Error launching desktop app: dyld: Symbol not found _iconv

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Error launching desktop app: dyld: Symbol not found _iconv

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I just created a new Desktop application with PHP as the language to use, and without creating any modifications to the startup html thats included, I attempted to launch the application.

I get the following error, and the application fails to launch:

dyld: Symbol not found: _iconv
  Referenced from: /usr/lib/libcups.2.dylib
  Expected in: /Users/predominant/Library/Application Support/Titanium/modules/osx/php/1.1.0/libiconv.2.dylib
 in /usr/lib/libcups.2.dylib

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To assist you I just need a couple things... I see your running on OSX, what version are you running, also, what Desktop SDK version are you using?

— commented 2 years ago by Matt Apperson
Any updates on this issue now that Lion has been released?

— commented 2 years ago by Jason Jesuraj
Please grab the RC5 from this link. This fixes the PHP problem on Lion.

Desktop 1.2.0.RC5 for OSX

— commented 2 years ago by Alan DuBoff
Now it builds, but I get the Titanium Installer that fails to download a file and doesn't run the application

This is the appropriate line from that I see in the titaniumstudio log
2011-10-01 22:19:09.625 Installer App[11795:f07] Received 404 for http://api.appcelerator.net/p/v1/release-download?os=osx&osver=11.0.0&tiver=1.2.0.RC5&mid=f7d83549b5b36f235197df66a9ea3e5a&aid=com.mon.solano&guid=659241cd%2Da27c%2D4b84%2D9ca4%2Dccdc257c8e9d&ostype=32bit&osarch=x86_64&name=runtime&version=1.2.0.RC5&uuid=A2AC5CB5-8C52-456C-9525-601A5B0725DA (suggested filename=release-download.html)

— commented 2 years ago by Mon Villalon
About the titanium installer problem, deleted the Library/Application /Support/Titanium

Installed again and it worked

— commented 2 years ago by Mon Villalon
I've noticed that some type of kruft is left in the build, and the project needs to be cleaned in some cases. Not sure if that is what you saw or not.

Another problem is that I have seen some issues when there are libs in both /Library/Application\ Support/Titanium and ~/Library/Application\ Support/Titanium. I remove the system Library and leave the user's Library, since that is where it is not moved on Lion.

— commented 2 years ago by Alan DuBoff
I'm pulling this from the cloud, and need to test it better. It did work on my Lion, but I'm not sure that is the case for all Lions.

— commented 2 years ago by Alan DuBoff
Gee, sorry, I posted the wrong link, this is the right link and I am trying to get that removed as I put the RC4 link in by accident.

Correct 1.2.0.RC5 OSX link

— commented 2 years ago by Alan DuBoff
Mon,

Please let me know if you try the new SDK I built yesterday, if it works or not for you. I tested on 3 machines and it seems ok.

— commented 2 years ago by Alan DuBoff
Its downloading now Alan.

Hopefully if this works, you guys can push out an early release or something so that we have a viable large-scale deployment solution for developers, rather than a manual update such as this.

I really appreciate the effort. I will let you know if it works here shortly after download.

— commented 2 years ago by Graham Weldon
Graham,

I put the 1.2.0.RC5 on the packaging servers (only for OSX, I didn't build the rest of them), so you can package on there if it works.

You might need to clean your project if you use Studio, it seems to have a habit of getting confused when you add an SDK.

Please let me know if it works for you or not. Thanks!

— commented 2 years ago by Alan DuBoff
Excuse my ignorance, how do I add another SDK to the studio?

— commented 2 years ago by Graham Weldon
Graham,

Sorry, I missed this...you can unzip it to the proper place:

For Lion

$ unzip -o -d ~/Library/Application\ Support/Titanium desktopsdk-1.2.0.RC5-osx.zip

That tells it to override existing files (-o), the destination is on your home Library/Application\ Support/Titanium (location for Lion), and the SDK you downloaded.

Alternatively you could use Studio, but you need to make sure you have it updated to 1.0.5 BETA or 1.1.0 nightly:

Docs on how to update should be located here: Changing the Update Type

The update link you should be using is: http://preview.appcelerator.com/appcelerator/studio/standalone/update/beta/

With an updated Studio, select Help->Install Titanium SDK from URL

HTH, ajd

— commented 2 years ago by Alan DuBoff
Graham,

Does the 1.2.0.RC5 for OSX work on your Lion system?

