libjli.so is needed by OpenwebStart

[Ashok]

Hi,
Initially, in the new RHEL 8.4 OS platform, I have installed amazon corretto 8 JDK. Later, I tried to install the openwebstart 1.5.0 in RHEL 8.4 OS platform. But the installation got failed with the below error,

error: Failed dependencies:
libjli.so()(64bit) is needed by openwebstart-1.5.0-2.x86_64
libjli.so(SUNWprivate_1.1)(64bit) is needed by openwebstart-1.5.0-2.x86_64

And I can able to locate the libjli.so under JDK path. But still, I got the above error.

Please let me know the workaround solution.

Thanks.

[Janak Mulani]

Which installer did you take?

For Linux you have to use this installer:
https://github.com/karakun/OpenWebStart ... _1_5_0.deb

openwebstart-1.5.0-2.x86_64 this is a windows installer.

[Ashok]

Hi,

I have converted the ".deb" to ".rpm" format and tried to install it.

Also please let me know whether I can download openwebstart in ".rpm" format directly from any website.

Thanks,

[Janak Mulani]

We do not provide .rpm..

This link https://github.com/karakun/OpenWebStart/issues/154 shows how to convert .deb to .pm which you said you have already done.

I hope you installation was successful.

[Ashok]

I have converted the ".deb" into ".rpm" without any errors and while installing the same was throwing the above-mentioned error.

Please let me know the possibilities to install the openwebstart rpm file without errors.

[Stephan Classen]

Sorry we do not have the resources to support more than .deb at the moment.
Non of the devs is currently using a rpm based package manager.

If you find a solution to your problem we are very great full if you can post it here so that others with the same issue can find a solution.

[Ashok]

Kindly please let me know whether OpenwebStart 1.5.0 is compatible with RHEL 8.4 or not.

Thanks,

[Janak Mulani]

We have not tested on RHEL but it should work.

[Ashok]

I tried to install the rpm package without checking dependencies by using the below command,

rpm -i --nodeps openwebstart-1.5.0-2.x86_64.rpm

The installation was successful. But have a doubt that whether it will have any impact or not. Also, I tried to launch the .jnlp file by using openwebstart and it works fine.

Please let me know how can we check whether the above installation was a precise process or not.

Thanks,

[Stephan Classen]

If a JNLP can be launched then it works.

The installer manly does the following steps:
- copy all files to the disk (for linux this is /opt/OpenWebStart)
- register OWS as an executable for *.jnlp and *.jnlpx files
- register an icon for *.jnlp and *.jnlpx files

The second and third steps are not required for OWS to function. They mainly add usability for the UI