3324651 - Wily 10.8 Installation aborts with NullPointerException

While installing Introscope 10.8 (silent installation) on Linux OS, the installer fails with the following message:

Preparing to install
Extracting the JRE from the installer archive...
Unpacking the JRE...
Extracting the installation resources from the installer archive...
Configuring the installer for this system's environment...
Launching installer...
Invocation of this Java Application has caused an InvocationTargetException. This application will now exit. (LAX)

When checking the Stack Trace:

RepositoryManager: Trying fallback repository location...
RepositoryManager: Unable to find suitable location for repository

java.lang.NullPointerException
        at com.zerog.ia.installer.LifeCycleManager.de(Unknown Source)
        at com.zerog.ia.installer.LifeCycleManager.consoleInstallMain(Unknown Source)
        at com.zerog.ia.installer.LifeCycleManager.executeApplication(Unknown Source)
        at com.zerog.ia.installer.Main.main(Unknown Source)
        at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
        at com.zerog.lax.LAX.launch(Unknown Source)
        at com.zerog.lax.LAX.main(Unknown Source)
This Application has Unexpectedly Quit: Invocation of this Java Application has caused an InvocationTargetException. This application will now exit. (LAX)

• Linux OS
• Introscope 10.8
• Solution Manager 7.2
• FRUN 4.0

KBA , XX-PART-WILY , Introscope by CA Technologies , Problem