— commented 2 years ago by Alan DuBoff
Trying this now. Thanks Alan.

— commented 2 years ago by Graham Weldon
Graham...hmmm, that's not too much information. Do you see anything else in the tiapp.log ???

— commented 2 years ago by Alan DuBoff
Graham, Did you clean the app after you installed the new SDK?

— commented 2 years ago by Alan DuBoff
Cleanup not required, I started a new project. No changes at all, same as the process I went through when the issue was originally reported.

Create new project.

Run.

Error as shown.

Where do I find this tiapp.log file?

— commented 2 years ago by Graham Weldon
Graham,

The tiapp.log should be located in ~/Library/AppName/ which is the data directory for Titanium.

Is your Lion current on updates? I did test on a fresh installed system that had nothing else installed. I'm not sure what differences could be on your system, but would like to narrow it down.

I really want to get a good fix in that will solve this problem for you, and can devote all my attention to doing so for the next day or two if needed.

— commented 2 years ago by Alan DuBoff
Just checked, OSX Lion is completely up to date.

Here is the content of tiapp.log
[03:20:59:387] [Titanium.Host] [Debug] Loading module: /Users/predominant/Library/Application Support/Titanium/modules/osx/tiapp/1.2.0.RC5/libtiappmodule.dylib [03:20:59:389] [Titanium.App.ApplicationConfig] [Debug] Loading config file: /Users/predominant/Documents/Titanium Studio Workspace/Test SDK for PHP 1.2.0-RC5/dist/osx/Test SDK for PHP 1.2.0-RC5.app/Contents/tiapp.xml [03:20:59:390] [Titanium.App] [Debug] Loaded config file successfully [03:20:59:391] [Titanium.Host] [Information] Loaded module = tiapp [03:20:59:391] [Titanium.Host] [Debug] Loading module: /Users/predominant/Library/Application Support/Titanium/modules/osx/tifilesystem/1.2.0.RC5/libtifilesystemmodule.dylib [03:20:59:396] [Titanium.Host] [Information] Loaded module = tifilesystem [03:20:59:396] [Titanium.Host] [Debug] Loading module: /Users/predominant/Library/Application Support/Titanium/modules/osx/tiplatform/1.2.0.RC5/libtiplatformmodule.dylib [03:20:59:399] [Titanium.Host] [Information] Loaded module = tiplatform [03:20:59:399] [Titanium.Host] [Debug] Loading module: /Users/predominant/Library/Application Support/Titanium/modules/osx/tiui/1.2.0.RC5/libtiuimodule.dylib [03:20:59:403] [Titanium.Host] [Information] Loaded module = tiui

— commented 2 years ago by Graham Weldon
Graham,

Do you get any more info if you run the app from the command line with --debug ???

Inside your app directory, you should be able find the app under dist/Context/MacOS/appname

I'm grabbing at straws here, but it doesn't tell us why it's blowing up.

— commented 2 years ago by Alan DuBoff
That didn't work :-(

See: http://pastie.org/2674738

— commented 2 years ago by Graham Weldon
Graham,

Can you try this build, I tested it on Snow Leopard and Lion.

1.2.0.RC5a for OSX

Thanks for your patience, these do work on my system. (famous last words)

— commented 2 years ago by Alan DuBoff
Graham,

Crap, this looks about the same. I'll need to look at this tomorrow. I need to get some sleep. I think it might be blowing up in the tiui module. I'll look at this in the morning.

— commented 2 years ago by Alan DuBoff
FYI, I am in UTC+10, not a great timezime for you. Plus I am travelling to Japan to speak at a conference. Flying out tomorrow. I'll check email and followup any instructions intermittently over the next couple of days.

— commented 2 years ago by Graham Weldon
Graham,

I'll look into this some more and see what I can dig up...this problem has been a real headache for me...have a good trip in Japan, I like Japan a lot...lived there for 5 years, my wife is Japanese. I used to live in Nishi-Shinjuku.

Let me revisit this once again...I am a tad confused...I did try it on 2 computers and will look for a fresh Lion.

FWIW, do you have any of the ports installed?

