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| <p class="head">BIRT FAQ</p> |
| <p class="subhead">Linux Issues</p> |
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| <h1>Mozilla Browser on Linux</h1> |
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| <h2>BIRT doesn't work on Debian Linux. What can I do?</h2> |
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| <p>BIRT uses a browser for report preview. Eclipse works with a specific version |
| of the Mozilla browser. See the |
| <a href="http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/~checkout~/platform-swt-home/faq.html#browserlinux"> |
| SWT Linux Browser FAQ</a> for details.</p> |
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| <p> If you have an incorrect version, an error |
| message similar to the following may appear in your log file:</p> |
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| <pre class="code-block">!MESSAGE No more handles (java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: |
| ... |
| /org.eclipse.swt.gtk_3.0.1/os/linux/x86/libswt-mozilla-gtk-3063.so: |
| undefined symbol: _ZN9nsCStringC1Ev</pre> |
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| That is, different versions of the Mozilla browser may not be binary compatible |
| with the version used by Eclipse, resulting in the undefined symbol errors.</p> |
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| Check your browser version:</p> |
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| <pre class="code-block"># mozilla -version |
| Mozilla 1.7.6, Copyright (c) 2003-2004 mozilla.org, build 2005032401 |
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| <p> |
| If it is incorrect (according to the FAQ above), switch to the correct version. |
| Here's how to do this on Debian Linux:</p> |
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| <li>Uninstall your current Mozilla browser.</li> |
| <li>Fetch <code>mozilla-1.6-xft-gtk2-pc-linux.tar.bz2</code> from mozilla.org and |
| install it in <code>/usr/local/mozilla/mozilla</code></li> |
| <li>Add <code>/usr/local/mozilla/mozilla</code> to <code>/etc/ld.so.conf</code> and run <code>ldconfig</code> to |
| get the <code>libpath</code> updated.</li> |
| <li>Check that Eclipse uses your new Mozilla installation by issuing the |
| following command:</li> |
| </ul> |
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| <blockquote> |
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| <pre class="code-block">ldd <path to |
| eclipse>/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.swt.gtk_3.0.1/os/linux/x86/libswt-mozilla-gtk-3063.so |
| libxpcom.so => /usr/local/mozilla/mozilla/libxpcom.so .....</pre> |
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| <p> |
| If <code>libxpcom.so</code> points to your newly installed Mozilla, you are on the right |
| track. But if you start Eclipse and run BIRT you may now get the following |
| new error:</p> |
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| <pre class="code-block">org.eclipse.swt.SWTError: No more handles [Unknown mozilla path]</pre> |
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| </blockquote> |
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| <li>To resolve this error, add the following |
| to the <code>.bashrc</code> file in your home directory:</li> |
| </ul> |
| <blockquote> |
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| <pre class="code-block">MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME=/usr/local/mozilla/mozilla |
| export MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME</pre> |
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| <p> |
| To be sure the new environment variable is sourced, open a console and type: |
| </p> |
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| <pre class="code-block">source ~/.bashrc</pre> |
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| </blockquote> |
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| Now run Eclipse from the same terminal. |
| <code>cd</code> to you eclipse home and type <code>./eclipse</code> |
| and you should be home free.</p> |
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