java -version giving error in Red Hat Enterprise Linux release 8.3

Question

I have installed jdk1.6 in my RHEL 8.3 OS , and changed the JAVA_HOME to point to this folder.

However, if i do a java -version, it shows below error :

Error occurred during initialization of VM
Unable to load native library: libnsl.so.1: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Have restarted the putty session but still the issue persists. Any help is appreciated..

Stéphane Millien · Accepted Answer · 2021-04-16T14:12:11.413

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You can try:

sudo dnf install libnsl

As Martin Zeitler said, if your JDK is 32 bits, it can be:

sudo dnf install libnsl.i686

But if your JDK is 64 bits, the command is:

sudo dnf install libnsl.x86_64

The problem is that the command java -version fails, so we can't see if the architecture is 32 or 64 bits.

edited Apr 16 '21 at 14:12

answered Apr 15 '21 at 23:04

Stéphane Millien

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This might be `libnsl.i686`? `dnf whatprovides */libnsl.so.1`. – Martin Zeitler Apr 15 '21 at 23:21
"username" is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported. Seems like root privileges are required.. – Shubham Uniyal Apr 16 '21 at 15:19
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@Shubham Uniyal, This occurs when you use the command `sudo` and you are not an admin. Ask an admin to complete this installation task. – Stéphane Millien Apr 16 '21 at 15:23
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@Shubham Uniyal, see: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47806576/linux-username-is-not-in-the-sudoers-file-this-incident-will-be-reported – Arthur Apr 16 '21 at 15:26

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