IDL Help cannot start in CentOS 5.2

In the popup Firefox window, the URL http://127.0.0.1:55647/help/index.jsp loads with errors:

HTTP ERROR: 500

Unable to compile class for JSP

Generated servlet error:
The type java.lang.Object cannot be resolved. It is indirectly referenced from required .class files


RequestURI=/help/index.jsp

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