java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError Using SVNKit Via SVN SSH

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Symptoms

Attempting to securely connect to an SVN repository (svn+ssh) using the built-in SVNKit leads to a NoClassDefFoundError:

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/trilead/ssh2/InteractiveCallback   at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.io.svn.SVNSSHConnector.open(SVNSSHConnector.java:88) at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.io.svn.SVNConnection.open(SVNConnection.java:74) at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.io.svn.SVNRepositoryImpl.openConnection(SVNRepositoryImpl.java:1242) at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.io.svn.SVNRepositoryImpl.getLatestRevision(SVNRepositoryImpl.java:168) at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.wc.SVNBasicClient.getRevisionNumber(SVNBasicClient.java:482) at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.wc.SVNBasicClient.getLocations(SVNBasicClient.java:873) at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.wc.SVNBasicClient.createRepository(SVNBasicClient.java:534) at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.wc.SVNWCClient.doInfo(SVNWCClient.java:2561)  at org.tmatesoft.svn.cli.svn.SVNInfoCommand.run(SVNInfoCommand.java:102) at org.tmatesoft.svn.cli.AbstractSVNCommandEnvironment.run(AbstractSVNCommandEnvironment.java:134) at org.tmatesoft.svn.cli.AbstractSVNLauncher.run(AbstractSVNLauncher.java:81) at org.tmatesoft.svn.cli.svn.SVN.main(SVN.java:26) at org.tmatesoft.svn.cli.SVN.main(SVN.java:22) Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.trilead.ssh2.InteractiveCallback at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:202) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:190) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306) at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:301) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:247) ... 13 more

Manually test the secure connection from the command line using the jsvn script located in FISHEYE_HOME/lib/svn:

C:\atlassian\fisheye\fisheye-2.7.14\fecru-2.7.14\lib\svn>jsvn info svn+ssh://localhost SVNKIT_VER: 1.3.3.6708 Authentication realm: svn+ssh://localhost Username: test Password for 'localhost' (leave blank if you are going to use private key): Port number for 'localhost' [22]: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/trilead/ssh2/InteractiveCallback at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.io.svn.SVNSSHConnector.open(SVNSSHConnector.java:88) at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.io.svn.SVNConnection.open(SVNConnection.java:74) at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.io.svn.SVNRepositoryImpl.openConnection(SVNRepositoryImpl.java:1242) at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.internal.io.svn.SVNRepositoryImpl.getLatestRevision(SVNRepositoryImpl.java:168) at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.wc.SVNBasicClient.getRevisionNumber(SVNBasicClient.java:482) at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.wc.SVNBasicClient.getLocations(SVNBasicClient.java:873) at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.wc.SVNBasicClient.createRepository(SVNBasicClient.java:534) at org.tmatesoft.svn.core.wc.SVNWCClient.doInfo(SVNWCClient.java:2561) at org.tmatesoft.svn.cli.svn.SVNInfoCommand.run(SVNInfoCommand.java:102) at org.tmatesoft.svn.cli.AbstractSVNCommandEnvironment.run(AbstractSVNCommandEnvironment.java:134) at org.tmatesoft.svn.cli.AbstractSVNLauncher.run(AbstractSVNLauncher.java:81) at org.tmatesoft.svn.cli.svn.SVN.main(SVN.java:26) at org.tmatesoft.svn.cli.SVN.main(SVN.java:22) Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.trilead.ssh2.InteractiveCallback at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:202) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:190) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306) at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:301) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:247) ... 13 more

Cause

This is a known bug:

Resolution

The name of the trilead JAR file referenced in the SVNKIT_CLASSPATH variable in the jsvn script is incorrect. Modify the jsvn script to correctly reference "trilead-svnkit-1.3.3.6708" instead of "svnkit-trilead-1.3.3.6708". The correct variable should be:

set SVNKIT_CLASSPATH=%SVNKIT_HOME%svnkit-%SVNKIT_VER%.jar;%SVNKIT_HOME%svnkit-cli-%SVNKIT_VER%.jar;%SVNKIT_HOME%trilead-svnkit-%SVNKIT_VER%.jar;%SVNKIT_HOME%svnkit-jna-%SVNKIT_VER%.jar
Updated on September 25, 2025

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