I am trying to load the rJava using the command:
library(rJava)
But I get the following error:
Error : .onLoad failed in loadNamespace() for 'rJava', details:
call: fun(libname, pkgname)
error: JAVA_HOME cannot be determined from the Registry
Error: package or namespace load failed for ‘rJava’
I tried reinstalling both the Java and the R program with the latest versions
but still get these errors..
May I know how I can resolve this? Thank you very much!
This error is often resolved by installing a Java version (i.e. 64-bit Java or 32-bit Java) that fits to the type of R version that you are using (i.e. 64-bit R or 32-bit R). This problem can easily effect Windows 7 users, since they might have installed a version of Java that is different than the version of R they are using.
http://www.r-statistics.com/2012/08/how-to-load-the-rjava-package-after-the-error-java_home-cannot-be-determined-from-the-registry/
Install 64 bit Java from https://java.com/en/download/manual.jsp.
Then in windows cmd run
setx PATH "C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_211\bin\server;%PATH%"
(make sure your path is correct).
Then in RStudio run
Sys.setenv(JAVA_HOME="")
Now, you should be able to run rJava!!
I got the same error resolved by installing same version of R and Java i.e. 64 bits and manually updating the path i.e. ,
Sys.setenv(JAVA_HOME='C:/Program Files/Java/jre1.8.0_121') # for 64-bit version
R for Windows installer installs by default both 32-bit and 64-bit files. Reinstalling R and unticking 32-bit part solved the problem for me.
Under Windows 10, first check your (running) R-Version:
R.version
If you see something like x86_64, a 64-bit version of Java is needed.
Simply downloading and installing the matching Java version (https://java.com/en/download/manual.jsp) solved the problem for me. No reinstall of R needed (as suggested by other users here). There also was no need to set the path explicitly.
As mentioned in the r-statistics link cited above, you have to manually download the 64-bit version of Java. If not, then the 32-bit version will be installed.
So, if you have a 64-bit operating system, then ensure that both R and Java are using the 64-bit installs. Otherwise, this problem will persist.
This has been killing me and I have tried multiple methods above, it doesn't work. After, I mix all solution to try and below process works for me.
Install Java for 64 bit
Run below code in windows command
setx PATH "C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_171\bin\server;%PATH%"
(please change the address acorrding to your dvm.dll real address)
Run below in R studio
Sys.setenv(JAVA_HOME="")
Then I finally can run
library(rJava)
library(xlsx)
I faced the same issue and was feeling very down as I couldnt get my analysis done.
This worked for me :
check your operating system. 64 bit or 32 bit.
https://helpx.adobe.com/x-productkb/global/determine-whether-computer-running-32.html
uninstall previous versions of Java.
delete rJAVA library from Doc>R>win-library. If you have more than 1 versions of R, make sure you delete rJAVA package from all of them.
install Java based on system requirement (64 bit or 32 bit).
and finally restart R before and after installing rJava package.
If R is 64-bit version make sure to install Java 64-bit version!
If R is x86-bit version make sure to install Java x86-bit version!
You can add INSTALL_opts=c("--no-multiarch") to your install_github() call:
devtools::install_github("mne-tools/mne-r", INSTALL_opts=c("--no-multiarch"))
For more info: https://github.com/mne-tools/mne-r/issues/5#issuecomment-489588267
Create a new directory in C: drive as "library"
set your libPath this directory. you need to type
.libPath("C:/library")
reinstall packages which requires java (xlsx, rJava, RJDemetra)
it will give error message again but it will work.
Related
While loading rJava package, I receive this error:
Error : .onLoad failed in loadNamespace() for 'rJava', details:
call: inDL(x, as.logical(local), as.logical(now), ...)
error: unable to load shared object 'C:/Users/ankitagarwal5/Documents/R/win-library/3.2/rJava/libs/x64/rJava.dll':
LoadLibrary failure: %1 is not a valid Win32 application.
In addition: Warning message:
package ‘rJava’ was built under R version 3.2.3
Error: package or namespace load failed for ‘rJava’
I referred various posts on StackOverflow and tried to make changes accordingly, but nothing worked. These are the various steps I followed to resolve the issue:
if (Sys.getenv("JAVA_HOME")!="")
Sys.setenv(JAVA_HOME="")
library(rJava)
This didn't work.
Then I tried this:
options(java.home="C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jre1.8.0_91\\")
library(rJava)
This didn't work either.
