Perhaps an extra sidenote:
Installed leiningen 2.8 through package manager (debian), it installed
openjdk-9 automatically. Had the same issue.
Downgrading to openjdk-8 fixed the issue. Did this after i read about some
bug on https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8189357
IMPORTANT: if you try
What follows is an issue I was having with leiningen on a couple new linux
installations.
This writeup is only tangentially related to Clojure but I wanted to email
it out there for others who may run into this same issue. The following is
relevant for Debian (Jessie) and Ubuntu Server 14.10 as o