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Application won't open from Applications folder

MoodyM

MoodyM

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I downloaded an app called Cyberduck, and put it in my Applications folder, as you normally would. But when I open it, it immediately closes again.

What's weird is if I put the file in any other folder (Desktop, Downloads, etc) and open it, it opens fine, stays open, and works great.

If I put it back in my Applications folder, problem returns.

This has happened with a few versions of Cyberduck, in a few different 10.6.x versions of OS X, and both on my old iMac and new MBP.

I've never seen this with any other program. Any ideas?
 
Just downloaded and installed Cyberduck Version 3.7 (7380) in Applications. Opens for me without incident under OS X 10.6.5.

Not sure what to suggest. Perhaps try uninstalling all files associated with any version of Cyberduck, and then doing a fresh install.

In addition to the app itself, remove the Cyberduck folder from ~/Library/Application Support, the .plist file from ~/Library/Preferences and the folder from ~/Library/Caches. (~ denotes your Home folder.)
 
markmcrobie said:
Did all that, same problem :(

Thanks
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What exactly happens when you open it from Applications? Does it crash and give a Crash Report? If you open Console (in Utilities) and then try to open Cyberduck from Applications, are any error messages written to Console?
 
The icon appears in the dock, bounces once, then disappears. Nothing appears apart from that, no main windows, etc.

I checked out the latest beta (4.0b7, current is 3.7) from their SVN and built it, same problem.

The console log says:

22/11/2010 15:19:03 [0x0-0x28d28d].ch.sudo.cyberduck[5344] [JavaAppLauncher Warning] Java application launched from PPC or bad stub. Relaunching in 32-bit, and tagging sub-processes to prefer 32-bit with $JAVA_ARCH=i386.
22/11/2010 15:19:05 [0x0-0x28d28d].ch.sudo.cyberduck[5344] [LaunchRunner Error] ch.cyberduck.ui.cocoa.MainApplication.main(String[]) threw an exception:
22/11/2010 15:19:05 [0x0-0x28d28d].ch.sudo.cyberduck[5344] java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: Unable to load library 'rococoa': dlopen(librococoa.dylib, 9): Library not loaded: @executable_path/../Frameworks/Sparkle.framework/Versions/A/Sparkle
22/11/2010 15:19:05 [0x0-0x28d28d].ch.sudo.cyberduck[5344] Referenced from: /Applications/Cyberduck.app/Contents/Resources/Java/librococoa.dylib
22/11/2010 15:19:05 [0x0-0x28d28d].ch.sudo.cyberduck[5344] Reason: image not found
22/11/2010 15:19:05 [0x0-0x28d28d].ch.sudo.cyberduck[5344] at com.sun.jna.NativeLibrary.loadLibrary(NativeLibrary.java:163)
22/11/2010 15:19:05 [0x0-0x28d28d].ch.sudo.cyberduck[5344] at com.sun.jna.NativeLibrary.getInstance(NativeLibrary.java:236)
22/11/2010 15:19:05 [0x0-0x28d28d].ch.sudo.cyberduck[5344] at com.sun.jna.Library$Handler.<init>(Library.java:140)
22/11/2010 15:19:05 [0x0-0x28d28d].ch.sudo.cyberduck[5344] at com.sun.jna.Native.loadLibrary(Native.java:379)
22/11/2010 15:19:05 [0x0-0x28d28d].ch.sudo.cyberduck[5344] at com.sun.jna.Native.loadLibrary(Native.java:364)
22/11/2010 15:19:05 [0x0-0x28d28d].ch.sudo.cyberduck[5344] at org.rococoa.Foundation.<clinit>(Foundation.java:76)
22/11/2010 15:19:05 [0x0-0x28d28d].ch.sudo.cyberduck[5344] at org.rococoa.Rococoa.createClass(Rococoa.java:49)
22/11/2010 15:19:05 [0x0-0x28d28d].ch.sudo.cyberduck[5344] at org.rococoa.cocoa.foundation.NSObject.<clinit>(NSObject.java:28)
22/11/2010 15:19:05 [0x0-0x28d28d].ch.sudo.cyberduck[5344] at ch.cyberduck.ui.cocoa.MainApplication.main(MainApplication.java:47)
22/11/2010 15:19:05 [0x0-0x28d28d].ch.sudo.cyberduck[5344] at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
22/11/2010 15:19:05 [0x0-0x28d28d].ch.sudo.cyberduck[5344] at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
22/11/2010 15:19:05 [0x0-0x28d28d].ch.sudo.cyberduck[5344] at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
22/11/2010 15:19:05 [0x0-0x28d28d].ch.sudo.cyberduck[5344] at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
22/11/2010 15:19:05 [0x0-0x28d28d].ch.sudo.cyberduck[5344] at apple.launcher.LaunchRunner.run(LaunchRunner.java:115)
22/11/2010 15:19:05 [0x0-0x28d28d].ch.sudo.cyberduck[5344] at apple.launcher.LaunchRunner.callMain(LaunchRunner.java:50)
22/11/2010 15:19:05 [0x0-0x28d28d].ch.sudo.cyberduck[5344] at apple.launcher.JavaApplicationLauncher.launch(JavaApplicationLauncher.java:52)
 
