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README says Java 17 but autopsy 4.23.1 was compiled with Java 21 #8027

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@Usman0220

Problem

Running_Linux_OSX.md and README.txt state Java 17 is required:

JRE (Java Runtime Environment) 17

However, the bundled jars (e.g. org-sleuthkit-autopsy-corelibs.jar) were compiled with Java 21 (class file version 65.0). Running with Java 17 produces:

java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: org/sleuthkit/datamodel/TskCoreException 
has been compiled by a more recent version of the Java Runtime (class file version 65.0), 
this version of the Java Runtime only recognizes class file versions up to 61.0

Suggested Fix

Update the documentation to reflect Java 21 as the minimum requirement, or recompile with Java 17 if backward compatibility is intended.

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