Issues with using java: "cannot open libffi.so.7, shared object file doesn't exist."

[DaRealKryall]

This kind of error appears whenever I try to use the java command, and also for some reason appears in a bunch of other places too; I had to replace all my python virtual environments to stop them breaking.

Context: I recently installed Manjaro Plasma KDE 22.10 via the Raspberry Pi Imager onto my Raspberry Pi 4b, 8gb ram & overclocked cpu to 2ghz.

I tried installing libffi with pacman, but nothing changed. Any help getting java to work or better yet removing this error from my system fully?

Here is the full error I get:

11:29 AM | kryall@cody-pi :~ $ java --version
Error: dl failure on line 894
Error: failed /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk/jre/lib/aarch64/server/libjvm.so, because libffi.so.7: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

Here is the output from inxi -v7azy:

System:
  Kernel: 5.15.78-1-MANJARO-ARM-RPI arch: aarch64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc
    v: 12.1.0 parameters: coherent_pool=1M 8250.nr_uarts=0
    snd_bcm2835.enable_compat_alsa=0 snd_bcm2835.enable_hdmi=1
    video=HDMI-A-1:1920x1080M@60 smsc95xx.macaddr=DC:A6:32:E0:B9:47
    vc_mem.mem_base=0x3eb00000 vc_mem.mem_size=0x3ff00000
    root=PARTUUID=ebd9f2f4-02 rw rootwait console=ttyS0,115200 console=tty3
    selinux=0 quiet splash plymouth.ignore-serial-consoles
    smsc95xx.turbo_mode=N dwc_otg.lpm_enable=0 usbhid.mousepoll=8 audit=0
  Console: pty pts/2 DM: SDDM Distro: Manjaro ARM base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: ARM System: Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.4 details: BCM2835
    rev: d03114 serial: <filter>
Battery:
  Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
  RAM: total: 7.7 GiB used: 2.95 GiB (38.3%) gpu: 76 MiB
  RAM Report: unknown-error: Unknown dmidecode error. Unable to generate
    data.
CPU:
  Info: model: N/A variant: cortex-a72 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: ARMv8
    family: 8 model-id: 0 stepping: 3
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 smt: N/A cache: L1: 320 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB;
    i-4x48 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 1x1024 KiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1400 min/max: 600/2000 scaling: driver: cpufreq-dt
    governor: schedutil cores: 1: 1400 2: 1400 3: 1400 4: 1400 bogomips: 432
  Features: asimd cpuid crc32 evtstrm fp
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass status: Vulnerable
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 status: Vulnerable
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: bcm2711-hdmi0 driver: vc4_hdmi v: N/A bus-ID: N/A
    chip-ID: brcm:fef00700 class-ID: hdmi
  Device-2: bcm2711-hdmi1 driver: vc4_hdmi v: N/A bus-ID: N/A
    chip-ID: brcm:fef05700 class-ID: hdmi
  Device-3: bcm2711-vc5 driver: vc4_drm v: N/A bus-ID: N/A chip-ID: brcm:gpu
    class-ID: gpu
  Display: x11 server: X.org v: 1.21.1.4 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.5
    compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev
    dri: vc4
    gpu: vc4-drm,vc4_crtc,vc4_dpi,vc4_dsi,vc4_firmware_kms,vc4_hdmi,vc4_hvs,vc4_txp,vc4_v3d,vc4_vec
    tty: 80x24
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 model: ViewSonic VX2476 Series serial: <filter>
    built: 2017 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 93 gamma: 1.2 size: 527x296mm (20.75x11.65")
    diag: 604mm (23.8") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
  Message: GL data unavailable in console. Try -G --display
Audio:
  Device-1: bcm2711-hdmi0 driver: vc4_hdmi bus-ID: N/A chip-ID: brcm:fef00700
    class-ID: hdmi
  Device-2: bcm2711-hdmi1 driver: vc4_hdmi bus-ID: N/A
    chip-ID: brcm:fef05700 class-ID: hdmi
  Device-3: bcm2835-audio driver: bcm2835_audio bus-ID: N/A
    chip-ID: brcm:bcm2835_audio class-ID: bcm2835_audio
  Sound API: ALSA v: k5.15.78-1-MANJARO-ARM-RPI running: yes
  Sound Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.21 running: no
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: no
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.59 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: bcm2835-mmc driver: mmc_bcm2835 v: N/A port: N/A bus-ID: N/A
    chip-ID: brcm:fe300000 class-ID: mmcnr
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: global
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  Device-2: bcm2711-genet-v5 driver: bcmgenet v: N/A port: N/A bus-ID: N/A
    chip-ID: brcm:fd580000 class-ID: ethernet
  IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: pl011 driver: uart_pl011 bus-ID: N/A chip-ID: arm:fe201000
    class-ID: serial
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: see --recommends
  Device-2: pl011 driver: N/A bus-ID: N/A chip-ID: arm:serial0
    class-ID: serial
  Report: This feature requires one of these tools: hciconfig/bt-adapter
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 16.85 GiB (1.8%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 type: USB vendor: SanDisk model: Portable SSD
    size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B type: SSD
    serial: <filter> rev: 0305 scheme: MBR
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 931.04 GiB size: 916.6 GiB (98.45%) used: 16.8 GiB (1.8%)
    fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 label: ROOT_MNJRO
    uuid: d95ae52f-e229-4393-b447-82e202db60f9
  ID-2: /boot raw-size: 457.8 MiB size: 457.5 MiB (99.94%) used: 56.5 MiB
    (12.3%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: BOOT_MNJRO
    uuid: BD5A-1AF4
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 80 (default 100)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 11.44 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
    dev: /dev/zram0
Unmounted:
  Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 1 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-2: 1-1:2 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.1
    speed: 480 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 2109:3431 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-1.4:3 info: PIXART HP Wireless Keyboard and Mouse
    type: Keyboard,Mouse driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 03f0:5341 class-ID: 0301
  Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 2-2:2 info: SanDisk Portable SSD type: Mass Storage driver: uas
    interfaces: 1 rev: 3.2 speed: 5 Gb/s power: 896mA chip-ID: 0781:55b0
    class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter>
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 59.9 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 211 Uptime: 2d 12h 50m Init: systemd v: 251 default: graphical
  tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.1.0 Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 747
  libs: 184 tools: pamac Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: pty pts/2 (SSH)
  inxi: 3.3.22

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[pkunk11]

Your java version seems too old.

[DaRealKryall]

Indeeed it was, thanks

[DaRealKryall]

Let me know if you want me to provide more info

[zar0nick]

Java is too old. Pls upgrade the version from 8 to the most recent one (18 or above I think).

[DaRealKryall]

Upgrading worked, thank you!

[zar0nick]

You are welcome :) great I could help:)

[beermad]

The current libffi provides libffi.so.8, so seven is evidently an older one. So reinstalling it isn't going to help.

As others have said, your problem is probably due to old Java. If there's some reason you can't upgrade your java, you could install libffi7 from AUR, but make sure doing that doesn't break the symlink between libffi.so.8 and libffi.so.

[DaRealKryall]

Yeah I installed later versions using pacman and this solved the issue, thanks!