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Subject: Re: openjdk dies with: could not find libjava.so as root
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On Tue, 26 May 2009 13:53:37 +0200, Maho NAKATA <chat95@mac.com> wrote:

> Hi
> I cannot launch openjdk java as root
>
> # which java
> /usr/local/openjdk6/bin/java
> root# java
> Error: could not find libjava.so
> Error: could not find Java 2 Runtime Environment.
> root# pkg_info | grep openjdk
> openjdk6-b16_1      Sun\'s java 6 virtual machine release under the GPL  
> v2
>
> however as normal user:
> % which java
> /usr/X11R6/bin/java
> % java -version
> openjdk version "1.6.0-internal"
> OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build  
> 1.6.0-internal-maho_26_may_2009_11_16-b00)
> OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 11.0-b17, mixed mode)
>
> strange :)
> best,ls -l /usr/X11R6
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  10 Oct 26  2008 /usr/X11R6@ -> /usr/local

> -- Nakata Maho http://accc.riken.jp/maho/ , http://ja.openoffice.org/
>    Nakata Maho's PGP public keys: http://accc.riken.jp/maho/maho.pgp.txt

I recommend removing /usr/X11R6/bin from all your paths. It isn't used for  
several years now.
ls -l /usr/X11R6
lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  10 Oct 26  2008 /usr/X11R6@ -> /usr/local

Removing it will give you one less possibility for failure because the  
PATH is ambigious now.

Ronald.