Can't get passed verifying launchwrapper-1.8

[precursordesign]

Hey everyone!

I'm having issues getting tekkit to work on my laptop. It is a gov't issued laptop for school/research purposes, but I have a lot of free time. Technic launcher is installed fine. Java 1.8 is on here. It is a Macbook, but is running windows OS. Here is what I get with internet off when I try and run Tekkit. 

( Please submit this report to https://github.com/TechnicPack/TechnicLauncher/issues )

    Launcher Build: 439

    Selected Pack: null

Stack Trace:

    Exception: RuntimeException

    Message: Library net.minecraft:launchwrapper:1.8 not found.

    Trace:

        net.technicpack.launchercore.launch.MinecraftLauncher.buildClassPath(MinecraftLauncher.java:178)

        net.technicpack.launchercore.launch.MinecraftLauncher.buildCommands(MinecraftLauncher.java:107)

        net.technicpack.launchercore.launch.MinecraftLauncher.launch(MinecraftLauncher.java:56)

        org.spoutcraft.launcher.InstallThread.run(InstallThread.java:74)

 

System Information:

    Operating System: Windows 7

    Operating System Version: 6.1

    Operating System Architecture: amd64

    Java version: 1.8.0_25 64 bit

    Total Memory: 123 MB

    Max Memory: 1801 MB

    Memory Free: 78 MB

    CPU Cores: 4

 

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That's it! I can run some other mods on here, like the crafting dead. But Tekkit, which I've recently gotten back into, simply can't make it passed verifying launchwrapper-1.8.jar

 

Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!

*EDIT* sorry I just saw that I should have posted this on tracker.

Edited November 24, 2014 by precursordesign

[Curunir]

Tekkit does not run on Java 8 at the moment due to a known bug. Please use the recommended version, which is the latest 64bit Java 7. Uninstall Java 8 manually first, reboot, then fetch this and install it.

 

Alternatively, you could stay on Java 8 and just drop the unsupported hotfix in the mod folder. But unsupported means unsupported, so no guarantees.

 

Next time, take your issue to the tracker, where it belongs.