I'm trying to do some template matching with the Java binding of OpenCV 4.3.0 in Eclipse, but attempting to load the template image always results in this error:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: org.opencv.imgcodecs.Imgcodecs.imread_0(Ljava/lang/String;I)J
The line of code where this exception is thrown is this:
flowerTemplate = Imgcodecs.imread("/templates/flowerpot_white.png", Imgcodecs.IMREAD_COLOR);
I have tried a number of solutions suggested on similar questions on StackOverflow and elsewhere on the internet, including:
Pointing at the native library folder with the "Native library location" variable in the user library definition in Eclipse.
Adding the native library folder location to my PATH variable.
Adding the native library .dll location to my PATH variable.
Setting up the Eclipse run configuration to add the native library folder & .dll locations to the PATH and CLASSPATH variables.
Loading the library with the appropriate Java code, in each of the three ways I saw it suggested, in three different places which all run before the code that throws the exception.
System.loadLibrary(Core.NATIVE_LIBRARY_NAME);
System.load(<path_to_the_dll>);
File opencvLibrary = new File(System.mapLibraryName(Core.NATIVE_LIBRARY_NAME));
System.load(opencvLibrary.getAbsolutePath());
Placing the .dll in question into my source folder and every subfolder. I am running it from within Eclipse, so this is also the program's working directory.
UnsatisfiedLinkError is a runtime exception that happens when running your Java program. So placing your file in the source folder will not work.
You need it to be available in a place that your program can find it.
See this article for example:
https://www.javaworld.com/article/2077520/java-tip-23--write-native-methods.html
In it they place the library in Linux's library path. In windows you'd similarly place it in the current directory (where you're running from) or in some shared location.
This article explains Window's dll search order: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/dlls/dynamic-link-library-search-order
You shouldn't need to explicitly call System.loadLibrary() yourself. That's the library's responsibility.
Your problem is that OpenCV is improperly installed on your machine or inaccessible from Eclipse.
For instructions on how to make in work in Eclipse see:
Add .dll to java.library.path in Eclipse/PyDev Jython project
After removing every load method and then adding them back one-by-one, I determined that the issue was most likely caused by Eclipse loading the native library folder twice.
Hello This is my code :
if (isWindows()) {
//System.setProperty("jna.library.path", getClass().getResource("/resources/win32-x86").getPath());//netbeans WinOs
System.setProperty("jna.library.path", System.getProperty("user.dir").toString()+File.separator+"Desktop");//compiler WinOs
} else if (isMac()) {
//System.setProperty("jna.library.path", getClass().getResource("/resources").getPath());//netbeans MacOs
System.setProperty("jna.library.path", System.getProperty("user.dir").toString()+File.separator+"Desktop");//compiler MacOs
} else {
System.out.println("Your OS is not support!!");
}
Why I have 2 PATH (don't understand because for add an image i have only one Path) by OS, one for use with IDE and another for use with .JAR ?
I just realized, that when I'm use windows and I run the project (from netbeans) the "Library" load and I get the information, but when I compile and I launch my .jar I get error :
Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: %1 is not a valid Win32 application.
My Structure
It is correct?
On mac only work with this command : java -jar "/System/Volumes/Data/Users/hugoclo/NetBeansProjects/Prezauto/dist/Prezauto.jar"since Terminal. If click on jar i have message error : Not Found .....
Sorry about my English,
There can be two reasons for the "why". While Java is cross-platform, JNA (which relies on some native code) must necessarily behave differently on different operating systems. Particularly in the case of loading DLLs (Windows) or dynamic libraries (OSX), you don't want to mix and match. Because it might be possible to have a dll with the same name compiled for different operating systems, JNA's Getting Started page identifies standard locations for these libraries:
Make your target library available to your Java program. There are several ways to do this:
The preferred method is to set the jna.library.path system property to the path to your target library. This property is similar to java.library.path, but only applies to libraries loaded by JNA.
Change the appropriate library access environment variable before launching the VM. This is PATH on Windows, LD_LIBRARY_PATH on Linux, and DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH on OSX.
Make your native library available on your classpath, under the path {OS}-{ARCH}/{LIBRARY}, where {OS}-{ARCH} is JNA's canonical prefix for native libraries (e.g. win32-x86, linux-amd64, or darwin). If the resource is within a jar file it will be automatically extracted when loaded.
In your code, you appear to be trying to do the first option (setting the jna.library.path) to include the user's desktop. That's fine for testing, not good for production, and likely the reason your compiled jar can't find it. Furthermore, by setting this variable, you are overwriting any previous (default) location for it. If you want to go this route, you should copy the saved location and then append your own additional path to it.
