Arduino 1.6.2 fails to start on Linux x64

[aveekbh]

Arduino 1.6.2 IDE does not start on Ubuntu 14.10 (x64). The splash screen comes up briefly, but there is a Java error:

arduino-1.6.2$ ./arduino
java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: com.sun.jna.Native.pointerSize()I
at com.sun.jna.Native.pointerSize(Native Method)
at com.sun.jna.Native.(Native.java:93)
at cc.arduino.os.linux.LibCNative.(LibCNative.java:38)
at cc.arduino.os.linux.LinuxFileNativeUtils.(LinuxFileNativeUtils.java:36)
at cc.arduino.os.FileNativeUtils.chmod(FileNativeUtils.java:51)
at cc.arduino.utils.ArchiveExtractor.extract(ArchiveExtractor.java:236)
at processing.app.BaseNoGui.initPackages(BaseNoGui.java:585)
at processing.app.Base.(Base.java:256)
at processing.app.Base.guardedMain(Base.java:198)
at processing.app.Base.main(Base.java:113)

The Java version is:
$ java -version
java version "1.6.0_34"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.13.6) (6b34-1.13.6-1ubuntu0.14.10.1)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.25-b01, mixed mode)

[sej7278]

seeing the same in issue #2830 on debian sid/jessie

java -version
java version "1.7.0_75"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea 2.5.4) (7u75-2.5.4-3)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.75-b04, mixed mode)

i believe its partially (?) due to the tarball containing an empty hardware directory.

[mithat]

The problem exists for the Linux 32 bit version as well.

java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: com.sun.jna.Native.pointerSize()I
    at com.sun.jna.Native.pointerSize(Native Method)
    at com.sun.jna.Native.<clinit>(Native.java:93)
    at cc.arduino.os.linux.LibCNative.<clinit>(LibCNative.java:38)
    at cc.arduino.os.linux.LinuxFileNativeUtils.<clinit>(LinuxFileNativeUtils.java:36)
    at cc.arduino.os.FileNativeUtils.chmod(FileNativeUtils.java:51)
    at cc.arduino.utils.ArchiveExtractor.extract(ArchiveExtractor.java:236)
    at processing.app.BaseNoGui.initPackages(BaseNoGui.java:585)
    at processing.app.Base.<init>(Base.java:256)
    at processing.app.Base.guardedMain(Base.java:198)
    at processing.app.Base.main(Base.java:113)

java -version
java version "1.7.0_75"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea 2.5.4) (7u75-2.5.4-3)
OpenJDK Server VM (build 24.75-b04, mixed mode)

aptosid Linux (Debian sid derivative)

[jan-r]

Same problem on Mint 16 64-bit:

java version "1.7.0_55"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea 2.4.7) (7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1~0.13.10.1)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.51-b03, mixed mode)

Linux 3.11.0-12-generic #19-Ubuntu SMP Wed Oct 9 16:20:46 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[jmd1979]

I have the same problem on ubuntu 12.04 64 bit

java version "1.7.0_75"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea 2.5.4) (7u75-2.5.4-1~precise1)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.75-b04, mixed mode)

java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: com.sun.jna.Native.pointerSize()I
at com.sun.jna.Native.pointerSize(Native Method)
at com.sun.jna.Native.(Native.java:93)
at cc.arduino.os.linux.LibCNative.(LibCNative.java:38)
at cc.arduino.os.linux.LinuxFileNativeUtils.(LinuxFileNativeUtils.java:36)
at cc.arduino.os.FileNativeUtils.chmod(FileNativeUtils.java:51)
at cc.arduino.utils.ArchiveExtractor.extract(ArchiveExtractor.java:236)
at processing.app.BaseNoGui.initPackages(BaseNoGui.java:585)
at processing.app.Base.(Base.java:256)
at processing.app.Base.guardedMain(Base.java:198)
at processing.app.Base.main(Base.java:113)

[q2dg]

In my Fedora 21 works well:

openjdk version "1.8.0_40"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_40-b25)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.40-b25, mixed mode)

It seems it's a issue with Java version...

P.D: Library and board manager, however, appear without the closing button "X"...mmm

[mithat]

@q2dg I tried OpenJDK 1.8 on 32-bit aptosid (Debian sid derivative) and got the same errors as with 1.7:

java -version
openjdk version "1.8.0_40-internal"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_40-internal-b27)
OpenJDK Server VM (build 25.40-b25, mixed mode)

java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: com.sun.jna.Native.pointerSize()I
    at com.sun.jna.Native.pointerSize(Native Method)
    at com.sun.jna.Native.<clinit>(Native.java:93)
    at cc.arduino.os.linux.LibCNative.<clinit>(LibCNative.java:38)
    at cc.arduino.os.linux.LinuxFileNativeUtils.<clinit>(LinuxFileNativeUtils.java:36)
    at cc.arduino.os.FileNativeUtils.chmod(FileNativeUtils.java:51)
    at cc.arduino.utils.ArchiveExtractor.extract(ArchiveExtractor.java:236)
    at processing.app.BaseNoGui.initPackages(BaseNoGui.java:585)
    at processing.app.Base.<init>(Base.java:256)
    at processing.app.Base.guardedMain(Base.java:198)
    at processing.app.Base.main(Base.java:113)

[sej7278]

me too, java 1.8 on 64-bit debian sid gives exactly the same error.

[Robot-Will]

Google jna-3.2.7.jar and downlad the file, rename it to jna.jar, then replace the same file in [arduino dir]/lib, and Arduino IDE will start.

[ffissore]

Fixed with b65b576. A nightly build is on the way

[ffissore]

Nightly ready

[aveekbh]

Hello Federico

The nightly build from 2015-03-30 starts up fine, but won't compile any sketches. Opened issue #2849

[Nzaga]

Use sudo update-alternatives --config java to check for the jdk version you are using. Change it to 1.7.* . Then start again the arduino