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Re: Linux installation problems.. [message #65840]

Wed, 25 March 2009 08:17

Jean H.
Messages: 472
Registered: July 2006

Senior Member

Giorgio wrote:
> Hi,
> Idl workbench (idlde) uses the 32 libraries and not 64. To install
> them type: sudo apt-get install ia32-libs
> This should allow to run idlde. Then you need to install the patch to
> avoid any interference with firefox: http://www.ittvis.com/services/techtip.asp?ttid=4395
> Then to install the license use this tech-tip:
> http://www.ittvis.com/services/techtip.asp?ttid=4248
>
> Tell me if it works.
>
> Giorgio

Thanks Giorgio,

indeed, it was not a 32 bits problem, but another 64 bit library
problem, I will write a clean post will all the details, so it's easier
to read!

Jean

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Re: Linux installation problems.. [message #65848 is a reply to message #65840]

Wed, 25 March 2009 00:45

Giorgio
Messages: 31
Registered: March 2008

Member

Hi,
Idl workbench (idlde) uses the 32 libraries and not 64. To install
them type: sudo apt-get install ia32-libs
This should allow to run idlde. Then you need to install the patch to
avoid any interference with firefox: http://www.ittvis.com/services/techtip.asp?ttid=4395
Then to install the license use this tech-tip:
http://www.ittvis.com/services/techtip.asp?ttid=4248

Tell me if it works.

Giorgio

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Re: Linux installation problems.. [message #65851 is a reply to message #65848]

Tue, 24 March 2009 12:37

Jean H.
Messages: 472
Registered: July 2006

Senior Member

JMB wrote:
> Hi Jean,
>
>> BUT (of course), I still get the same error message if I type IDLDE
>> exec: 617: /usr/local/itt/idl708/bin/bin.linux.x86/idl: not found
>
> The same for me...
>
>> Do you have any idea what else needs to be changed??
>
> no... :-(
>
> From what I understood, the actual script that runs to start IDL is
> located here by default:
> /usr/local/itt/idl/bin/idl
> what we did is to find a workaround so that the variable ARCH is set
> to .x86_64 and IDL 64bit version is run.
> but there is still a problem with the 32bit IDL version that idlde is
> using in some way...
>
> Regards,
>
> Jï¿½rï¿½me

Hum, it now automatically works (IDL and IDL -32)... strange.
I have installed a new version of Java and I don't get this error
message anymore when I type idlde ... but it still doesn't work.

In the terminal, I now get (same if I throw a -32 after):
jean@ubuntu:~$ idlde
/usr/lib/gio/modules/libgioremote-volume-monitor.so: wrong ELF class:
ELFCLASS64
Failed to load module: /usr/lib/gio/modules/libgioremote-volume-monitor.so
/usr/lib/gio/modules/libgiofam.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64
Failed to load module: /usr/lib/gio/modules/libgiofam.so
/usr/lib/gio/modules/libgvfsdbus.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64
Failed to load module: /usr/lib/gio/modules/libgvfsdbus.so
/usr/lib/gio/modules/libgiogconf.so: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64
Failed to load module: /usr/lib/gio/modules/libgiogconf.so

all those library are there

On top of that, I have a pop-up window:
Title: idlde.linux.x86
message:
VM terminated. Exit code=13
/usr/bin/java
-Dorg.eclipse.swt.browser.XULRunnerPath=/usr/local/itt/idl70 8/idlde/bin.linux.x86/xulrunner-1.8.1.3
-jar
/usr/local/itt/idl708/idlde/plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.laun cher_1.0.0.v20070606.jar
-os linux
-ws gtk
-arch x86
-showsplash
-launcher /usr/local/itt/idl708/idlde/idlde.linux.x86
-name Idlde.linux.x86
--launcher.library
/usr/local/itt/idl708/idlde/plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.laun cher.gtk.linux.x86_1.0.0.v20070606/eclipse_1020.so
-startup
/usr/local/itt/idl708/idlde/plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.laun cher_1.0.0.v20070606.jar
-exitdata 14c003d
-vm /usr/bin/java
-vmargs
-Dorg.eclipse.swt.browser.XULRunnerPath=/usr/local/itt/idl70 8/idlde/bin.linux.x86/xulrunner-1.8.1.3
-jar
/usr/local/itt/idl708/idlde/plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.laun cher_1.0.0.v20070606.jar

I will contact ITT again and let you know here!

Jean

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Re: Linux installation problems.. [message #65853 is a reply to message #65851]

Tue, 24 March 2009 09:47

Foldy Lajos
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Registered: October 2001

Senior Member

On Tue, 24 Mar 2009, Nigel Wade wrote:

> It looks like you've already found, and fixed, the problem here.
>
> The problem is that the IDL startup script uses the "/bin/arch" command
> on "Linux" to determine the hardware architecture. Apparently Ubuntu doesn't
> provide that command so it tries to run the default 32bit version.
>
> I don't know why idlde fails, idlde is the same script is idl.

