I'm trying to launch Java: $ java -version java: error while loading shared libraries: libjli.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory $ ldd /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/bin/java linux-gate.so.1 => (0xb779f000) libz.so.1 => /usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0xb7780000) libpthread.so.0 => /lib/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0 (0xb7767000) libjli.so => /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/bin/../lib/i386/jli/libjli.so (0xb7762000) libdl.so.2 => /lib/i686/cmov/libdl.so.2 (0xb775e000) libc.so.6 => /lib/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (0xb7603000) /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0xb77a0000 $ ls /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/bin/../lib/i386/jli/ libjli.so However Java does work under root: $ sudo java -version java version "1.6.0_18" OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.8.7) (6b18-1.8.7-2~lenny1) OpenJDK Client VM (build 14.0-b16, mixed mode, sharing) How can I launch Java as a regular user without errors?