"Could not find agent library native-image-agent on the library path"

[simonDeHero]

Hi,
i would like to use the native-image-agent like described here. but i get the following error

$ /opt/graalvm-ce-1.0.0-rc13/bin/./java -jar -agentlib:native-image-agent=output=./trace-file.json app.jar
Error occurred during initialization of VM
Could not find agent library native-image-agent on the library path, with error: libnative-image-agent.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

i get basically the same error, when i use the JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS:

$ export JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS="-agentlib:native-image-agent=output=/tmp/trace-file.json"
$ /opt/graalvm-ce-1.0.0-rc13/bin/./java -jar app.jar
Picked up JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS: -agentlib:native-image-agent=output=/tmp/trace-file.json
Error occurred during initialization of VM
Could not find agent library native-image-agent on the library path, with error: libnative-image-agent.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

i use graalvm rc13.

thx for having a look!

[PatrykGala]

Library doesn't exist in dir:
/path/to/graalvm/jre/lib/amd64/libnative-image-agent.so

[cstancu]

This feature was merged after the RC13 release. You can build GraalVM from source or wait for the RC14 release to use this feature.

[simonDeHero]

@cstancu thx, i'll wait for rc14 :-)

[jesty]

Hi, I'm getting the same error with rc14 on Mac OS.

$ java -version
openjdk version "1.8.0_202"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_202-20190206132754.buildslave.jdk8u-src-tar--b08)
OpenJDK GraalVM CE 1.0.0-rc14 (build 25.202-b08-jvmci-0.56, mixed mode)

The error is:
Error occurred during initialization of VM
Could not find agent library native-image-agent on the library path, with error: dlopen(libnative-image-agent.dylib, 1): image not found

The file libnative-image-agent.dylib is in graalvm-ce-1.0.0-rc14/Contents/Home/jre/lib/amd64.
What I'm doing wrong?

[cstancu]

@jesty the described agent is currently only supported on Linux.

[jesty]

You are right, I was tricked by some other link I read.
Do you know if I can do that using a Docker image? Tonight I'm trying to do something like that:

FROM ubuntu
RUN apt-get update && \
    apt-get -y install gcc libc6-dev zlib1g-dev curl bash && \
    rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
ENV GRAAL_VERSION 1.0.0-rc14
ENV GRAAL_FILENAME graalvm-ce-${GRAAL_VERSION}-linux-amd64.tar.gz
ENV JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS -agentlib:native-image-agent=trace-output=trace.json
RUN curl -4 -L https://github.com/oracle/graal/releases/download/vm-${GRAAL_VERSION}/${GRAAL_FILENAME} -o /tmp/${GRAAL_FILENAME}
RUN tar -zxvf /tmp/${GRAAL_FILENAME} -C /tmp \
    && mv /tmp/graalvm-ce-${GRAAL_VERSION} /usr/lib/graalvm
RUN rm -rf /tmp/*
COPY target/my-app-1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar app.jar
CMD ["/usr/lib/graalvm/bin/java", "-jar", "app.jar"]

But I got this exception:
Picked up JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS: -agentlib:native-image-agent=trace-output=trace.json
/b/b/e/main/substratevm/src/com.oracle.svm.native.agent/src/trace-agent.c:74: Agent_OnLoad: check failed, aborting: strstr(options, output_opt) == options

Obviously, if I comment on the JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS env var, the application starts.
Otherwise, in the weekend it will be the right time to install Linux :)

[cstancu]

@jesty I think that's a failure of the agent itself, not of your setup. See also #1100.

[jesty]

Sorry, but in #1100 you told that I must use rc14 and in my docker file I'm using rc14. Are you ok with this? Tonight I will try with a more simple jar.
Just to know, I'm trying a simple main that do a set and get on Redis using Lettuce.

[cstancu]

No, what I said was to build from latest master since we have fixed some bugs after the RC14 release. But you may not need to. Does #1100 (comment) solve your problem?

[jesty]

Ok, now it's clear for me. Thank you for your time. As soon as possible I will try it.

[adam-krieg]

I'm trying to run this on graalvm-ce-19.1.0 as bundled with the graalvm-ce-linux-amd64-19.1.0.tar.gz and running into this same error.

graalvm-ce-19.1.0]$ find . -name *.so ./lib/visualvm/visualvm/lib/deployed/jdk15/linux-amd64/libprofilerinterface.so ./lib/visualvm/visualvm/lib/deployed/jdk16/linux-amd64/libprofilerinterface.so ./lib/amd64/jli/libjli.so ./lib/amd64/libjawt.so ./jre/lib/polyglot/libpolyglot.so ./jre/lib/amd64/liblcms.so ./jre/lib/amd64/libjsdt.so ./jre/lib/amd64/libsplashscreen.so ./jre/lib/amd64/libawt_xawt.so ./jre/lib/amd64/libnet.so ./jre/lib/amd64/libj2pcsc.so ./jre/lib/amd64/libsunec.so ./jre/lib/amd64/libjaas_unix.so ./jre/lib/amd64/libjpeg.so ./jre/lib/amd64/libinstrument.so ./jre/lib/amd64/libhprof.so ./jre/lib/amd64/libjsoundalsa.so ./jre/lib/amd64/libtrufflenfi.so ./jre/lib/amd64/libj2pkcs11.so ./jre/lib/amd64/libjava.so ./jre/lib/amd64/libnpt.so ./jre/lib/amd64/libjsound.so ./jre/lib/amd64/jli/libjli.so ./jre/lib/amd64/libzip.so ./jre/lib/amd64/libsaproc.so ./jre/lib/amd64/libawt.so ./jre/lib/amd64/libj2gss.so ./jre/lib/amd64/libjava_crw_demo.so ./jre/lib/amd64/libjvmcicompiler.so ./jre/lib/amd64/libmanagement.so ./jre/lib/amd64/libattach.so ./jre/lib/amd64/libdt_socket.so ./jre/lib/amd64/libverify.so ./jre/lib/amd64/libfontmanager.so ./jre/lib/amd64/libjawt.so ./jre/lib/amd64/libnio.so ./jre/lib/amd64/libawt_headless.so ./jre/lib/amd64/libmlib_image.so ./jre/lib/amd64/libunpack.so ./jre/lib/amd64/libjdwp.so ./jre/lib/amd64/libsctp.so ./jre/lib/amd64/server/libjvm.so ./jre/lib/amd64/server/libjsig.so ./jre/lib/amd64/libjsig.so ./jre/languages/llvm/native/lib/libsulong.so ./jre/languages/llvm/native/lib/libpolyglot-mock.so

[adam-krieg]

I now see the native-image stuff has been pulled out into a plugin and I need to install the native-image-installable-svm-linux-amd64-19.1.0.jar to make it go.

[hakdogan]

Hi,

I'm getting the same error with 20.2.0 on Ubuntu 18.04.1

java -version
openjdk version "11.0.9" 2020-10-20
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11.0.9+11-Ubuntu-0ubuntu1.18.04.1)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 11.0.9+11-Ubuntu-0ubuntu1.18.04.1, mixed mode, sharing)

When I execute java -agentlib:native-image-agent=config-output-dir=/home/hakdogan/config -jar sample-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT-runner.jar command I get the following error

Error occurred during initialization of VM
Could not find agent library native-image-agent on the library path, with error: libnative-image-agent.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

bin directory of Graal defined at .bashrc. An interesting point for me, if I give the full path of the java file the agent initialize and the command completed successfully

$GRAAL_HOME/bin/java -agentlib:native-image-agent=config-output-dir=/home/hakdogan/config -jar sample-1.0.0-SNAPSHOT-runner.jar