Can't find/install libXtst.so.6?

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I'm running Ubuntu 12.10 and I'm trying to install Netbeans 7.1(or later) I have the .sh file, but it won't install, the error appears here:

[2013-06-27 19:11:28.918]:      at org.netbeans.installer.Installer.main(Installer.java:81)
[2013-06-27 19:11:28.918]:     An error occured while initializing the NetBeans IDE installer UI.
[2013-06-27 19:11:28.918]:     Most probably the running JVM is not compatible with the current platform.
[2013-06-27 19:11:28.919]:     See FAQ at http://wiki.netbeans.org/FaqUnableToPrepareBundledJdk for more information.
[2013-06-27 19:11:28.919]:     /usr/local/java/jre1.7.0_25/lib/i386/xawt/libmawt.so: libXtst.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[2013-06-27 19:11:28.919]:     
[2013-06-27 19:11:28.919]:     Exception:
[2013-06-27 19:11:28.919]:       java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError:
[2013-06-27 19:11:28.919]:       /usr/local/java/jre1.7.0_25/lib/i386/xawt/libmawt.so: libXtst.so.6: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
[2013-06-27 19:11:28.919]:     
[2013-06-27 19:11:28.919]:     You can get more details about the issue in the installer log file:
[2013-06-27 19:11:28.919]:      /root/.nbi/log/20130627191128.log

I don't have the libXtst.so.6 file in any directory, and I can't seem to find it anywhere to download. Has anyone else run into this problem, or know a work around?

I would strongly suggest just running `sudo apt-get install openjdk-6- jdk` and see if that Java version is good enough for your purposes. That was built on your platform and should work well out of the box — Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen, Jun 28 '13 at 10:46
I had that before, and it was having errors with Netbeans. Trust me, I would rather use openjdk/jre than the Oracle ones, but it just doesn't work for whatever reason with Netbeans. — Tropical_Peach, Jun 30 '13 at 00:36
Whenever you run into problems with a software package under Linux, check what platforms are supported. http://wiki.netbeans.org/NetBeans_70_Supported_Platforms - if "I need this to work" is i mportant then you should only use one of those. Here Ubuntu 10.10. — Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen, Jun 30 '13 at 00:44

score 157 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 23 '22 at 23:40

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EDIT: As mentioned by Stephen Niedzielski in his comment, the issue seems to come from the 32-bit being of the JRE, which is de facto, looking for the 32-bit version of libXtst6. To install the required version of the library:

$ sudo apt-get install libxtst6:i386

Type:

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install libxtst6

If this isn’t OK, type:

$ sudo updatedb
$ locate libXtst

it should return something like:

/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXtst.so.6       # Mine is OK
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXtst.so.6.1.0

If you do not have libXtst.so.6 but do have libXtst.so.6.X.X create a symbolic link:

$ cd /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/
$ ln -s libXtst.so.6 libXtst.so.6.X.X

edited Dec 23 '22 at 23:40

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That did nothing, it installed something but I still get the same error. – Tropical_Peach Jun 28 '13 at 01:39
what do you get with `$ locate libXtst` ? Nothing ? – Gauthier Boaglio Jun 28 '13 at 01:41
Okay, this works, I have the package now. All I need to do now is find out where I need to put if for script to see it – Tropical_Peach Jun 28 '13 at 06:19
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Now, I'm getting '[2013-06-28 00:24:46.802]: /usr/local/java/jre1.7.0_25/lib/i386/xawt/libmawt.so: libXtst.so.6: wrong ELF class: ELFCLASS64' – Tropical_Peach Jun 28 '13 at 06:26
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Try the other one of the 32-bit/64-bit versions. – Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen Jun 28 '13 at 10:45
Thanks, I had already done that, but yes it works, turns out I had the 32-bit of JRE instead of the 64-bit. – Tropical_Peach Jun 30 '13 at 00:37
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`sudo apt-get install libxtst6:i386` – Stephen Niedzielski Oct 21 '13 at 02:50
+1 @StephenNiedzielski. ( Step 1) download http://www.ultramixer.com/download.html Step 2) sudo apt-get install libxtst6:i386 Step 3) run ./UltraMixer4.sh . Workings ) – Dec 27 '13 at 20:14
The answer above still works with Ubuntu 16 + Quartus II v12 32-bit edition. `sudo apt-get install libxtst6:i386` – Niklas Rosencrantz May 09 '16 at 12:46
I'd like to point out that this didn't work for me. Turned out I didn't even have the i386 architecture installed. So I had to first: `sudo dpkg --add-architecture i368` then `sudo apt-get update`. Then I could install the 32-bit package. – SeeJayBee Aug 10 '16 at 13:12
If you are looking for the i386 version of the file, it is in `/usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libXtst.so.6` – zed Sep 21 '16 at 22:28

score 13 · Answer 2 · edited Aug 11 '15 at 18:49

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This worked for me in Luna elementary OS

sudo apt-get install libxtst6:i386

edited Aug 11 '15 at 18:49

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score 6 · Answer 3 · edited Nov 23 '15 at 12:32

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Your problem comes from the 32/64 bit version of your JDK/JRE... Your shared lib is searched for a 32 bit version.

Your default JDK is a 32 bit version. Try to install a 64 bit one by default and relaunch your `.sh file.

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Darek Nowak · Answer 4 · 2017-09-20T12:58:46.540

Had that issue on Ubuntu 14.04, In my case I had also libXtst.so missing:

Could not open library 'libXtst.so': libXtst.so: cannot open shared object 
file: No such file or directory

Make sure your symbolic link is pointing to proper file, cd /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu and list libXtst with:

 ll |grep libXtst                                                                                                                                                           
 lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root        16 Oct  7  2016 libXtst.so.6 -> libXtst.so.6.1.0
 -rw-r--r--   1 root root     22880 Aug 16  2013 libXtst.so.6.1.0

Then just create proper symbolic link using:

sudo ln -s libXtst.so.6 libXtst.so

List again:

ll | grep libXtst
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root        12 Sep 20 10:23 libXtst -> libXtst.so.6
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root        12 Sep 20 10:23 libXtst.so -> libXtst.so.6
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root        16 Oct  7  2016 libXtst.so.6 -> libXtst.so.6.1.0
-rw-r--r--   1 root root     22880 Aug 16  2013 libXtst.so.6.1.0

all set!

score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 13 '22 at 00:53

I had this issue with CentOS 8 and all of the packages above did not solve my problem. When I reviewed the two folders that store these files (for 64 bit /usr/lib64/ vs 32 bit /usr/lib/) I found that the 64-bit folder did not have libXt (but I was on a 64 bit OS). So I ran:

yum install -y libXt.x86_64

And this resolved my problem. libXt.so.6 was now in that directory.

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