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Unable to open IBM Cognos Configuration using cogconfig.sh on Linux 5.6

Troubleshooting


Problem

Unable to open IBM Cognos GUI using cogconfig.sh. Getting Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: /java/1.5.0sr5/jre/bin/xawt/libmawt.so (/usr/lib/libXft.so) error.

Symptom

Getting error while opening Cognos Configuration GUI.

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: /java/1.5.0sr5/jre/bin/xawt/libmawt.so (/usr/lib/libXft.so) error.

Cause

Missing libraries used by the JRE

Resolving The Problem

Install the libXFT.so and libXtft.so.6 shared object libraries into the /usr/lib folder.

You can refer to Software Environment link for the Cognos specific OS specific library versions.

[{"Product":{"code":"SSEP7J","label":"Cognos Business Intelligence"},"Business Unit":{"code":"BU059","label":"IBM Software w\/o TPS"},"Component":"Install and Config","Platform":[{"code":"PF016","label":"Linux"}],"Version":"10.2.2;10.2.1;10.2","Edition":"All Editions","Line of Business":{"code":"LOB10","label":"Data and AI"}}]

Document Information

Modified date:
15 June 2018

UID

swg21472962