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NoClassDefFoundError resolved by renaming the JAR file

I have a large java application running on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux server. This application has around 100 jars. On most RHEL systems the application runs fine, however, on certain RHEL systems (all RHEL versions are the same) I get a NoClassDefFoundError on startup (before my application gets a chance to do anything). If I rename the JAR file which contains the class (e.g. com-test-1.3.4.jar -> com-test-1.3.4-2.jar) everything starts up great even though the renameing doesn't change the order of the JAR in my directory listing. If I add the JAR file to the beginning of the classpath it works great. On other systems with the exact same OS/classpath/java/jars it works great. If I try to run the class that java says is missing (before renaming), java reports that the class does not have a main method so I know the class itself is loadable/findable. I have tried the latest version of Java 1.7 with no luck. The classpath is specified using the wildcard operator (e.g. CLASSPATH=/home/test/*).
The actual exception:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/test/testpath/TestClass
at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredMethods0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredMethods(Class.java:2531)
at java.lang.Class.getMethod0(Class.java:2774)
at java.lang.Class.getMethod(Class.java:1663)
at sun.launcher.LauncherHelper.getMainMethod(LauncherHelper.java:494)
at sun.launcher.LauncherHelper.checkAndLoadMain(LauncherHelper.java:486)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.test.testpath.TestClass
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:366)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:355)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:354)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:425)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:308)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:358)
... 6 more

start kettle in ubuntu error

When I want to start Kettle:
$ cd ../kettle/data-integration
$ spoon.sh
there is a error:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Composite
at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredMethods0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredMethods(Class.java:2615)
at java.lang.Class.getMethod0(Class.java:2856)
at java.lang.Class.getMethod(Class.java:1668)
at org.pentaho.commons.launcher.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:91)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:366)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:355)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:354)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:425)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:358)
... 5 more

I have also faced this issue many times when i change the kettle directory or execute it from different path . The solution that worked for me is to remove the extracted folder and extract a fresh copy and the system starts working.Beside this also check that you are using Oracle java instead of open java comes with ubuntu.

Using Illinois Chunker

I am trying to extract noun phrases from text using the illinois chunker however i seem to be getting something wrong. I am trying to run the command in a centos6.4 system with jdk1.8 having downloaded the jar given in the link.
java -Xmx512m -classpath /path/to/LBJChunk.jar edu.illinois.cs.cogcomp.lbj.chunk.ChunksAndPOSTags snippeting.txt
this returns a class not found exception, what am i doing wrong >:( do i have to download an other jar for the parser?
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: LBJ2/parse/Parser
at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredMethods0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredMethods(Class.java:2688)
at java.lang.Class.getMethod0(Class.java:2937)
at java.lang.Class.getMethod(Class.java:1771)
at sun.launcher.LauncherHelper.validateMainClass(LauncherHelper.java:544)
at sun.launcher.LauncherHelper.checkAndLoadMain(LauncherHelper.java:526)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: LBJ2.parse.Parser
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:372)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:361)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:360)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:424)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:308)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:357)
... 6 more

You'll need some more jars on the classpath. It's not very clear, but the description for the chunker notes that LBJ (a language library) and the Illinois POS tagger are required. You can get more information on how to run it here.
Then, run this command:
java -classpath /path/to/LBJChunk.jar:/path/to/LBJ2Library.jar:/path/toLBJPOS.jar \
edu.illinois.cs.cogcomp.lbj.chunk.ChunksAndPOSTags snippeting.txt
That should work!

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.jme3.system.JmeDesktopSystem JME3

When I try to simulate my little project, I decided to use jme3 library and browsed the jar file through Configure-> JDK Profiles-> Add Archieve-> JME3-core.jar and ran the project sample code. The code was written in a website and I got the exception as:
Mar 25, 2014 10:53:44 AM com.jme3.system.JmeSystem checkDelegate
SEVERE: No JmeSystemDelegate specified, cannot instantiate default JmeDesktopSystem:
{0}
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.jme3.system.JmeDesktopSystem
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:366)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:355)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:354)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:424)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:308)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:357)
at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:190)
at com.jme3.system.JmeSystem.checkDelegate(JmeSystem.java:125)
at com.jme3.system.JmeSystem.showSettingsDialog(JmeSystem.java:96)
at com.jme3.app.SimpleApplication.start(SimpleApplication.java:129)
at Main.main(Main.java:12)
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.jme3.system.JmeSystem.showSettingsDialog(JmeSystem.java:97)
at com.jme3.app.SimpleApplication.start(SimpleApplication.java:129)
at Main.main(Main.java:12)
Process completed.
Is the problem about the native libraries kind of issue which is also need to be dealt with J3D libraries? I mean, do I need to follow some instructions about installing and importing JME3 libraries? If so, can anyone tell me the instructions or where to download the correct .jar file?

find a similar discussion here ..this might be relevant ...
more on the same http://hub.jmonkeyengine.org/forum/topic/latest-jme3-sdk-update-trashed-13-of-my-installations/

Cannot Get JOGL to run, compiles fine but error during execution

I followed the installation here:
http://jogamp.org/wiki/index.php/Setting_up_a_JogAmp_project_in_your_favorite_IDE#IntelliJ_IDEA
and
http://jogamp.org/wiki/index.php/Downloading_and_installing_JOGL
I'm using IntelliJ IDEA Community 13. Everything compiles nicely but when i go to run the code i get the error:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.helljogl.OneTriangleSwingGLJPanel
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:366)
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:355)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:354)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:425)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:308)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:358)
at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:190)
at com.intellij.rt.execution.application.AppMain.main(AppMain.java:113)
I have OpenGL and Java experience, but for some reason this is giving me a huge headache.
I've been at it for hours and have seen similar problems, but found no solutions...
Any ideas?

Rather than adding the dependencies to the project through the IDE, use maven (or Gradle). There's no need to manually download the jogl jar files and mess around with your classpath. See How to set up IntelliJIdea for development using JOGL on Linux and Windows?

After so many Installation Attempts I had jogl.jars all over the place. After cleaning up my environment everything is going smoothly!