— commented 2 years ago by Alan DuBoff
Graham,

Still looking at this, no solution yet, but will try on a fresh install of Lion to see if that still works.

— commented 2 years ago by Alan DuBoff
What ports are you talking about?

— commented 2 years ago by Graham Weldon
http://www.macports.org/

Also Fink:

http://www.finkproject.org/

The ports is what originally causes some of this as there were some packages needed from ports to build with, which I found noted in the README inside the kroll directory.

Do you have packages from either of those projects installed on your Lion system???

— commented 2 years ago by Alan DuBoff
I have a Mac Air I'm testing on right now...I just booted it and did a software update to make sure it was up to date.

— commented 2 years ago by Alan DuBoff
I don't have anything from Macports or Fink.

I do have some packages from Homebrew.

Can you link me the README, or show me where it is, if its got information about packages that could be a problem?

— commented 2 years ago by Graham Weldon
I just got the crash on here Graham...looking at it...

— commented 2 years ago by Alan DuBoff
Oh thats awesome news for me :-) Not so much for you ...

— commented 2 years ago by Graham Weldon
Graham,

I'm running this on a Mac Air, the new model. My other system is a MacBook Pro, close to a year old. I did a software update and it did update the firmware...

What type of system are you running on.

One problem is needing to build on Snow Leopard, but at least I can get the crash on here which does match yours.

— commented 2 years ago by Alan DuBoff
Graham,

When you say Homebrew, you mean OSS installed in /usr/local ???

Part of this problem stems from:

kroll README

The was a mistake, to use those ports, as it appears to me that the binaries were pulled from there also. There's a lot of packages in the PHP directory.

This wasn't any fault of yours, I'm just pointing out that this was a flaw in how kroll was built on OSX, or at least appears to be a flaw in requiring those libs to build as it is stamped into the binaries. I just stumbled across this in researching this bug...

I'll keep you posted as I continue with this.

One last thing I would like to know is, what features do you think need to be in the PHP included? I'm not sure how to tell how the current binaries were compiled. The thirdparty bundle is a kinda mystery.

— commented 2 years ago by Alan DuBoff
Graham,

I just uploaded RC5b on the server, and it works on the system that got the same error as you.

Can you please try it ????

If this works I'll build an RC6 for OSX.

1.2.0.RC5b for OSX

Thanks for your patience.

— commented 2 years ago by Alan DuBoff
what this error mean? Installer App[25589:f07] Can't open input server /Library/InputManagers/Inquisitor

— commented 2 years ago by Alex Dem
Alex,

This looks different than what Graham was getting. That looks like something in the system Library folder, which shouldn't be on Lion.

How did you install the SDK ?

— commented 2 years ago by Alan DuBoff
Alex,

Did you clean the project before running it so that it would rebuild?

— commented 2 years ago by Alan DuBoff
>How did you install the SDK ? just a copy

>Did you clean the project before running it so that it would rebuild? yes, remove project at all and create new one

— commented 2 years ago by Alex Dem
Alex,

Just to be clear, you can create a project and run it just fine, but if you check the PHP box it doesn't run?

— commented 2 years ago by Alan DuBoff
Project run success with PHP box selected, but php scripts not work. But if I'm create new project with Ruby selected, ruby scripts work

— commented 2 years ago by Alex Dem
Alan, I finally got a chance to try out 1.2.0-RC5b. Thanks for your patience.

Looks like the same error here: Link to output

— commented 2 years ago by Graham Weldon
Graham,

1) did you clean the application first? Not that it would matter, not sure.

2) if you uncheck the PHP I presume it works fine ?

— commented 2 years ago by Alan DuBoff
Hi Alan,

Confirmed on both:

I cleaned the project before running with the new SDK.

Unchecking PHP allows the app to run. Screenshot

— commented 2 years ago by Graham Weldon
Graham,

The other thing I forgot to mention is if your Mac is up to date?

Odd thing is that I had a Mac Air that gave me the problem, and in the series of building the SDKs and updating the system (it did a firmware update on it) it works on that system now.

I can't figure out what is different on your computer. Sounds like one other person can run PHP on the RC5b build also...but something is different on yours.

