OMNeT++ 5 IDE fails to run

Maytheewat Aramrattana

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Jul 5, 2017, 10:22:19 AM7/5/17

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Hello,

I have installed OMNeT++ 5.1.1 on my Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (32-bit). I configured it without Qt (./configure WITH_QTENV=no), Everything seems to work fine (I used it for Veins and I am able to run the simulation). However, when I try to run the IDE, nothing happens. The terminal shows "Starting the OMNeT++ IDE. . ." and nothing else shows up. Following are the other things I have tried:

- go to ../omnetpp-5.1.1/ide then run ./omnetpp
-->> bash: ./omnetpp: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error

- look at the error.log under
-->> /../omnetpp-5.1.1/bin/../ide/omnetpp: 1: /../omnetpp-5.1.1/bin/../ide/omnetpp: Syntax error: end of file unexpected (expecting ")")

It's not clear to me what went wrong from these error messages, is this because the OMNeT++ IDE does not support 32-bit OS? Has anyone experienced the same issue? Please advise.

Michael Kirsche

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Jul 5, 2017, 11:47:41 AM7/5/17

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The Eclipse IDE can normally run on both 32- and 64-bit Linux.
Do you have Java 1.8.x installed?

Maytheewat Aramrattana

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Jul 6, 2017, 5:59:08 AM7/6/17

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Yes, my java version is 1.8.0_131

Michael Kirsche

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Jul 6, 2017, 7:22:41 AM7/6/17

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I guess the executable was build for 64-bit Linux versions then.
Quick fix -> use an older OMNeT 5.0 installation.
Or switch to a 64-Bit Ubuntu...

Rudolf Hornig

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Jul 6, 2017, 7:39:12 AM7/6/17

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The IDE in 5.1 no longer support any 32-bit operating system, so you should use OMNeT++ 5.0.

Maytheewat Aramrattana

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Jul 6, 2017, 8:49:19 AM7/6/17

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Using OMNeT++ 5.0 works, thank you for your answers

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