Java, Caused by: java.io.IOException: error=2, No such file or directory

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java.io.IOException: Cannot run program "yarn": error=2, No such file or directory
    at java.lang.ProcessBuilder.start(ProcessBuilder.java:1048)
    at java.lang.Runtime.exec(Runtime.java:620)
    at java.lang.Runtime.exec(Runtime.java:450)
    at java.lang.Runtime.exec(Runtime.java:347)
    at com.Main.main(Main.java:32)

Hi there, I have a weird problem when execute a command using Java. I used the following code to run a command, if I run mkdir testFolder, the program run successful, but if I changed the command like yarn -v then error happen.

try {
    Process process = Runtime.getRuntime().exec("yarn -v");//, null, new File("/Users/macos/Desktop/TestProj/"));
} catch (IOException ex) {
    ex.printStackTrace();
}

P/s: In debug mode: IntelliJ could run above code, but Netbeans failed.

In production mode (jar file): IntelliJ failed too.

Edit 2:

  MACs-MacBook-Pro:~ macos$ which pwd
    /bin/pwd
    MACs-MacBook-Pro:~ macos$ which mkdir
    /bin/mkdir
    MACs-MacBook-Pro:~ macos$ which java
    /usr/bin/java
    MACs-MacBook-Pro:~ macos$ which yarn
    /usr/local/bin/yarn

I found that if I run a command that is in /bin or /usr/bin, the code run ok (pwd, mkdir, java -version ...), but yarn is in /usr/local/bin/, so it didn't work, and I still don't know how to fix.

Have you tried separating the executable from its parameters? I don't know if that is an issue when using Runtime, but it is when using a ProcessBuilder. — deHaar
– deHaar, Commented Feb 18, 2019 at 7:52
@vahdet yarn is installed and I can run that command using command line — maphongba008
– maphongba008, Commented Feb 18, 2019 at 8:14
@SomeName I just have a search for strace, but it may unavailable on mac — maphongba008
– maphongba008, Commented Feb 18, 2019 at 8:31
Quick googling shows that DTrace can be used for the purpose. Also this might be related stackoverflow.com/questions/31045575/… — Some Name
– Some Name, Commented Feb 18, 2019 at 8:35

maphongba008 · Accepted Answer · 2019-02-28 10:11:47Z

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I finally found the answer, because the Process I start is different with the process of the terminal, so can't access /usr/local/bin, have to add -l to run the command as logged in user. Runtime.getRuntime().exec(new String[]{"bash", "-l", "-c", cmd}, null, new File(f))

answered Feb 28, 2019 at 10:11

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Some Name · Accepted Answer · 2019-02-18 08:05:29Z

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As error code 2 suggests you specified a path incorrectly. The error code corresponds to POSIX ENOENT and "No such file or directory" its char * strerror(int errno) representation.

To troubleshoot the problem by yourself you can read the manual page http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/execve.2.html

The relevant section is:

ENOENT

The file filename or a script or ELF interpreter does not exist, or a shared library needed for the file or interpreter cannot be found.

To see with which particula path your process is strarted run java witj strace -f

edited Feb 18, 2019 at 8:05

answered Feb 18, 2019 at 7:58

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Marco Antonio Monroy Conde · Accepted Answer · 2020-03-05 06:02:38Z

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In my case, I was using an ANT script that at some point called javac task with a fork=true attribute. Inspired by maphongba008 answer I deleted that fork, and so I stopped getting this same error.

answered Mar 5, 2020 at 6:02

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Heisenbug · Accepted Answer · 2024-08-19 13:50:28Z

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I too faced for the same "Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(cmd);".

Other solutions didn't worked as everything was correct and as expected.

I was using the downloaded JDK as Installed JRE's in eclipse and facing error.

Then I tried to search the JDK which is installed by sudo apt which resides in

/usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64

Upon selecting this JDK, everything started working fine.

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toastrackengima · Accepted Answer · 2020-05-06 08:52:06Z

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This worked for me:

npm install -g yarn

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