R: rJava package install failing

Question

When installing rJava using the install.packages(\"rJava\") command I get the following error:

checking Java support in R... present:
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Answer 1

Thanks - your suggestion about $JAVA_HOME lead me to a similar solution:

prompt$ unset JAVA_HOME

before invoking R.

Answer 2

Wouldn't

apt-get install r-cran-rjava

have been easier? You could have asked me at useR! :)

Answer 3

I came across the same issue, and it worked after running commands below.

export JAVA_LIBS="$JAVA_LIBS -ldl"
R CMD javareconf

See details at http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSPT3X_3.0.0/com.ibm.swg.im.infosphere.biginsights.install.doc/doc/install_install_r.html

Answer 4

I got it working by downloading : https://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/rJava_0.9-8.tar.gz and running command R CMD install rJava_0.9-8.tar.gz

Answer 5

I've encountered similar problem on Ubuntu 16.04 and was able to solve it by creating a folder named "default-java" in /usr/lib/jvm and copying into it all the contents of the /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle. I opted for this solution as correcting JAVA_HOME environment variable turned out to be of no use.