Having trouble starting Jenkins: “java.io.FileNotF

Question

I just downloaded the Jenkins WAR, version 1.651.1. I’m trying to set it up on my Amazon Linux box. I’m running Java 1.7. I moved the WAR into its own directory, /usr/share/java/jenkins, and then set JENKINS_HOME to be that directory. Then I ran the command listed here — https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Starting+and+Accessing+Jenkins . Looked so simple on the web site. But wouldn’t you know it. Got the below error

[davea@mydevbox ~]$ java -jar /usr/share/java/jenkins/jenkins.war 
Running from: /usr/share/java/jenkins/jenkins.war
webroot: EnvVars.masterEnvVars.get("JENKINS_HOME")
Apr 19, 2016 9:29:34 PM winstone.Logger logInternal
INFO: Beginning extraction from war file
Apr 19, 2016 9:29:34 PM winstone.Logger logInternal
INFO: Winstone shutdown successfully
Apr 19, 2016 9:29:34 PM winstone.Logger logInternal
SEVERE: Container startup failed
java.io.FileNotFoundException: /usr/share/java/jenkins/war/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF (No such file or directory)
    at java.io.FileOutputStream.open(Native Method)
    at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:221)
    at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:171)
    at winstone.HostConfiguration.getWebRoot(HostConfiguration.java:280)
    at winstone.HostConfiguration.<init>(HostConfiguration.java:83)
    at winstone.HostGroup.initHost(HostGroup.java:66)
    at winstone.HostGroup.<init>(HostGroup.java:45)
    at winstone.Launcher.<init>(Launcher.java:145)
    at winstone.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:356)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
    at Main._main(Main.java:307)
    at Main.main(Main.java:98)

What else do I need to do to get Jenkins started?

Edit: Output in response to the suggestion given ...

[davea@mydevbox ~]$ sudo useradd jenkins
[davea@mydevbox ~]$ sudo chown -R jenkins:jenkins /usr/share/java/jenkins/jenkins.war 
[davea@mydevbox ~]$ 
[davea@mydevbox ~]$ sudo su - jenkins
[jenkins@mydevbox ~]$ java -jar /usr/share/java/jenkins/jenkins.war
Running from: /usr/share/java/jenkins/jenkins.war
webroot: EnvVars.masterEnvVars.get("JENKINS_HOME")
Apr 21, 2016 4:46:08 PM winstone.Logger logInternal
INFO: Beginning extraction from war file
Apr 21, 2016 4:46:08 PM winstone.Logger logInternal
INFO: Winstone shutdown successfully
Apr 21, 2016 4:46:08 PM winstone.Logger logInternal
SEVERE: Container startup failed
java.io.FileNotFoundException: /usr/java/jboss/standalone/deployments/jenkins.war/war/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF (No such file or directory)
    at java.io.FileOutputStream.open(Native Method)
    at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:221)
    at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:171)
    at winstone.HostConfiguration.getWebRoot(HostConfiguration.java:280)
    at winstone.HostConfiguration.<init>(HostConfiguration.java:83)
    at winstone.HostGroup.initHost(HostGroup.java:66)
    at winstone.HostGroup.<init>(HostGroup.java:45)
    at winstone.Launcher.<init>(Launcher.java:145)
    at winstone.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:356)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
    at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
    at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
    at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:606)
    at Main._main(Main.java:307)
    at Main.main(Main.java:98)

Answer 1

I think it is a permission related issue.

I guess the user and group owner isset to a different user than what jenkins was trying to run as. Try to set it correctly with:

$sudo chown -R <jenkins_user><jenkins_group> /usr/share/java/jenkins/

Answer 2

In my case, I had this problem because a user named "jenkins" was already created on my Mac.

After:

1. uninstalling the broken Jenkins with '/Library/Application Support/Jenkins/Uninstall.command',
2. removing the "jenkins" user,
3. and re-installing from https://jenkins.io/download

--> everything worked smoothly.