Ok, to clarify:

I had an Intel based 2008 iMac. Cyberduck worked on it for a while, I then had no use for it and deleted it. Some months later I needed it again, and re-downloaded it, and noticed this problem. This will have been Cyberduck 3.x, (.5 or .6). I deleted Cyberduck and thought no more of it.

I got a MBP this year and started afresh - I didn't start from an iMac backup. Today I decided I needed Cyberduck again, and downloaded the latest (3.7) and noticed the exact same problem I had on the iMac.

The 4.0b was just something I tried today to see if it fixes it.
 
I wonder - is Cyberduck trying to write to its own package.. The app would have write access to most folders, but probably not the Applications folder. You could test this by creating a read-only folder, dropping Cyberduck in and see if it launches.

If that's the issue - it's really an app bug. You could work around it, by creating a writable folder inside Applications and keeping the app in there. You can put an alias to the app at the root of the Applications folder. It's not a good idea to make the Applications folder writable for all.
 
markmcrobie said:
Ok, to clarify:

I had an Intel based 2008 iMac. Cyberduck worked on it for a while, I then had no use for it and deleted it. Some months later I needed it again, and re-downloaded it, and noticed this problem. This will have been Cyberduck 3.x, (.5 or .6). I deleted Cyberduck and thought no more of it.

I got a MBP this year and started afresh - I didn't start from an iMac backup. Today I decided I needed Cyberduck again, and downloaded the latest (3.7) and noticed the exact same problem I had on the iMac.

The 4.0b was just something I tried today to see if it fixes it.
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Do you have multiple Java installations? Do you have some version of Java in Applications?

Gotta run, so I'm rushing here.
 
whooleytoo said:
I wonder - is Cyberduck trying to write to its own package.. The app would have write access to most folders, but probably not the Applications folder. You could test this by creating a read-only folder, dropping Cyberduck in and see if it launches.

If that's the issue - it's really an app bug. You could work around it, by creating a writable folder inside Applications and keeping the app in there. You can put an alias to the app at the root of the Applications folder. It's not a good idea to make the Applications folder writable for all.
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But it works fine for me when launched from Applications.
 
I made a folder in my Downloads folder, put Cyberduck in there, then changed the permissions so that me and "Everybody" was Read-only on that folder.

Cyberduck opened and worked fine.

I don't think I have multiple Java installations.
 
LPZ said:
But it works fine for me when launched from Applications.
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It could depend on whether you're logged in as an administrator or normal user; or sometimes the permissions on the Applications folder can be wrongly changed by sloppy installer packages.

But, it appears the permissions aren't the issue - the OP tried it in a read-only folder and it worked fine.
 