My jvm.dll is at this location in my Windows 7 64 bit OS - C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.8.0_91\bin\client
I also added C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.8.0_91\bin\client to my PATH variable in my Environment variables and restarted RStudio and tried to install and load rJava again. That also didn't work.
I would really appreciate if someone could please help me resolve this issue.
Thanks guys!
This worked for me -
This error is often resolved by installing a Java version (i.e. 64-bit Java or 32-bit Java) that fits to the type of R version that you are using (i.e. 64-bit R or 32-bit R). This problem can easily effect Windows 7 users, since they might have installed a version of Java that is different than the version of R they are using.
Note that it is necessary to ‘manually download and install’ the 64 bit version of JAVA. By default, the download page gives a 32 bit version .
You can pick the exact version of Java you wish to install from this link. If you might (for some reason) work on both versions of R, you can install both version of Java (Installing the “Java Runtime Environment” is probably good enough for your needs).
(Source: Uwe Ligges)
Other possible solutions is trying to re-install rJava.
If that doesn’t work, you could also manually set the directory of your Java location by setting it before loading the library:
Sys.setenv(JAVA_HOME='C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jre7') # for 64-bit version
Sys.setenv(JAVA_HOME='C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Java\\jre7') # for 32-bit version
library(rJava)
Refer this link - http://www.r-bloggers.com/how-to-load-the-rjava-package-after-the-error-java_home-cannot-be-determined-from-the-registry/
I encountered the same problem. Be sure to check the file path for Java. To solve the error I needed to download 64bit Java version. However the following code in R did not work as the folder was incorrect for the latest version for Java:
Sys.setenv(JAVA_HOME='C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jre7') # for 64-bit version
Instead I changed the name to:
Sys.setenv(JAVA_HOME='C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jre1.8.0_144')
Hope that helps
I have noticed in different fresh installations of R, RStudio and rJava in WIndows, that what fixes the error is:
Uninstall R
Reinstall R but only selecting one architecture. Example, x64, or x86, but not both. That tends to confuse R or RStudio when they are compiling.
In my case, I fixed the message
Error : .onLoad failed in loadNamespace() for 'rJava', details:
call: inDL(x, as.logical(local), as.logical(now), ...)
error: unable to load shared object 'C:/Users/ankitagarwal5/Documents/R/win-library/3.2/rJava/libs/x64/rJava.dll':
LoadLibrary failure: %1 is not a valid Win32 application.
Following steps 1 and 2 above.
I tried what the other have said to not avail. For me the solution was to eliminate the old folders and shortcuts of R version 32 bit on my computer that remained there even after uninstalling.
This happened to me when Java was updated to a 32-bit, but R required a 64-bit version.
The solution:
Simply download the 64-bit version of Java
install it.
Restart RStudio
Everything should work
Where to download 64-bit java:
I guess your OS architecture and R architecture are not matching. If they are matching, the following might be the problem
It worked for me after i added the R library path to the environment variables list on my windows 7.
So,
Add 'C:/Users/Rohan-PC/Documents/R/win-library/3.1' this path to the Path variables list under System variables list(not to be confused with the PATH variable under User variables). Restart R and try loading the library. It works!!!!!
If you have both 64-bit R and 32-bit R versions installed, try from each one.
For me it worked on R 64bits but not R 32bits.
But of course that depends on your java version (64-bit Java vs 32-bit Java).
While loading rJava package, I receive this error:
Error : .onLoad failed in loadNamespace() for 'rJava', details:
call: inDL(x, as.logical(local), as.logical(now), ...)
error: unable to load shared object 'C:/Users/ankitagarwal5/Documents/R/win-library/3.2/rJava/libs/x64/rJava.dll':
LoadLibrary failure: %1 is not a valid Win32 application.
In addition: Warning message:
package ‘rJava’ was built under R version 3.2.3
Error: package or namespace load failed for ‘rJava’
I referred various posts on StackOverflow and tried to make changes accordingly, but nothing worked. These are the various steps I followed to resolve the issue:
if (Sys.getenv("JAVA_HOME")!="")
Sys.setenv(JAVA_HOME="")
library(rJava)
This didn't work.
Then I tried this:
options(java.home="C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jre1.8.0_91\\")
library(rJava)
This didn't work either.
My jvm.dll is at this location in my Windows 7 64 bit OS - C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.8.0_91\bin\client
I also added C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.8.0_91\bin\client to my PATH variable in my Environment variables and restarted RStudio and tried to install and load rJava again. That also didn't work.
