Environment
Novell iManager 2.6
RedHat Enterprise Server AS 4
RedHat Enterprise Server AS 4
Situation
Unable to install iManager 2.6 on RedHat Enterprise Server
ERROR: Unable to instantiate the installer.
ERROR: Unable to load and to prepare the installer in console or silent mode.
Enabling the InstallAnywhere debug options with "export LAX_DEBUG=true" gives a java exception which you can see in the"Additional Notes section".
ERROR: Unable to instantiate the installer.
ERROR: Unable to load and to prepare the installer in console or silent mode.
Enabling the InstallAnywhere debug options with "export LAX_DEBUG=true" gives a java exception which you can see in the"Additional Notes section".
Resolution
Novell iManager 2.6 uses a tool called InstallAnywhere for the
installation. This tools needs the xorg compatibility libraries to
be installed, therefore the "xorg-x11-deprecated-libs" package must
be installed on the system - otherwise the above mentioned errors
will occur.
Additional Information
The java exception which happens in this case:
java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: /tmp/install.dir.5326/Linux/resource/jre/lib/i386/libawt.so: libXp.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
at java.lang.ClassLoader$NativeLibrary.load(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary0(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Runtime.loadLibrary0(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.System.loadLibrary(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.action.LoadLibraryAction.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.awt.Toolkit.loadLibraries(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Toolkit.(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Color.(Unknown Source)
at com.zerog.ia.installer.util.InstallFrameConfigurator.(DashoA8113)
at com.zerog.ia.installer.Installer.e(DashoA8113)
at com.zerog.ia.installer.Installer.d(DashoA8113)
at com.zerog.ia.installer.Installer.(DashoA8113)
at com.zerog.ia.installer.Installer.(DashoA8113)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at ZeroGep.a(DashoA8113)
at ZeroGep.c(DashoA8113)
at ZeroGep.a(DashoA8113)
at ZeroGep.a(DashoA8113)
at com.zerog.ia.installer.LifeCycleManager.o(DashoA8113)
at com.zerog.ia.installer.LifeCycleManager.h(DashoA8113)
at com.zerog.ia.installer.LifeCycleManager.a(DashoA8113)
at com.zerog.ia.installer.LifeCycleManager.a(DashoA8113)
at com.zerog.ia.installer.Main.main(DashoA8113)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at com.zerog.lax.LAX.launch(DashoA8113)
at com.zerog.lax.LAX.main(DashoA8113)
XMLScriptReader: unable to parse the provided script file. File may have been invalid...
java.lang.NullPointerException
at ZeroGep.a(DashoA8113)
at ZeroGep.a(DashoA8113)
at com.zerog.ia.installer.LifeCycleManager.o(DashoA8113)
at com.zerog.ia.installer.LifeCycleManager.h(DashoA8113)
at com.zerog.ia.installer.LifeCycleManager.a(DashoA8113)
at com.zerog.ia.installer.LifeCycleManager.a(DashoA8113)
at com.zerog.ia.installer.Main.main(DashoA8113)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at com.zerog.lax.LAX.launch(DashoA8113)
at com.zerog.lax.LAX.main(DashoA8113)
Unable to instantiate the installer.
Unable to load and to prepare the installer in console or silent mode.
java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: /tmp/install.dir.5326/Linux/resource/jre/lib/i386/libawt.so: libXp.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
at java.lang.ClassLoader$NativeLibrary.load(Native Method)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary0(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Runtime.loadLibrary0(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.System.loadLibrary(Unknown Source)
at sun.security.action.LoadLibraryAction.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.awt.Toolkit.loadLibraries(Unknown Source)
at java.awt.Toolkit.
at java.awt.Color.
at com.zerog.ia.installer.util.InstallFrameConfigurator.
at com.zerog.ia.installer.Installer.e(DashoA8113)
at com.zerog.ia.installer.Installer.d(DashoA8113)
at com.zerog.ia.installer.Installer.
at com.zerog.ia.installer.Installer.
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Unknown Source)
at ZeroGep.a(DashoA8113)
at ZeroGep.c(DashoA8113)
at ZeroGep.a(DashoA8113)
at ZeroGep.a(DashoA8113)
at com.zerog.ia.installer.LifeCycleManager.o(DashoA8113)
at com.zerog.ia.installer.LifeCycleManager.h(DashoA8113)
at com.zerog.ia.installer.LifeCycleManager.a(DashoA8113)
at com.zerog.ia.installer.LifeCycleManager.a(DashoA8113)
at com.zerog.ia.installer.Main.main(DashoA8113)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at com.zerog.lax.LAX.launch(DashoA8113)
at com.zerog.lax.LAX.main(DashoA8113)
XMLScriptReader: unable to parse the provided script file. File may have been invalid...
java.lang.NullPointerException
at ZeroGep.a(DashoA8113)
at ZeroGep.a(DashoA8113)
at com.zerog.ia.installer.LifeCycleManager.o(DashoA8113)
at com.zerog.ia.installer.LifeCycleManager.h(DashoA8113)
at com.zerog.ia.installer.LifeCycleManager.a(DashoA8113)
at com.zerog.ia.installer.LifeCycleManager.a(DashoA8113)
at com.zerog.ia.installer.Main.main(DashoA8113)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at com.zerog.lax.LAX.launch(DashoA8113)
at com.zerog.lax.LAX.main(DashoA8113)
Unable to instantiate the installer.
Unable to load and to prepare the installer in console or silent mode.