Errors running KNIME on Fedora Linux 26 (Missing Files)

I recently downloaded the current version of KNIME and extracted it to an appropriate directory.  Upon executing KNIME I received the following error.

"The Knime executable launcher was unable to locate its companion shared library."

The previous version of KNIME runs fine.  There appears to be a difference in the installation directories

Old Directory (Working)

artifacts.xml
configuration
dropins
features
icon.png
icon.xcf
icon.xpm
jre1
knime
KNIME.desktop
knime.ini
knime-workspace
licenses
LICENSE.TXT
p2
plugins
quickstart.pdf
README.txt
ReportDesigner_Quickstart.pdf
update-rmi.sh

New Installation (Not Working)

artifacts.xml
features
jre
knime
knime-workspace.zip
plugins
quickstart.pdf

I created the desktop file and updated the ini file,  but everything else comes from the 3.4.0 version of KNIME.  Updates to 3.4.0 have been successfully applied via the on-line update tool; so, the version in the old directory(working) is at release level v3.4.1.v201709070950.  The newly installed version will not start.

The questions are:

  • Are there files actually missing from the version 3.4.1 download?
  • What is causing the error - "The Knime executable launcher was unable to locate its companion shared library. (I believe I have tracked this down"
  • Have the installation instructions significantly changed?

There definitely appears to be a difference between the 2 versions.

Thanks in advance for any insights into this.

 

 

 

 

It looks like the file got corrupted during download or you didn't extract the full contents. There are indeed several files missing in your directory.

Thanks, I downloaded the file again, extracted it from the command line and all seems well, looks like it must have been corrupted.

Thanks for you help.