I would really appreciate if someone could please help me resolve this issue.
Thanks guys!
This worked for me -
This error is often resolved by installing a Java version (i.e. 64-bit Java or 32-bit Java) that fits to the type of R version that you are using (i.e. 64-bit R or 32-bit R). This problem can easily effect Windows 7 users, since they might have installed a version of Java that is different than the version of R they are using.
Note that it is necessary to ‘manually download and install’ the 64 bit version of JAVA. By default, the download page gives a 32 bit version .
You can pick the exact version of Java you wish to install from this link. If you might (for some reason) work on both versions of R, you can install both version of Java (Installing the “Java Runtime Environment” is probably good enough for your needs).
(Source: Uwe Ligges)
Other possible solutions is trying to re-install rJava.
If that doesn’t work, you could also manually set the directory of your Java location by setting it before loading the library:
Sys.setenv(JAVA_HOME='C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jre7') # for 64-bit version
Sys.setenv(JAVA_HOME='C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Java\\jre7') # for 32-bit version
library(rJava)
Refer this link - http://www.r-bloggers.com/how-to-load-the-rjava-package-after-the-error-java_home-cannot-be-determined-from-the-registry/
I encountered the same problem. Be sure to check the file path for Java. To solve the error I needed to download 64bit Java version. However the following code in R did not work as the folder was incorrect for the latest version for Java:
Sys.setenv(JAVA_HOME='C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jre7') # for 64-bit version
Instead I changed the name to:
Sys.setenv(JAVA_HOME='C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jre1.8.0_144')
Hope that helps
I have noticed in different fresh installations of R, RStudio and rJava in WIndows, that what fixes the error is:
Uninstall R
Reinstall R but only selecting one architecture. Example, x64, or x86, but not both. That tends to confuse R or RStudio when they are compiling.
In my case, I fixed the message
Error : .onLoad failed in loadNamespace() for 'rJava', details:
call: inDL(x, as.logical(local), as.logical(now), ...)
error: unable to load shared object 'C:/Users/ankitagarwal5/Documents/R/win-library/3.2/rJava/libs/x64/rJava.dll':
LoadLibrary failure: %1 is not a valid Win32 application.
Following steps 1 and 2 above.
I tried what the other have said to not avail. For me the solution was to eliminate the old folders and shortcuts of R version 32 bit on my computer that remained there even after uninstalling.
This happened to me when Java was updated to a 32-bit, but R required a 64-bit version.
The solution:
Simply download the 64-bit version of Java
install it.
Restart RStudio
Everything should work
Where to download 64-bit java:
I guess your OS architecture and R architecture are not matching. If they are matching, the following might be the problem
It worked for me after i added the R library path to the environment variables list on my windows 7.
So,
Add 'C:/Users/Rohan-PC/Documents/R/win-library/3.1' this path to the Path variables list under System variables list(not to be confused with the PATH variable under User variables). Restart R and try loading the library. It works!!!!!
If you have both 64-bit R and 32-bit R versions installed, try from each one.
For me it worked on R 64bits but not R 32bits.
But of course that depends on your java version (64-bit Java vs 32-bit Java).
I'm trying to build the R package bigmemory for Windows 8 x64. However, when running R CMD INSTALL --build bigmemory_4.4.3.tar.gz, I receive the error ERROR: Unix-only package. I do not know why this is happening, but my guess is that it has something to do with the configure file of the package. I'm using R 3.0.1, 64 bit.
See this link, Windows support has been suspended. It's not your R-version, if you want to make use of it you'll have to use cygwin or install a Linux partition. You can also try the package ff.
The bigmemory NEWS, says "Windows support is temporarily suspended due to issues with the Boost headers." for the most current version of bigmemory.
The package you mention in the comments doesn't depend on a specific version of bigmemory, so you could try to build one of the older versions of bigmemory from the archive.
I installed iplots and rjava packages. When I do this library(iplots), I get the following error. I do have JDK installed on my pc.
Loading required package: rJava
Error : .onLoad failed in loadNamespace() for 'rJava', details:
call: fun(libname, pkgname)
error: JAVA_HOME cannot be determined from the Registry
Error: package ‘rJava’ could not be loaded
The error is telling you that there is no entry in your Registry that tells R where Java is located on your machine. Either your registry is corrupt, but more likely you haven't installed Java. You can install either the Java Runtime Environment or the Java Development Kit.
