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UnsatisfiedLinkError: cannot open shared object file libXtst.so.6

Troubleshooting


Problem

Though prerequisite check completes successfully running db2setup fails with the below exception. Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: /tmp/db2.tmp.1627/db2/linuxamd64/java/jre/lib/amd64/xawt/libmawt.so (libXtst.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)

Symptom

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: /tmp/db2.tmp.1627/db2/linuxamd64/java/jre/lib/amd64/xawt/libmawt.so (libXtst.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)

Cause

Missing libXtst.so.6

Diagnosing The Problem

Check for the 32 and 64 bit installations of the libXtst package.

rpm -q --queryformat '%{NAME}:\n[%{FILENAMES}\n]' libXtst

Resolving The Problem

Install the missing 32 or 64 bit libXtst package for the target 32 or 64 bit package of DB2.

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Document Information

Modified date:
16 June 2018

UID

swg21964125

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