Ubuntu – Problem installing processing: java: error while loading shared libraries: libjli.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

There is too much reasons why you can see this error.

Could you please run all this commands one by one, and post output here:

1. file /usr/bin/java
2. type /usr/bin/java
3. echo $JAVA_HOME
4. echo $PATH
5. ls -ahl /usr/lib/jvm

Then - using update-alternatives choose jdk1.7.0_55 and run this

$ ldd $(which java)

using update-alternatives choose jdk1.7.0_21 and run this

$ ldd $(which java)

then again for jdk1.7.0_21 run this

$ sudo java -version

UPDATE. Answer

For everyone who has same problem:

First of all, run sudo ldconfig. It is safe to run ldconfig at any time

After a long discussion we concluded that jdk1.7.0_21 is corrupted.

How we determine it:

1. When choose java jdk1.7.0_21, sudo java -version give error even if run as root.
2. find /usr/lib/jvm -name "libjli.so", this command must show that libjli is located in folder where jdk1.7.0_21 installed. In our case it was not.

In other cases:

Check that jdk belongs to root:root

Check that /usr/bin/java is a symlink, not executable.

Check PATH, java should not be in the PATH, if you are using update-alternatives.

Also here is helpful links:

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/16656/problem-to-launch-java-at-debian-error-while-loading-shared-libraries-libjli

https://www.centos.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=16398

https://superuser.com/questions/310371/problem-launch-java-on-debian-error-while-loading-shared-libraries-libjli-so

apt-get install libxrender1:i386 libxtst6:i386 libxi6:i386

helped me get this resolved.

I have installed in a 64 bit system also i386.