Sikuli doesn't work on 64-bit operating systems

[Tsung-Hsiang Chang]

Pedram Amini and Limo Driver suggested to provide a parameter to select a different JRE for windows' .exe.

[Sergey Darovskih (darovskih)]

I installed 64 bit JRE and it started to work.

[Olexandr Savchuk (mail-olex)]

Interestingly enough, it works for me by forcing 32-bit JRE via modifiying the included batch file. Refuses to launch with 64-bit JRE. Windows 7 Professional x64.

[Sikuli User (dapthar)]

Olexander,

Can you show the changes you made to the batch file? Mine is shown below, just after installation.

Thanks.

@echo off
PATH=%PATH%;%~d0%~p0\tmplib
java -Dpython.path="%~d0%~p0\sikuli-ide-full.jar\Lib" -cp "%~d0%~p0\sikuli-ide-full.jar" edu.mit.csail.uid.SikuliIDE %*

[Eloi (eloi)]

Change the .bat file to something like below
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin\java.exe" should be the default, do a search for the x86 version of the jre java.exe.

@echo off
PATH=%PATH%;%~d0%~p0\tmplib
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin\java.exe" -Dpython.path="%~d0%~p0\sikuli-ide-full.jar\Lib" -cp "%~d0%~p0\sikuli-ide-full.jar" edu.mit.csail.uid.SikuliIDE %*

[yoshi (lee-0-21)]

Thanks made the changes suggested above by Eloi, and the batch file now seems to work

[Roman Myers (romnempire)]

Tried installing 64x Java and editing the .bat file.

Running the .exe still does nothing.

(Windows 7 x64 Professional)

any other ideas?

[yoshi (lee-0-21)]

Roman, running the exe does nothing for me, but run the bat file you edited... that should yield results

[Roman Myers (romnempire)]

i get a message that says:

redirect stdout/stderr to console

is that the normal operation, or should i get something else?

[Knight Samar (knightsamar)]

Yeah that also appears on Linux 32-bit. Do you get the GUI, Roman Meyers ?

[Roman Myers (romnempire)]

When i ran the bat file, i had changed the dir to my 64 bit version of Java, and i would only get the message, but not the Sikuli GUI.

After experimenting with a 32 bit version of windows, i found out that it is normal to get that message.
running the bat file with the path to by 32 bit Java install actually worked.

[Sikuli User (dapthar)]

Thanks Eloi, your edit worked for me.

Sikuli User

[Michael Meng (tianbao777)]

I use Ubuntu 9.10 64bit, the sikuli does not work.

Welcome 64bit for Ubuntu.

I try to build sikuli ide on my machine, but it fail.
About build, I learn from
http://i-miss-erin.blogspot.com/2010/01/automated-test-in-android-by-sikuli.html

But it fail.

[JustJake (robthereverend)]

Confirming the .bat file fix worked for me. 64bit Vista with 32bit Java install.
Stand-alone and installation based app both work now.

[Débora (desetton)]

.bat file fix worked for me too (Windows 7 x64 with x32 JRE)
Thanks Eloi and JustJake for pointing out the solution!

[Renan Oliveira (renan-gpa)]

Resolved in Ubuntu 9.10 64bits