I've tried to solve this using the previous questions/answers on SO but without any success. So, here's my problem.
I'm using RStudio on and Ubuntu box (14.04) and I tried to upgrade rJava from sources and in the process I managed to lose it.
I tried to install it again using,
install.packages("rJava")
which returned the following error message,
configure: error: One or more Java configuration variables are not set.
Make sure R is configured with full Java support (including JDK). Run
R CMD javareconf
as root to add Java support to R.
If you don't have root privileges, run
R CMD javareconf -e
to set all Java-related variables and then install rJava.
ERROR: configuration failed for package ‘rJava’
* removing ‘/home/darren/R/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-library/3.2/rJava’
Warning in install.packages :
installation of package ‘rJava’ had non-zero exit status
So, I went to the terminal and typed,
sudo R CMD javareconf
which also gave the following error,
trying to compile and link a JNI program
detected JNI cpp flags :
detected JNI linker flags : -L/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/lib/amd64/server -ljvm
gcc -std=gnu99 -I/usr/share/R/include -DNDEBUG -fpic -g -O2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Wformat-security -Werror=format-security -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -g -c conftest.c -o conftest.o
conftest.c:1:17: fatal error: jni.h: No such file or directory
#include <jni.h>
^
compilation terminated.
make: *** [conftest.o] Error 1
Unable to compile a JNI program
JAVA_HOME : /usr/lib/jvm/default-java
Java library path:
JNI cpp flags :
JNI linker flags :
Updating Java configuration in /usr/lib/R
Done.
I tried to follow these links, one and two but they didn't seem to resolve my issue; there are more links on SO but I'm not sure which one to follow. I've also un-installed and re-installed RStudio via the Ubuntu Software Centre but this didn't make any difference.
Can anyone else help?
In short, I want to be able to use RStudio with rJava again without it destroying any other uses of Java (such as jmol).
Answer
You don't seem to have JDK installed. You will need at least
sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jdk
then re-run
sudo R CMD javareconf
Make sure you do NOT set JAVA_HOME by hand - it will be detected automatically. You should then see something like this:
$ sudo R CMD javareconf
Java interpreter : /usr/bin/java
Java version : 1.7.0_91
Java home path : /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre
Java compiler : /usr/bin/javac
Java headers gen.: /usr/bin/javah
Java archive tool: /usr/bin/jar
trying to compile and link a JNI program
detected JNI cpp flags : -I$(JAVA_HOME)/../include
detected JNI linker flags : -L$(JAVA_HOME)/lib/amd64/server -ljvm
gcc -std=gnu99 -I/usr/share/R/include -DNDEBUG -I/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/../include -fpic -g -O2 -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -Wformat -Werror=format-security -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -g -c conftest.c -o conftest.o
gcc -std=gnu99 -shared -L/usr/lib/R/lib -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions -Wl,-z,relro -o conftest.so conftest.o -L/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre/lib/amd64/server -ljvm -L/usr/lib/R/lib -lR
JAVA_HOME : /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/jre
Java library path: $(JAVA_HOME)/lib/amd64/server
JNI cpp flags : -I$(JAVA_HOME)/../include
JNI linker flags : -L$(JAVA_HOME)/lib/amd64/server -ljvm