However, for code you'll distribute to users, you don't want to have to rely on an absolute file path. It's far better to put the library in a standard relative path location: a resources path (src/main/resources if using Maven) that will be available on your (or any user's) classpath when executing. This seems to align with the commented-out Windows branch of your code, which will look in the win32-x86 subdirectory of your resources folder.
You may have told your IDE to add something to the classpath (so it works there) but if it's not in a standard location, it may fail in a jar.
I'm not sure why the macOS branch of your code does not put the resources in the darwin subdirectory but it probably should.
I need to create a runnable jar in Windows with Eclipse and start it with Linux
I'm getting an unsatisfiedLinkError while loading OpenCv. I have edited the correct library path for a Linux computer in Eclipse and finally created a runnable jar. When I start the *.jar file in linux and get the following error.
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: no
opencv_java2411 in java.library.path
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary(ClassLoader.java:1889)
at java.lang.Runtime.loadLibrary0(Runtime.java:900)
at java.lang.System.loadLibrary(System.java:1087)
Basically i have two question.
1. How can i get the loaded library path at runtime?
2. Is it possible that the chosen way is not the right way to handle the problem?
Thanks
One important this to keep in mind for loading linux libraries with System.loadLibrary, omit the lib prefix in the library name, for instance, if the library name is libxyz.so, your call would be:
System.loadLibrary("xyz");
Set the path of OpenCV in the variable LD_LIBRARY_PATH. You can do it in the shell where you run the "jar". Use export command.
How can I load a custom dll file in my web application? I've tried the following:
Copied all required dlls in system32 folder and tried to load one of them in Servlet constructor System.loadLibrary
Copied required dlls into tomcat_home/shared/lib and tomcat_home/common/lib
All these dlls are in WEB-INF/lib of the web-application
In order for System.loadLibrary() to work, the library (on Windows, a DLL) must be in a directory somewhere on your PATH or on a path listed in the java.library.path system property (so you can launch Java like java -Djava.library.path=/path/to/dir).
Additionally, for loadLibrary(), you specify the base name of the library, without the .dll at the end. So, for /path/to/something.dll, you would just use System.loadLibrary("something").
You also need to look at the exact UnsatisfiedLinkError that you are getting. If it says something like:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: no foo in java.library.path
then it can't find the foo library (foo.dll) in your PATH or java.library.path. If it says something like:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: com.example.program.ClassName.foo()V
then something is wrong with the library itself in the sense that Java is not able to map a native Java function in your application to its actual native counterpart.
To start with, I would put some logging around your System.loadLibrary() call to see if that executes properly. If it throws an exception or is not in a code path that is actually executed, then you will always get the latter type of UnsatisfiedLinkError explained above.
As a sidenote, most people put their loadLibrary() calls into a static initializer block in the class with the native methods, to ensure that it is always executed exactly once:
class Foo {
static {
System.loadLibrary('foo');
}
public Foo() {
}
}
Changing 'java.library.path' variable at runtime is not enough because it is read only once by JVM. You have to reset it like:
System.setProperty("java.library.path", path);
//set sys_paths to null
final Field sysPathsField = ClassLoader.class.getDeclaredField("sys_paths");
sysPathsField.setAccessible(true);
sysPathsField.set(null, null);
Please, take a loot at: Changing Java Library Path at Runtime.
The original answer by Adam Batkin will lead you to a solution, but if you redeploy your webapp (without restarting your web container), you should run into the following error:
java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: Native Library "foo" already loaded in another classloader
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary0(ClassLoader.java:1715)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary(ClassLoader.java:1646)
at java.lang.Runtime.load0(Runtime.java:787)
at java.lang.System.load(System.java:1022)
This happens because the ClassLoader that originally loaded your DLL still references this DLL. However, your webapp is now running with a new ClassLoader, and because the same JVM is running and a JVM won't allow 2 references to the same DLL, you can't reload it. Thus, your webapp can't access the existing DLL and can't load a new one. So.... you're stuck.
Tomcat's ClassLoader documentation outlines why your reloaded webapp runs in a new isolated ClassLoader and how you can work around this limitation (at a very high level).
The solution is to extend Adam Batkin's solution a little:
package awesome;
public class Foo {
static {
System.loadLibrary('foo');
}
// required to work with JDK 6 and JDK 7
public static void main(String[] args) {
}
}
Then placing a jar containing JUST this compiled class into the TOMCAT_HOME/lib folder.
Now, within your webapp, you just have to force Tomcat to reference this class, which can be done as simply as this:
Class.forName("awesome.Foo");
Now your DLL should be loaded in the common classloader, and can be referenced from your webapp even after being redeployed.
Make sense?
A working reference copy can be found on google code, static-dll-bootstrapper .
