Why does command 'ldd /usr/bin/java' throws error 'libjli.so => not found' ?

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Issue

  • Command ldd /usr/bin/java not able to find libjli.so
# ldd /usr/bin/java
        linux-vdso.so.1 =>  (0x00007fff8a481000)
        libpthread.so.0 => /lib64/libpthread.so.0 (0x000000389a800000)
        libjli.so => not found                                                <---- library not found
        libz.so.1 => /lib64/libz.so.1 (0x000000389b800000)
        libdl.so.2 => /lib64/libdl.so.2 (0x000000389a000000)
        libc.so.6 => /lib64/libc.so.6 (0x000000389a400000)
        /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x0000003899c00000)

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • java-1.8.0-openjdk
  • libjli.so

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