The problem faced when starting PDI 5.0 either from binary distribution either from source build in Ubuntu is that it breaks down the JVM with dump like:
# # A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment: # # SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0x00007fe30873d2a1, pid=4547, tid=140615535015680 # # JRE version: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (8.0_31-b13) (build 1.8.0_31-b13) # Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (25.31-b07 mixed mode linux-amd64 compressed oops) # Problematic frame: # C [libsoup-2.4.so.1+0x6c2a1] soup_session_feature_detach+0x11 # # Failed to write core dump. Core dumps have been disabled. To enable core dumping, try "ulimit -c unlimited" before starting Java again # # If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit: # http://bugreport.java.com/bugreport/crash.jsp # The crash happened outside the Java Virtual Machine in native code. # See problematic frame for where to report the bug. #
The problem is with the packed SWT library. This can be easily fixed if the swt.jar from working PDI 5.1 or 5.2 distributions is used.
