SID-Refreshâ„¢ fails to start with the Java-based GUI
Symptom
You are starting SID-Refreshâ„¢ on Linux with the Java-based GUI, and this error appears:
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Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: /usr/java8_64/jre/lib/ppc64/libawt_xawt.so (Could not load module /usr/java8_64/jre/lib/ppc64/libawt_xawt.so.
Dependent module /usr/lib/libXrender.a(shr_64.o) could not be loaded.
Member shr_64.o is not found in archive
Could not load module /usr/java8_64/jre/lib/ppc64/libawt_xawt.so.
Dependent module /usr/java8_64/jre/lib/ppc64/libawt_xawt.so could not be loaded.)
Environment
Linux/Unix Systems
Cause
The error is caused by the missing library libXtst.so.6
The library should be /usr/lib64/libXtst.so.6 (which is a link to /usr/lib64/libXtst.so.6.1.0 ):
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server1:~ # ls -al /usr/lib64 | grep libXtst.so
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Apr 20 00:14 libXtst.so.6 -> libXtst.so.6.1.0 -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 23016 Nov 10 2016 libXtst.so.6.1.0
server1:~ #
Resolution
If neither file is available, install the OS package that contains them:
On RHEL (6 and 7): yum install libXtst
On SLES11: zypper install xorg-x11-libs
On SLES12: zypper install libXtst6
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