error: unable to load installed packages just now

Question

When I tried to run the R console in Eclipse, I got this error:

....Please make sure that R package \'rj\' (1.1 or compatible) is installed...

Answer 1

For Linux(Ubuntu) users: If you have oracle-java (7/8) installed. It'll be at this location /usr/lib/jvm and sudo access is required.

Create the file /etc/ld.so.conf.d/java.conf with the following entries:

/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle/jre/lib/amd64
/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle/jre/lib/amd64/server

(Replace java-8-oracle with java-7-oracle depending on your java version)

Then:

sudo ldconfig

Restart RStudio and then install the rJava package.

OR

Also an alternative method is to export LD_LIBRARY_PATH with the value of Java library path obtained from the command R CMD javareconf -e and run install.packages

Answer 2

I found the solution:

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle/lib/amd64:/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle/jre/lib/amd64/server

then

sudo R CMD javareconf

Note: The path (java-7-oracle) needs to be updated based on your Java installation.

Answer 3

When facing missing limjvm.so errors make sure that the correct ldpaths is picked up from the standard configuration in /etc/R versus the one in /usr/lib/R/etc.

Answer 4

Years later, I ended up on this question after searching for an error reported by R after I had unsuccessfully installed a package on that required shifting to Oracle's Java.

All I had to do to fix it was:

$ sudo R CMD javareconf

Answer 5

I fixed this by just running R with sudo, and then running install.packages('rJava`).