IMHO idlde is always 32 bit, so a lot of 32 bit system libraries are
needed.

regards,
lajos

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Re: Linux installation problems.. [message #65854 is a reply to message #65853]

Tue, 24 March 2009 09:46

JMB
Messages: 13
Registered: January 2008

Junior Member

Hi Jean,

> BUT (of course), I still get the same error message if I type IDLDE
> exec: 617: /usr/local/itt/idl708/bin/bin.linux.x86/idl: not found

The same for me...

> Do you have any idea what else needs to be changed??

no... :-(

From what I understood, the actual script that runs to start IDL is
located here by default:
/usr/local/itt/idl/bin/idl
what we did is to find a workaround so that the variable ARCH is set
to .x86_64 and IDL 64bit version is run.
but there is still a problem with the 32bit IDL version that idlde is
using in some way...

Regards,

Jérôme

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Re: Linux installation problems.. [message #65855 is a reply to message #65854]

Tue, 24 March 2009 09:42

Nigel Wade
Messages: 286
Registered: March 1998

Senior Member

Jean H. wrote:

>
>>> jean@ubuntu:~$ idl
>>> exec: 617: /usr/local/itt/idl708/bin/bin.linux.x86/idl: not found
>>> if it helps, I am on a 64bits machine..
>>
>> The above executable is the 32bit IDL. The 64bit version would be in
>> bin.linux.x86_64. Have you installed a 32bit execution environment? (I don't
>> use Ubuntu so I've no idea what's required for that).
>>
>> Otherwise try downloading and installing 64bit IDL.
>>
>
> Hi Nigel,
>
> hum, you bring a very good point here... I am very surprised indeed!
>
> uname returns: Linux, x86_64
> In IDL (with JMB trick): print, !version:
> --> {x86_64 linux unix linux 7.0.8 Feb 9 2009 64 64}
>
> at the prompt: idl -32
> --> exec: 617: /usr/local/itt/idl708/bin/bin.linux.x86/idl: not found
>
> weird....
>
> Let's see what Brandon from ITTVIS says about that!!
> Jean

It looks like you've already found, and fixed, the problem here.

The problem is that the IDL startup script uses the "/bin/arch" command
on "Linux" to determine the hardware architecture. Apparently Ubuntu doesn't
provide that command so it tries to run the default 32bit version.

I don't know why idlde fails, idlde is the same script is idl.

--
Nigel Wade

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Re: Linux installation problems.. [message #65856 is a reply to message #65855]

Tue, 24 March 2009 08:39

Jean H.
Messages: 472
Registered: July 2006

Senior Member

>> jean@ubuntu:~$ idl
>> exec: 617: /usr/local/itt/idl708/bin/bin.linux.x86/idl: not found
>> if it helps, I am on a 64bits machine..
>
> The above executable is the 32bit IDL. The 64bit version would be in
> bin.linux.x86_64. Have you installed a 32bit execution environment? (I don't
> use Ubuntu so I've no idea what's required for that).
>
> Otherwise try downloading and installing 64bit IDL.
>

Hi Nigel,

hum, you bring a very good point here... I am very surprised indeed!

uname returns: Linux, x86_64
In IDL (with JMB trick): print, !version:
--> {x86_64 linux unix linux 7.0.8 Feb 9 2009 64 64}

at the prompt: idl -32
--> exec: 617: /usr/local/itt/idl708/bin/bin.linux.x86/idl: not found

weird....

Let's see what Brandon from ITTVIS says about that!!
Jean

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Re: Linux installation problems.. [message #65857 is a reply to message #65856]

Tue, 24 March 2009 08:35

Jean H.
Messages: 472
Registered: July 2006

Senior Member

JMB wrote:
> Hi Jean,
>
> I had exactly the same problem I think and I solved it using the trick
> mentioned here:
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2008-October/ 162350.html
>
> What I did:
>
> Edit a one line file:
> uname -m
>
> save it as: arch
> give it execution rights: chmod 755 arch
> copy it to: /bin/arch not(anywhere else)
> then type: idl
>
> and:
>
> IDL Version 7.0.8 (linux x86_64 m64). (c) 2009, ITT Visual Information
> Solutions
> IDL>
>
> ;-)
>
> Hope it helps,
>
> Jï¿½rï¿½me

YESSS!!!!! Thank you so much!!!
I have been fooling around this option for one hour... settings the
access rights made it work!!!! You made my day!!! merci merci merci!

Ok, now typing IDL works (it complaints about the license, but that's
normal.. I haven't installed it!). I can even plot things. Great.

BUT (of course), I still get the same error message if I type IDLDE
exec: 617: /usr/local/itt/idl708/bin/bin.linux.x86/idl: not found

Do you have any idea what else needs to be changed??

