# Serial Routine Crashing with Latest Java jre-8u261

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**Category:** Processing\
**Created:** [July 23, 2020, 2:13pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/serial-routine-crashing-with-latest-java-jre-8u261/22798 "2020-07-23T14:13:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![glv](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/glv/32/18785_2.png) [@glv](https://discourse.processing.org/u/glv)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 3:13pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/serial-routine-crashing-with-latest-java-jre-8u261/22798/8 "2020-07-23T15:13:55Z")

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I also use Processing 4:

> **[Download Processing](https://processing.org/download/)**
>
> Processing is open source and is available for macOS, Windows, and Linux. Projects created with Processing are also cross-platform, and can be used on macOS, Windows, Android, Raspberry Pi, and many o…

_Processing 4 is Pre-Release and not a Stable Release._

And latest builds:

> [@Processing in style with Java 11](https://discourse.processing.org/t/processing-in-style-with-java-11/13776/42):
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> I set up my RPi 4 with a 64-bit kernel and an SSD root drive thanks to these instructions: [https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2020/im-booting-my-raspberry-pi-4-usb-ssd](https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2020/im-booting-my-raspberry-pi-4-usb-ssd) After installing OpenJDK 11, and replacing the included x86-64 JDK with the arm64 version, as mentioned in previous posts, I was able to use the Processing4 build (2020-04-26\_22-59-00\_linux\_aarch64.zip) successfully partying_face Tried out some simple sketches of mine and they ran perfectly. Awesome work!

`:)`

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