— commented 2 years ago by Alan DuBoff
Graham, I've gote somthing like Alan 1. load 1.2.0-RC5b

create clear desctop project with php checkbox selected

get a example from docs
<html> <head> </head> <body style="background-color:#1c1c1c;margin:0"> <div style="border-top:1px solid #404040"> <div style="color:#fff;;padding:10px"> Welcome to Titanium </div> </div> <script type="text/php"> function my_php_function($item) { $result = array(); for ($index = 0; $index < $item->count(); $index++) { $result[] = $item[$index] + 2; } return $result; } </script> <script type="text/javascript"> alert(my_php_function([1, 2, 3, 4])); </script> </body> </html>

run and got this http://pastie.org/2716461

but before this list titanium propose terms http://d.pr/5A6f

click continue - titanium try to downloand some elements http://d.pr/yAoi, but can't

— commented 2 years ago by Alex Dem
I've just done a reboot after a software update from Apple, something about restore something.. Not a version update, a security patch by the looks.

The same error occurs.

To Alex: The problem I am experiencing is at a more basic level. Even a project that does not have PHP code, just the PHP checkbox selected, is unable to run. Its not an issue with PHP code within the app, but the compilation or run process.

Alan: Is there any more detailed information I can get about it that would help resolve the issue?

— commented 2 years ago by Graham Weldon
yes, right enough to select php checkbox app not running

— commented 2 years ago by Alex Dem
Graham,

I don't know if running the app from the command line using the --debug option would provide more info or not, it could be worth a shot. Use the binary is the dist/osx/Appname.app/Contents/MacOS/ folder.

I need to get that Mac Air back and see what the story is, but it runs on there, AFAIK. I just built an RC6 last night, the OSX is the only one I have on the server right now, but you could try it if you like, I just don't think it will solve your problem but not sure.

1.2.0.RC6 for OSX

— commented 2 years ago by Alan DuBoff
Graham,

I just tried the RC6 on the Mac Air, and it runs the TLMT example fine and is able to return the proper PHP data.

I do not know what differences you have on your system.

1) what type of system are you running OSX on ?

2) Do you have 10.7.2 as the version in Apple->About-This-Mac ???

I just did a check for software updates and it tells me I'm up to date with 10.7.2, so nothing more I can update, AFAIK.

I really would like to figure this out and get a working SDK for you.

— commented 2 years ago by Alan DuBoff
Same error on RC6.

Here are some informative screenshots:

http://cl.ly/2v463a452O3w341B0T1D

http://cl.ly/0d2s2Q0e1Z0C082C2f2c

It seems I have mobile sdk updates to do.. I am doing those now, though they are separate to the php issue.

— commented 2 years ago by Graham Weldon
Alan, I have the same configuration, app isn't running because can't downloads some components from appcelerator.com http://pastie.org/2716461

— commented 2 years ago by Alex Dem
I have seen that problem with Studio trying to download, but it seems to me that it's usually a misconfigured project. Sometimes the manifest and tiapp.xml seem to get out of wack. I try to rm the dist directory so there isn't any left over cruft either. The best test is to create a new app, and use the newest SDK you have.

Graham,

For the SDK/PHP problem, I am trying to get the libs recompiled for the third party libs to a unique name. This way we can be assured that my own libs are being used. I have a few more libs to go, if I can get all the libs compiled as unique names it shouldn't conflict with the system libs.

The crash problem is clearly a mis-match with the libs, IMO. I hope to get something tomorrow for you.

— commented 2 years ago by Alan DuBoff
Alan, how to install sdk? I'm just copy sdk to titanium.

— commented 2 years ago by Alex Dem
Alex,

To install them you could use unzip, and on Lion they would go in your home Library folder so would be something like this:

$ unzip -o -d ~/Library/Application\ Support/Titanium desktopsdk-1.2.0.RC6-osx.zip

That tells unzip to overwrite anything there already and to install to the destination in your home folder. On Snow Leopard that is in the System Library folder, unless the user has moved it. Most people don't move them.

The other way would be to install through Titanium Studio, Help->Install-SDK-From-URL and it will do it for you, but there has been problems in the past using Studio for that...should be fixed with the latest, but just sayin' cause Studio causes a lot of different problems with projects, which is getting cleaned up. I recommend the unzip route...:-/

— commented 2 years ago by Alan DuBoff
was having problems and see I built most of the libs as 64-bit, oops...(sound of palm slapping forehead). I hope this fixes the problem for good on Lion.

