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failed to load JMI shared library [message #1220927]

Mon, 16 December 2013 03:29

Eclipse User

I have been working happily with Eclipse on my Win 7 system for python development. After downloading a Jahshaka for video editing, my eclipse stopped working and gives the error message "Failed to load JMI shared library "C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre\bin\client\jmi.dll"" After displaying this message, eclipses quits. I checked and the file jmi.dll is where it should be. I reinstalled Java jre7 and reinstalled eclipse by deleting the eclipse folder from C:\Program Files (x86) and the .metadata folder from my workspace, but eclipse still doesn't work. Both Java and eclipse are the 64 bit versions.

Any ideas on how to get eclipse working again?

Thanks for the help, Brett

Re: failed to load JMI shared library [message #1221151 is a reply to message #1220927]

Mon, 16 December 2013 20:52

Eclipse User

On 12/16/2013 1:21 PM, Brett Kraabel wrote:
> I have been working happily with Eclipse on my Win 7 system for python
> development. After downloading a Jahshaka for video editing, my eclipse
> stopped working and gives the error message "Failed to load JMI shared
> library "C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre\bin\client\jmi.dll"" After
> displaying this message, eclipses quits. I checked and the file jmi.dll
> is where it should be. I reinstalled Java jre7 and reinstalled eclipse
> by deleting the eclipse folder from C:\Program Files (x86) and the
> .metadata folder from my workspace, but eclipse still doesn't work. Both
> Java and eclipse are the 64 bit versions.
> Any ideas on how to get eclipse working again?
>
> Thanks for the help, Brett
Most likely something you installed messed with your PATH and its now
messing up running the Java that you expect.

Its always best to explicitly tell Eclipse where to find the JVM by
specifying the path to the vm on the command line or to edit the
eclipse.ini file to add the explicit path.

There's a sticky post at the top of the Newcomers form titled Trouble
getting Eclipse to run. This post points to a page that describes how
to setup the eclipse.ini file.

Re: failed to load JMI shared library [message #1221494 is a reply to message #1221151]

Tue, 17 December 2013 15:39

Eclipse User

I was told that this error related to having different bit versions of the components needed to run Eclipse, this information is found if you search Google for "failed to load jni shared library" and click the first thing Google finds in StackOverflow called "eclipse - Failed to load the JNI shared Library (JDK) - Stack Overflow"

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