ld: fatal: library -ljvm: not found with opatch or when relinking Forms on Solaris

(Doc ID 556240.1)

Last updated on OCTOBER 31, 2016

Applies to:

Oracle Forms - Version 10.1.2.0.2 to 10.1.2.2.1 [Release Oracle10g to 10.1.2.2.1]
Oracle Solaris on SPARC (64-bit)
Oracle Solaris on SPARC (32-bit)
***Checked for relevance on 30-Jan-2014***

Sun Solaris SPARC (64-bit)Sun Solaris SPARC (32-bit)

Solaris Operating System (SPARC 64-bit)Solaris Operating System (SPARC 32-bit)


Symptoms

When attempting to apply a patch using opatch (opatch apply) or when relinking Forms (make -f ins_forms.mk ..) the following error occurs:


ld: fatal: library -ljvm: not found
ld: fatal: File processing errors. No output written to frmbld

make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `frmbld'



The error above occurred on frmbld, but can occur on any Forms binary.

Cause

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