Question: SAP Netweaver Development Edition & SAP GUI

[Former Member]

Hello,

I have successfully installed the latest SAP Netweaver Development Edition and am ready to get my SAP GUI running (Java Client). The installation fails with the following error message:

Failed to install native resource: Linux-lib.jar

Host system is Ubuntu, so is the guest system. Does this occur because the installation file provided is for MAC OS users?

Is there a SAP GUI version out there for Linux users?

Thank you / wieman01

[RMW · Accepted solution]

This looks like what is mentioned in note 1617725

In case the log contains an error message starting with "Failed to install native resource", it is likely that the used installer is for another platform. Then download the installer intended for your platform.

[Former Member]

Hello Martin,

Thank you for your answer. This worked, great!

The reason I was confused is because the SAP Netweaver package obviously includes one SAP GUI version for Windows and another two Java files that only work with Mac OS. I tried both and both failed as described. I would have expected a version for Linux as well, but apparently you need to download it separately.

Interestingly you can only download the SAP GUI client for Linux when you have a P-user ID. For Mac OS and Windows is provided as part of the Development package without a need for a P-user ID. To me that is a little odd and may not make a whole lot of sense.

wieman01

[RMW]

Hello,

Could you point me to where to download that package you were struggling with?

Maybe I can find someone responsible to forward your feedback.

Best regards

Rolf-Martin

[Former Member]

Rolf,

It took a little while to get back to you. This is the place from which I downloaded Netweaver:

SAP Netweaver 7.51

Like I said, there are two JAR files in the repository, but none of them work on Ubuntu.

wieman01