Pentaho tools on Fedora 8 x86_64 (Java problems)

[yama]

I just acquired a brand new computer at work, and I've been having difficulty getting all the Pentaho tools working on Fedora 8 x86_64. I removed IcedTea, and I've tried the following JDKs (RPMs downloaded from java.sun.com):

• JDK 1.5 i586
• JDK 1.6 i586
• JDK 1.5 x86_64
• JDK 1.6 x86_64

The version of JDK turned out to be irrelevant, but the architecture makes a big difference. Using a x86_64 JDK, I can run the Pentaho Metadata Editor and Data Integration (Kettle), but not the Report Designer or Design Studio (Eclipse).
Using an i586 JDK (Sun don't seem to make i386 ones any more), I can run the Report Designer and Design Studio. When I try to run Kettle (spoon.sh), I get the following:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: no swt-gtk-3346 or swt-gtk in swt.library.path, java.library.path or the jar file
        at org.eclipse.swt.internal.Library.loadLibrary(Unknown Source)
        at org.eclipse.swt.internal.Library.loadLibrary(Unknown Source)
        at org.eclipse.swt.internal.C.<clinit>(Unknown Source)
        at org.eclipse.swt.internal.Converter.wcsToMbcs(Unknown Source)
        at org.eclipse.swt.internal.Converter.wcsToMbcs(Unknown Source)
        at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.<clinit>(Unknown Source)
        at org.pentaho.di.ui.spoon.Spoon.main(Spoon.java:355)

When I try to run metaeditor.sh, I get this:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: no swt-pi-gtk-3320 or swt-pi-gtk in swt.library.path, java.libary.path or the jar file
        at org.eclipse.swt.internal.Library.loadLibrary(Library.java:219)
        at org.eclipse.swt.internal.Library.loadLibrary(Library.java:151)
        at org.eclipse.swt.internal.gtk.OS.<clinit>(OS.java:22)
        at org.eclipse.swt.internal.Converter.wcsToMbcs(Converter.java:63)
        at org.eclipse.swt.internal.Converter.wcsToMbcs(Converter.java:54)
        at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.<clinit>(Display.java:126)
        at org.pentaho.pms.editor.MetaEditor.main(MetaEditor.java:3504)

The Pentaho BI server works regardless of JDK, so there's no problems there. I currently have JDK 1.5 i586 installed, as I rely more on the Report Designer and Design Studio more than I do on Kettle or the Metadata Editor. However, I will be needing to use all of those tools.
I've mucked about with this a lot and can't find a universal solution short of switching my distribution to a 32-bit one and foregoing half of my RAM (I've got 8GB)
What I can say is:

• my JAVA_HOME environment variable is set correctly
• the Java binaries are correctly set with /usr/sbin/alternatives
• I am trying to run each tool with their directory set as the working directory, so I run ./spoon.sh, ./metaeditor.sh and so on.
• I know why Eclipse doesn't work in x86_64 mode, but that doesn't explain why I get eclipse.swt errors with an i586 JDK
• I don't really care whether I run an i586 or x86_64 JDK, as long as I can get everything to run well
• I'm quite experienced with Linux. I'm a competent sysadmin, but I'm not a software developer.

Problem solved: see here for details

[bugg_tb]

I know this sounds extremely stupid have you tried executing with

sh spoon.sh

etc

Tom

[sboden]

If you're a sys admin, open up spoon.sh in vi and search for ARCH. Then change it locally to what your system tells you and let us know what you needed to change.

Also have a look at http://jira.pentaho.org/browse/PDI-449

Regards,
Sven

[yama]

If you're a sys admin, open up spoon.sh in vi and search for ARCH. Then change it locally to what your system tells you and let us know what you needed to change.

So obvious... why didn't I think of that?

I took a look at spoon.sh (Kettle) and metaeditor.sh (Metadata Editor) and noticed the following:

        Linux)
            ARCH=`uname -m`

To force x86_32 mode, I changed it to this:

        Linux)
            ARCH=i386

Now it all 'just works'. I've been running like this for five days without incident

Thanks sboden

[ingo baden]

Hello,

we migrate our hw from 32-bit to 64-bit version.

my question:
when will started fo fix this problem. in th moment the pdi-449 is unscheduled.

Also have a look at http://jira.pentaho.org/browse/PDI-449

Regards,
Ingo

[MattCasters]

I guess none of the developers run on 64-bit Linux. I have a 64-bit machine, but installed 32-bit Kubuntu on it by mistake.
I never missed the 700MB of RAM hard enough to re-install everything.

Since I can't test it, someone else has to do it. yama above didn't really run anything in 64-bit, he just forced the use of 32-bit, probably because he's running a 32-bit Java.

Matt

[yama]

Hi Matt,

I did initially try using 64-bit Java. I've got a 64-bit machine, so it made sense to first try 64-bit Java

This didn't work, and the only way I could get all the Pentaho components working was to use 32-bit Java and then force the Pentaho tools to run in 32-bit mode.

Clearly this is just a workaround, and I'd love to see this problem fixed

[Andrew Dalgleish]

        Linux)
            ARCH=i386

Tried this - didn't help.