Do you get the same Console messages if you open the pre-built Cyberduck Version 3.7 (7380) from Applications? I want to be sure that the Console messages relate to your original issue, and not to an additional issue that arose when you built the new beta.
 
Here's the output from a 3.7 stable release crash:

22/11/2010 19:32:40 [0x0-0x330330].ch.sudo.cyberduck[7326] [JavaAppLauncher Warning] Java application launched from PPC or bad stub. Relaunching in 32-bit, and tagging sub-processes to prefer 32-bit with $JAVA_ARCH=i386.
22/11/2010 19:32:42 [0x0-0x330330].ch.sudo.cyberduck[7326] [LaunchRunner Error] ch.cyberduck.ui.cocoa.MainApplication.main(String[]) threw an exception:
22/11/2010 19:32:42 [0x0-0x330330].ch.sudo.cyberduck[7326] java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: Unable to load library 'rococoa': dlopen(librococoa.dylib, 9): Library not loaded: @executable_path/../Frameworks/Sparkle.framework/Versions/A/Sparkle
22/11/2010 19:32:42 [0x0-0x330330].ch.sudo.cyberduck[7326] Referenced from: /Applications/Cyberduck.app/Contents/Resources/Java/librococoa.dylib
22/11/2010 19:32:42 [0x0-0x330330].ch.sudo.cyberduck[7326] Reason: image not found
22/11/2010 19:32:42 [0x0-0x330330].ch.sudo.cyberduck[7326] at com.sun.jna.NativeLibrary.loadLibrary(NativeLibrary.java:163)
22/11/2010 19:32:42 [0x0-0x330330].ch.sudo.cyberduck[7326] at com.sun.jna.NativeLibrary.getInstance(NativeLibrary.java:236)
22/11/2010 19:32:42 [0x0-0x330330].ch.sudo.cyberduck[7326] at com.sun.jna.Library$Handler.<init>(Library.java:140)
 
If you open Terminal (in Utilities) and enter

Code: 
java -version

what do you get? I get

Code: 
java version "1.6.0_22"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_22-b04-307-10M3261)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 17.1-b03-307, mixed mode)

Also, with the Cyberduck app in Applications, enter the following in Terminal:

Code: 
/Applications/Cyberduck.app/Contents/MacOS/Cyberduck

Does Cyberduck open?
 
LPZ said:
If you open Terminal (in Utilities) and enter

Code: 
java -version

what do you get? I get

Code: 
java version "1.6.0_22"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_22-b04-307-10M3261)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 17.1-b03-307, mixed mode)
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Code: 
java version "1.6.0_22"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_22-b04-307-10M3261)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 17.1-b03-307, mixed mode)


LPZ said:
Also, with the Cyberduck app in Applications, enter the following in Terminal:

Code: 
/Applications/Cyberduck.app/Contents/MacOS/Cyberduck

Does Cyberduck open?
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Yes, and stays open, works fine.

Progress! What does this mean?

Thanks for all your help.
 
markmcrobie said:
Yes, and stays open, works fine.

Progress! What does this mean?

Thanks for all your help.
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Not sure what it means. :confused: But whatever is going wrong is apparently related to opening the app by clicking its icon (but only if the icon is in Applications, which still perplexes me). Hope someone else can offer more, cause I can't fathom why things work for me but not for you. If I have any ideas, I'll let you know.
 
Knoodles said:
Unless you are running a server it looks like you have the wrong java installed. Client vs. server
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I was/am confused about that too, but on my home machine (where Cyberduck works as expected) I have

Code: 
java version "1.6.0_22"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_22-b04-307-10M3261)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 17.1-b03-307, mixed mode)

So even if I too have the wrong Java installation, it's not causing me any problems.

[EDIT] The client/server terminology seems strange to me, but when I have 64-bit Java listed first in Java Preferences I get the message above. If 32-bit Java is listed first, I get the Client VM message.
 
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