You can use System.load() to provide an absolute path which is what you want, rather than a file in the standard library folder for the respective OS.
If you want native applications that already exist, use System.loadLibrary(String filename). If you want to provide your own you're probably better with load().
You should also be able to use loadLibrary with the java.library.path set correctly. See ClassLoader.java for implementation source showing both paths being checked (OpenJDK)
In the case where the problem is that System.loadLibrary cannot find the DLL in question, one common misconception (reinforced by Java's error message) is that the system property java.library.path is the answer. If you set the system property java.library.path to the directory where your DLL is located, then System.loadLibrary will indeed find your DLL. However, if your DLL in turn depends on other DLLs, as is often the case, then java.library.path cannot help, because the loading of the dependent DLLs is managed entirely by the operating system, which knows nothing of java.library.path. Thus, it is almost always better to bypass java.library.path and simply add your DLL's directory to LD_LIBRARY_PATH (Linux), DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH (MacOS), or Path (Windows) prior to starting the JVM.
(Note: I am using the term "DLL" in the generic sense of DLL or shared library.)
If you need to load a file that's relative to some directory where you already are (like in the current directory), here's an easy solution:
File f;
if (System.getProperty("sun.arch.data.model").equals("32")) {
// 32-bit JVM
f = new File("mylibfile32.so");
} else {
// 64-bit JVM
f = new File("mylibfile64.so");
}
System.load(f.getAbsolutePath());
For those who are looking for java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: no pdf_java in java.library.path
I was facing same exception; I tried everything and important things to make it work are:
Correct version of pdf lib.jar ( In my case it was wrong version jar kept in server runtime )
Make a folder and keep the pdflib jar in it and add the folder in your PATH variable
It worked with tomcat 6.
If you believe that you added a path of native lib to %PATH%, try testing with:
System.out.println(System.getProperty("java.library.path"))
It should show you actually if your dll is on %PATH%
Restart the IDE Idea, which appeared to work for me after I setup the env variable by adding it to the %PATH%
The issue for me was naming:
The library name should begin with "lib..." such as libnative.dll.
So you might think you need to load "libnative": System.loadLibrary("libnative")
But you actually need to load "native": System.loadLibrary("native")
Poor me ! spent a whole day behind this.Writing it down here if any body replicates this issue.
I was trying to load as Adam suggested but then got caught with AMD64 vs IA 32 exception.If in any case after working as per Adam's(no doubt the best pick) walkthrough,try to have a 64 bit version of latest jre.Make sure your JRE AND JDK are 64 bit and you have correctly added it to your classpath.
My working example goes here:unstatisfied link error
I'm using Mac OS X Yosemite and Netbeans 8.02, I got the same error and the simple solution I have found is like above, this is useful when you need to include native library in the project. So do the next for Netbeans:
1.- Right click on the Project
2.- Properties
3.- Click on RUN
4.- VM Options: java -Djava.library.path="your_path"
5.- for example in my case: java -Djava.library.path=</Users/Lexynux/NetBeansProjects/NAO/libs>
6.- Ok
I hope it could be useful for someone.
The link where I found the solution is here:
java.library.path – What is it and how to use
It is simple just write java -XshowSettings:properties on your command line in windows and then paste all the files in the path shown by the java.library.path.
I had the same problem and the error was due to a rename of the dll.
It could happen that the library name is also written somewhere inside the dll.
When I put back its original name I was able to load using System.loadLibrary
First, you'll want to ensure the directory to your native library is on the java.library.path. See how to do that here. Then, you can call System.loadLibrary(nativeLibraryNameWithoutExtension) - making sure to not include the file extension in the name of your library.
I want to try JNotify, the plugin library for watching file system changes, but cannot figure out how to configure it. The web page for JNotify says that "java.library.path should point to the location of the native libraries that comes with jnotify (dlls, so dylibs etc)". I am rather new to Mac OS X and don't really know how to do this. I'm using NetBeans and was hoping there was a simple way of adding it to the path in there. I tried it by simply adding the jar file to the Libraries node in the project, and importing it by "import net.contentobjects.jnotify.*;", but that didn't help. I'm getting this:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: no jnotify in java.library.path
It also seems I need to add native libraries (.so file for Mac I guess) into the same path.
So how do I do this?
java.library.path is a Java system variable, you have to set this particular one by using the -D switch when launching the program:
java -Djava.library.path=/path/to/dylibs your.MainClass
It should be possible to tell Netbeans to add some command line parameters when starting your program somewhere in your project's properties.
On OS X, the directory you want is wherever the .dylib files are, not the .so ones.
JNotify does NOT work on MAC OSX 10.6.8. As simple as that. :( On Linux works fine! File modified is not correctly reported no matter what you try.