For this, you will need to have Java 8 installed. If you don't have it, go back to Chapter 1, Introduction to FP, Reactive, and Scala, and follow the setup instructions. Jasper is really great because it works on multiple platforms; however, it works better on Windows. We are using Linux, so we will need to deal with fonts. JasperReports uses lots of Microsoft's core fonts, such as Arial and Times New Roman. There are some options to have the sources on Linux. You can look for a mscorefonts installer on Linux or just copy the fonts from Windows.
If you have a dual boot Linux/Windows installation, you can go to your Windows drive at the location WindowsDrive/Windows/Fonts
. You will need to copy all font files to /usr/share/fonts
on Linux and run $ sudo fc-cache -fv
. This might take some time--for my Windows installation, it was about ~300 MB of fonts. You can test whether you have Windows core fonts on Linux. Open the writer and check for the fonts. You should...