Jean

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Re: Linux installation problems.. [message #65858 is a reply to message #65857]

Tue, 24 March 2009 08:08

JMB
Messages: 13
Registered: January 2008

Junior Member

Hi Jean,

I had exactly the same problem I think and I solved it using the trick
mentioned here:
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2008-October/ 162350.html

What I did:

Edit a one line file:
uname -m

save it as: arch
give it execution rights: chmod 755 arch
copy it to: /bin/arch not(anywhere else)
then type: idl

and:

IDL Version 7.0.8 (linux x86_64 m64). (c) 2009, ITT Visual Information
Solutions
IDL>

;-)

Hope it helps,

Jérôme

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Re: Linux installation problems.. [message #65859 is a reply to message #65858]

Tue, 24 March 2009 07:54

Nigel Wade
Messages: 286
Registered: March 1998

Senior Member

Jean H. wrote:

> Hi,
>
> ok, I now have a fresh install of Ubuntu 8.10 (yes, I had a wonderful
> week-end full of recovery disks and tech support phone calls.. arg!)
>
> I downloaded the latest Envi+IDL (4.6 - 7.0.8) and installed it. I got
> no error message, just good messages. Surprisingly, the Installation
> guide talks about selecting a directory, choosing to install the license
> etc, but I had basically no choice (accept or quit). Anyways, I can see
> that all files have been copied, the links have been created. I have
> added the proper line to my .bashrc file...
>
> now, at the command line, whatever I type (idl, idlde, envi,
> ittlicense), I always get the same error:
>
> jean@ubuntu:~$ idl
> exec: 617: /usr/local/itt/idl708/bin/bin.linux.x86/idl: not found
>
> jean@ubuntu:~$ find /usr/local/itt/idl708/bin/bin.linux.x86/idl
> /usr/local/itt/idl708/bin/bin.linux.x86/idl
>
> funny he!
> Does anybody have any idea of what I (or ITT...) could have done wrong?
> If it helps, I am on a 64bits machine..

The above executable is the 32bit IDL. The 64bit version would be in
bin.linux.x86_64. Have you installed a 32bit execution environment? (I don't
use Ubuntu so I've no idea what's required for that).

Otherwise try downloading and installing 64bit IDL.

--
Nigel Wade

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Re: Linux installation problems.. [message #65861 is a reply to message #65859]

Tue, 24 March 2009 06:59

Jean H.
Messages: 472
Registered: July 2006

Senior Member

BLemire@ittvis.com wrote:
> Hi Jean,
>
> Unfortunately the use of IDL is not as simple as the "installation"
> process. There are library issues occurring due to certain upgrades
> that the Operating Systems are making that have not been implemented
> in the IDL distribution yet. That is one of the issues. If you type
> "arch" at the command line what do you get?

Ok, I had nothing (command not found). I have read this command is not
in used for a few years already... So, which file should I modify so
that uname is called instead? I have search for arch in the install
files with no luck. The only place I have found it is in
bridge_setup.bash (modified it, re-install, log out-in, still the same
problem)

>
> This is being fixed for the upcoming release, but for now you have to
> define the arch variable as described in the post you linked above.
> This will ensure that you are running both the 32 and 64-bit versions
> of IDL.
>
> What happens if you run "./idl" from the "/usr/local/itt/idl708/bin"
> directory?
jean@ubuntu:/usr/local/itt/idl708/bin$ ./idl
exec: 617: /usr/local/itt/idl708/bin/bin.linux.x86/idl: not found

Thanks a lot for your help!
Jean

>
> What happens if you run "iplot" at the IDL command line (of course,
> only if you are able to get IDL to run:)?
>
> Talk with you soon.
>
> Brandon
>
> Brandon Lemire
> ITT Visual Information Systems
> Technical Support Engineer
> BLemire@ittvis.com

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Re: Linux installation problems.. [message #65866 is a reply to message #65861]

Mon, 23 March 2009 15:42

BLemire@ittvis.com
Messages: 9
Registered: March 2009

Junior Member

Hi Jean,

Unfortunately the use of IDL is not as simple as the "installation"
process. There are library issues occurring due to certain upgrades
that the Operating Systems are making that have not been implemented
in the IDL distribution yet. That is one of the issues. If you type
"arch" at the command line what do you get?

This is being fixed for the upcoming release, but for now you have to
define the arch variable as described in the post you linked above.
This will ensure that you are running both the 32 and 64-bit versions
of IDL.

What happens if you run "./idl" from the "/usr/local/itt/idl708/bin"
directory?

What happens if you run "iplot" at the IDL command line (of course,
only if you are able to get IDL to run:)?

Talk with you soon.

Brandon

Brandon Lemire
ITT Visual Information Systems
Technical Support Engineer
BLemire@ittvis.com

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Re: Linux installation problems.. [message #66321 is a reply to message #65858]

Sat, 02 May 2009 06:26

matteo86bo
Messages: 3
Registered: March 2009

Junior Member

> Edit a one line file:
> uname -m
>
> save it as: arch
> give it execution rights: chmod 755 arch
> copy it to: /bin/arch not(anywhere else)
> then type: idl
>

when i write "uname -m" it writes "x86_64",
i copy this text and save it as arch
then I do the thing that you said but ...
typing idl makes the computer going crazy!
I wait for 5 minutes but nothing happens, not even an error
message .....
help?

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Re: Linux installation problems.. [message #94528 is a reply to message #65858]

Tue, 27 June 2017 06:00

veenu3894
Messages: 1
Registered: June 2017

Junior Member

will this work for any version of idl?

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