well.

  6. I recently installed the new mac os x capitan on my 2014 macbook pro….zimbra desktop is no longer working? Anyone have solution that will help me get my zimbra desktop back up and running? Thanks.

  7. @Brad: Can’t comment on this yet, as I haven’t updated to El Capitan yet. With the most recent version of Zimbra Desktop 7.2.7 GA, I actually had fewer problems than before (some annoying issues were still remaining, e.g. the blank square on the screen) at least on Yosemite, as it could use a more current JRE.

  8. Dan,

    thank you for your reply. I will keep plugging away at it and if I find a fix I will report back. Thank you again for your time.
    Brad-

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