— commented 2 years ago by Alan DuBoff
will look at this in the morning...need to rebuild them i386.

— commented 2 years ago by Alan DuBoff
Hi I followed all the above but when I run it I get the following error:

2011-10-21 12:27:42.953 Installer App[5851:f07] Loading Maximizer into bundle: com.titaniumapp.installer.app

— commented 2 years ago by Ray Noppe
Ray,

Can you provide more info??? Did you clean your project and/or make sure the tiapp.xml and manifest have the same versions for the app.

There are so many factors that I'm not sure what that means...we have versions of Studio which don't work correctly (make sure you have 1.0.6), as well as different SDKs, etc...

Are you using Lion or Snow Leopard or other?

Can I buy a vowel???? :-)

— commented 2 years ago by Alan DuBoff
Graham,

I need to know which packages you have installed in /usr/local and how to go about getting the same stuff installed. Namely the php engine portion you use.

I have a machine I can use to install that stuff to see when Titanium breaks, but need to have a better handle on what is installed first and/or how to go about it.

We should follow this up in email.

— commented 2 years ago by Alan DuBoff
Graham,

Would appreciate it if you could try this SDK I told you I would build today.

Before I start installing the extra software you use, let's try this.

1.2.0.RC6a for OSX

This runs on 2 Lion systems I have, as well as Snow Leopard.

— commented 2 years ago by Alan DuBoff
Alan,

Thanks for that. I justr tried it. Its providing more error information this time:

http://pastie.org/private/fksquvxiqpzr7yqhelfla

— commented 2 years ago by Graham Weldon
Graham,

Let me put the system libz back in, I moved it into our directory on purpose.

Odd that it is not picked up from the php directory on your system...

I'll build another SDK and let's see if we can wrap it together to work on your system. Will report back in about an hour.

ajd

— commented 2 years ago by Alan DuBoff
Graham, I've modified the libz, runs on mine still, both Snow Leopard and Lion.

1.2.0.RC6b for OSX

— commented 2 years ago by Alan DuBoff
Thanks Alan,

Just tried. Same error. See below:

http://pastie.org/private/etcyivtazymiyurivwuj1w

— commented 2 years ago by Graham Weldon
No, that's different, it's in libmcript. Hang on...I'll be right back...

— commented 2 years ago by Alan DuBoff
Graham,

Here's the last try tonight. Has me stumped why it won't load on yours, it's in the same directory as everything else...we're gonna need a virtual cold one after this is solved, for certain...

1.2.0.RC6c for OSX

— commented 2 years ago by Alan DuBoff
More feedback for you Alan. Still not success, unfortunately. :(

http://pastie.org/private/qdnsvnbv7bhlh27go8xueq

— commented 2 years ago by Graham Weldon
Not what I wanted to hear, but I have an idea to look at tomorrow. Seems it might not like symlinks, or some of them. One of the changes I made was to change the entries in libphp5.dylib to point to the specific libraries, not the symlink. I'd like to try doing that to the rest of the libs in the php diretory. I don't know if I'll get to it until Monday, but possible I might have some time tomororw eve, not sure yet. Either way, I will try that next.

— commented 2 years ago by Alan DuBoff
Graham,

Ok, let's try this one...works on my system, which doesn't mean anything at this point.

1.2.0.RC6d for OSX

Also, what was the virtual PHP software you use, as well as other stuff installed in your /usr/local/ ???? If this doesn't work I may need to resort to installing that software to see when it breaks.

— commented 2 years ago by Alan DuBoff
Hi Alan,

Not the output you are looking for, but this is the result:

http://pastie.org/private/npu4tdwv6fqedbzecpua

— commented 2 years ago by Graham Weldon
Graham,

I think I need to start installing some of the software that you have in /usr/local and see when it breaks. We should follow up in email. Ping me at aduboff (at) appcelerator (dot) com and I'll look at doing that.

— commented 2 years ago by Alan DuBoff
Graham,

One other thing. What do you show in /var/db/dyld/shared_region_roots/ ???

