Solved - 4shared desktop crashes on Linux (desktop4shared)

4shared currently offers a massive 15GB of storage for free on their servers, and they offer a Java client program for Ubuntu/Debian Linux named 'desktop4shared'.

When trying to run this program with Ubuntu 12.04 (or perhaps Ubuntu 12.10), the following error can occur:

$ desktop4shared 
Guessing JAVA_HOME...
Assuming JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-amd64
Starting desktop4shared...
19:59:43 [AWT-EventQueue-0] INFO  Initialize - UI Initialized in 215
19:59:49 [main] ERROR common.GlobalExceptionHandler - Uncaught exception in thread [main] : the number of constructors during runtime and compile time for groovy.util.FactoryBuilderSupport do not match. Expected 3 but got 2
java.lang.IncompatibleClassChangeError: the number of constructors during runtime and compile time for groovy.util.FactoryBuilderSupport do not match. Expected 3 but got 2
        at griffon.app.ApplicationBuilder.<init>(ApplicationBuilder.groovy:26) ~[griffon-rt-0.9.jar:0.9]
        at griffon.app.ApplicationBuilder.<init>(ApplicationBuilder.groovy) ~[griffon-rt-0.9.jar:0.9]
        at griffon.builder.UberBuilder.uberInit(UberBuilder.groovy:73) ~[griffon-rt-0.9.jar:0.9]
        at org.codehaus.griffon.runtime.util.CompositeBuilderHelper.handleLocalBuilder(CompositeBuilderHelper.groovy:86) ~[griffon-rt-0.9.jar:0.9]
        at org.codehaus.griffon.runtime.util.CompositeBuilderHelper$handleLocalBuilder.callStatic(Unknown Source) ~[na:na]
        at org.codehaus.griffon.runtime.util.CompositeBuilderHelper$_createBuilder_closure1.doCall(CompositeBuilderHelper.groovy:51) ~[griffon-rt-0.9.jar:0.9]
        at org.codehaus.griffon.runtime.util.CompositeBuilderHelper.createBuilder(CompositeBuilderHelper.groovy:50) ~[griffon-rt-0.9.jar:0.9]
        at org.codehaus.griffon.runtime.util.CompositeBuilderHelper$createBuilder.call(Unknown Source) ~[na:na]
        at org.codehaus.griffon.runtime.util.GriffonApplicationHelper.buildMVCGroup(GriffonApplicationHelper.groovy:233) ~[griffon-rt-0.9.jar:0.9]
        at org.codehaus.griffon.runtime.util.GriffonApplicationHelper$buildMVCGroup.callStatic(Unknown Source) ~[na:na]
        at org.codehaus.griffon.runtime.util.GriffonApplicationHelper.createMVCGroup(GriffonApplicationHelper.groovy:191) ~[griffon-rt-0.9.jar:0.9]
        at org.codehaus.griffon.runtime.util.GriffonApplicationHelper$createMVCGroup$0.callStatic(Unknown Source) ~[na:na]
        at org.codehaus.griffon.runtime.util.GriffonApplicationHelper.createMVCGroup(GriffonApplicationHelper.groovy:171) ~[griffon-rt-0.9.jar:0.9]
        at org.codehaus.griffon.runtime.util.GriffonApplicationHelper$createMVCGroup.call(Unknown Source) ~[na:na]
        at griffon.core.BaseGriffonApplication$_startup_closure2.doCall(BaseGriffonApplication.groovy:178) ~[griffon-rt-0.9.jar:0.9]
        at griffon.core.BaseGriffonApplication.startup(BaseGriffonApplication.groovy:177) ~[griffon-rt-0.9.jar:0.9]
        at griffon.core.GriffonApplication$startup.call(Unknown Source) ~[na:na]
        at griffon.swing.SwingApplication.startup(SwingApplication.groovy) ~[griffon-rt-0.9.jar:0.9]
        at griffon.core.GriffonApplication$startup.callCurrent(Unknown Source) ~[na:na]
        at griffon.swing.SwingApplication.realize(SwingApplication.groovy:61) ~[griffon-rt-0.9.jar:0.9]
        at griffon.application.StandaloneGriffonApplication$realize.call(Unknown Source) ~[na:na]
        at griffon.swing.SwingApplication.main(SwingApplication.groovy:107) ~[griffon-rt-0.9.jar:0.9]

Credit for figuring this problem out goes to a user by the handle Zorael over at UbuntuForums.org  http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=12104449&postcount=4

The problem is that desktop4shared is using an outdated library reference in the library named "groovy". To fix this, an older version of groovy needs to be installed on the system.

Download the older library version here:

http://mirror.pnl.gov/ubuntu//pool/universe/g/groovy/groovy_1.7.10-2_all.deb

You should be able to click to install the library, but if that doesn't work, you may use this command in a terminal (correct the path location for your system):

sudo dpkg -i /path/to/groovy_1.7.10-2_all.deb

To prevent the library from accidentally upgrading, run these two commands in the terminal:

printf 'Package: groovy\nPin: version 1.7*\nPin-Priority: 1001\n' | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/groovy
echo groovy hold | sudo dpkg --set-selections

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