Can't find/install libXtst.so.6?

Question

I\'m running Ubuntu 12.10 and I\'m trying to install Netbeans 7.1(or later) I have the .sh file, but it won\'t install, the error appears here:

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Answer 1

EDIT: As mentioned by Stephen Niedzielski in his comment, the issue seems to come from the 32-bit being of the JRE, which is de facto, looking for the 32-bit version of libXtst6. To install the required version of the library:

$ sudo apt-get install libxtst6:i386

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Type:

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install libxtst6

If this isn’t OK, type:

$ sudo updatedb
$ locate libXtst

it should return something like:

/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXtst.so.6       # Mine is OK
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXtst.so.6.1.0

If you do not have libXtst.so.6 but do have libXtst.so.6.X.X create a symbolic link:

$ cd /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/
$ ln -s libXtst.so.6 libXtst.so.6.X.X

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

Your problem comes from the 32/64 bit version of your JDK/JRE... Your shared lib is searched for a 32 bit version.

Your default JDK is a 32 bit version. Try to install a 64 bit one by default and relaunch your `.sh file.

Answer 3

This worked for me in Luna elementary OS

sudo apt-get install libxtst6:i386

Answer 4

Had that issue on Ubuntu 14.04, In my case I had also libXtst.so missing:

Could not open library 'libXtst.so': libXtst.so: cannot open shared object 
file: No such file or directory

Make sure your symbolic link is pointing to proper file, cd /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu and list libXtst with:

 ll |grep libXtst                                                                                                                                                           
 lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root        16 Oct  7  2016 libXtst.so.6 -> libXtst.so.6.1.0
 -rw-r--r--   1 root root     22880 Aug 16  2013 libXtst.so.6.1.0

Then just create proper symbolic link using:

sudo ln -s libXtst.so.6 libXtst.so

List again:

ll | grep libXtst
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root        12 Sep 20 10:23 libXtst -> libXtst.so.6
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root        12 Sep 20 10:23 libXtst.so -> libXtst.so.6
lrwxrwxrwx   1 root root        16 Oct  7  2016 libXtst.so.6 -> libXtst.so.6.1.0
-rw-r--r--   1 root root     22880 Aug 16  2013 libXtst.so.6.1.0

all set!