— commented 2 years ago by Alan DuBoff
$ ls -l /var/db/dyld/shared_region_roots/ total 48 -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 998 14 Jun 10:52 ATS.paths -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 753 14 Jun 10:52 Applications.paths -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 806 14 Jun 10:52 CoreGraphics.paths -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 390 14 Jun 10:52 Dylibs.paths -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 567 14 Jun 10:52 Frameworks.paths -rw-r--r-- 1 root wheel 566 14 Jun 10:52 QuickTime.paths

— commented 2 years ago by Graham Weldon
Alan.. Remember you had me move /usr/local ? Its now at /usr/local.backup so it shouldn't be interfering.

— commented 2 years ago by Graham Weldon
Graham,

Yes, except we are not clear what has been changed in the environment that makes your system running.

Is it possible to turn that virtual software off for the PHP you use?

Is there some type of default level of PHP it uses ???

What is that software you use? I thought it was xxxEngine or something with a prefix to Engine.

— commented 2 years ago by Alan DuBoff
Graham,

Can you cat out that Dylibs.paths ???? I'm curious what yours has in it.

— commented 2 years ago by Alan DuBoff
Graham,

Still waiting to hear what software you have installed to /usr/local and how I can reproduce this problem.

Is there anything listed from launchctl ????? Can your virtual PHP engine software be turned off from the launchctl ????

— commented 2 years ago by Alan DuBoff

Answer 1

Graham: So here's the issue.

1) You're on Lion which hasn't been released and from a Apple Developers Program is still somewhat under an NDA

2) Titanium is open source, we are under NDA, if we push changes into open source on projects under NDA we could get kicked out of the dev program and never be able to do anything w/ apple products again

3) We plan on supporting Lion properly as soon as it's properly released by Apple

Answer 2

As a "temporary" solution:

Download the "Better replacement libiconv" (a patched version) from https://bugzilla.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=192432&action=edit

Replace the libiconv.2.dylib /Library/Application Support/Titanium/modules/osx/php/1.1.0 with the downloaded file.

cd /Library/Application\ Support/Titanium/modules/osx/php/1.1.0/ 
mv libiconv.2.dylib  libiconv.2.dylib.old 
cp /Users/drzippie/Downloads/libiconv.2.dylib  .

Answer 3

Hi, has support been added yet? I did get an update prompt just now and installed, but I am still getting the above error as Matt.

Answer 4

Same problem. Using the fully released version of Lion.

Answer 5

I just placed a release candidate up in the cloud which fixes this issue. This needs to be looked at more for the long term, but in the meantime, RC5 for osx can be gotten at the following link, which has been tested on Lion.

Release Candidate 5 for OSX

Answer 6

I observe, that when I add any PHP code, it is not executed. I don't see any results. Example:

http://k.minus.com/jB1ZqcIy8GJnf.png

I'm using:

http://k.minus.com/jh2qoOP4endtP.png

Any ideas why any PHP code cannot be executed?

Answer 7

This issue is caused by using OSX Lion, we dont yet support Lion and cant truly support it until its released. When Lion is released, we will support it.

Answer 8

Same problem. :(

Answer 9

same problem

Answer 10

Any news on this? I need to use Titanium to continue my development

Answer 11

i test reinstalled but its doesnt work

Answer 12

It only works for me when I have Ruby, Python and PHP unticked in the project file. The error comes up when I enable PHP. I've not tried enabling Ruby or Python. See if that works, if you have all of them unticked in your project file.

Answer 13

I have opened a ticket for this bug here. I will be looking into this and working on a solution. Feel free to watch that ticket for progress and further discussion.

Answer 14

So Lion has been released, and I just downloaded Titanium Studio, and am seeing this error. Is there an update somewhere?

Answer 15

I just downloaded it on Lion and an getting the same error. By when will you fix this?

Answer 16

We need a fix fast! Lion has been out for a good while and I'm still stuck with this issue. Can't do anything!

Answer 17

The same problem here. I'm using desktopsdk-1.2.0.RC4-osx.zip but the problem still exists :(

Answer 18

Any word when this will be fixed?...... It's been a while.....

Answer 19

Guys, I'm still working on this, and trying to get a build for Lion...php doesn't seem too friendly to osx...but I haven't given up yet.

Answer 20

I also really need so help with this please fix ;)