Starting SPSS Statistics Client for Linux fails with error: Attempt to connect to a remote server failed inet:Local Computer:0

Problem

Error Message: Attempt to connect to a remote server failed inet:Local Computer:0 After having installed and successfully activated SPSS Statistics for Linux, the application does not start when running the /bin/stat program. The symptoms are when starting bin/stat, the splash screen is shown for a few seconds. It then disappears. Then, nothing happens for almost one minute. After this, an error dialog window pops up, saying: Attempt to connect to a remote server failed inet:Local Computer:0 Pressing OK results in a Server Login window being shown. Attempting to reconnect using the OK button in this window results in the same error message. While Statistics is trying to connect, the following lines are visible in the output of the netstat command: Active Internet connections (only servers) Proto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address Foreign Address State PID/Program name tcp 0 0 127.0.0.1:56138 0.0.0.0:* LISTEN 12705/spssengine tcp6 0 0 :::60314 :::* LISTEN 12605/STATISTICS I am only using Statistics Client and am not trying to connect to Statistics Server. How can I fix this problem so that I can start SPSS Statistics?