I usually install such packages though apt-get and that usually works.
Best,
Ulrik
On Wed, 17 Aug 2016 at 18:08 <G.Maubach at gmx.de> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I try to install RWeka on Debian GNU Linux 8 Jessie (uname -a:
> 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.7-ckt25-2+deb8u3 (2016-07-02) x86_64)
> which has a dependency to "rJava".
> I did
>
> apt-get install openjdk-8-jre
>
> which went OK.
>
> Java is installed in:
>
> /var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/java
> /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/java
> /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/bin/java
> /etc/alternatives/java
>
> When doing this
>
> install.packages("rJava")
>
> I get
>
> * installing *source* package ?rJava? ...
> ** Paket ?rJava? erfolgreich entpackt und MD5 Summen ?berpr?ft
>
> interpreter : '/usr/lib/jvm/default-java/jre/bin/java'
> archiver : '/usr/lib/jvm/default-java/bin/jar'
> compiler : '/usr/lib/jvm/default-java/bin/javac'
> header prep.: '/usr/lib/jvm/default-java/bin/javah'
> cpp flags : '-I/usr/lib/jvm/default-java/include'
> java libs : '-L/usr/lib/jvm/default-java/jre/lib/amd64/server
-ljvm'
> checking whether Java run-time works...
> ./configure: line 3736: /usr/lib/jvm/default-java/jre/bin/java: No such
> file or directory
> no
> configure: error: Java interpreter
> '/usr/lib/jvm/default-java/jre/bin/java' does not work
> ERROR: configuration failed for package ?rJava?
> * removing ?/usr/local/lib/R/site-library/rJava?
> Warning in install.packages :
> installation of package ?rJava? had non-zero exit status
>
> Do I need to use another Java version or installation? How do I tell
> install.packages() where my Java installation resides?
>
> Kind regards
>
> Georg
>
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