(You can download Java here.)
If you installed Java, try reinstalling it. This should put the entries back in your Registry.
If that doesn't work, you can start looking at exactly where R is looking for your Registry entries. The function that rJava uses to find Java is in the rJava:::.onLoad function. Within that function there is a subfunction called find.java. I copy the contents here:
find.java <- function() {
for (root in c("HLM", "HCU")) for (key in c("Software\\JavaSoft\\Java Runtime Environment",
"Software\\JavaSoft\\Java Development Kit")) {
hive <- try(utils::readRegistry(key, root, 2),
silent = TRUE)
if (!inherits(hive, "try-error"))
return(hive)
}
hive
}
Copy and paste this into your R window, and then run it find.java(). rJava is looking for an entry for JavaHome. If that isn't listed, then it is missing from your registry.
You could also manually set the directory of your Java location by setting it before loading the library:
Sys.setenv(JAVA_HOME='C:\\Your\\Java\\Directory')
library(rJava)
If like me you do not have admin rights to install 64-bit Java, just open 32-bit R and it should work ok on your 64 bit PC as part of the problem seems to be the rJava library function calls embedded Java functions/routines, which may only have being designed for 32-bit interface with Excel/Windows and possibly too large a task at the time to change everything.
Answer in link resolved my issue.
Before resolution, I tried by adding JAVA_HOME to windows environments. It resolved this error but created another issue. The solution in above link resolves this issue without creating additional issues.
Any Linux users here, run command:
sudo R CMD javareconf
That typically needs to be run after an update of the system Java installation,
as suggested here
I'm trying to install rJava on a computer with Win 7 64 bit. When I run
install.packages("rJava")
everything seems to be fine:
Installing package(s) into ‘C:/Users/djq/Documents/R/win-library/2.13’
(as ‘lib’ is unspecified)
trying URL 'http://software.rc.fas.harvard.edu/mirrors/R/bin/windows/contrib/2.13/rJava_0.9-1.zip'
Content type 'application/zip' length 654936 bytes (639 Kb)
opened URL
downloaded 639 Kb
package 'rJava' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
The downloaded packages are in
C:\TEMP\RtmpW2eAUw\downloaded_packages
but when I tried to load the library library(rJava) I get the following error:
Error : .onLoad failed in loadNamespace() for 'rJava', details:
call: inDL(x, as.logical(local), as.logical(now), ...)
error: unable to load shared object 'C:/Users/me/Documents/R/win-library/2.13/rJava/libs/x64/rJava.dll':
LoadLibrary failure: %1 is not a valid Win32 application.
Error: package/namespace load failed for 'rJava'
I have installed the Java JRE (trying both 32 and 64 bit versions) and the JDK (using both 32 and 64 bit). My R version is R version 2.13.1 (2011-07-08) and I'm using RStudio.
If I try using 32 bit R, I can load rJava fine. Is the problem just that rJava does not run in R 64 bit? How can I tell if a package is just for 32 instead of 64?
edit: just posted R.version():
> R.Version()
$platform
[1] "x86_64-pc-mingw32"
$arch
[1] "x86_64"
$os
[1] "mingw32"
$system
[1] "x86_64, mingw32"
$status
[1] ""
$major
[1] "2"
$minor
[1] "13.1"
$year
[1] "2011"
$month
[1] "07"
$day
[1] "08"
$`svn rev`
[1] "56322"
$language
[1] "R"
$version.string
[1] "R version 2.13.1 (2011-07-08)"
Update (July 2018):
The latest CRAN version of rJava will find the jvm.dll automatically, without manually setting the PATH or JAVA_HOME. However note that:
To use rJava in 32-bit R, you need Java for Windows x86
To use rJava in 64-bit R, you need Java for Windows x64
To build or check R packages with multi-arch (the default) you need to install both Java For Windows x64 as well as Java for Windows x86. On Win 64, the former installs in C:\Program files\Java\ and the latter in C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\ so they do not conflict.
As of Java version 9, support for x86 (win32) has been discontinued. Hence the latest working multi-arch setup is to install both jdk-8u172-windows-i586.exe and jdk-8u172-windows-x64.exe and then the binary package from CRAN:
install.packages("rJava")
The binary package from CRAN should pick up on the jvm by itself. Experts only: to build rJava from source, you need the --merge-multiarch flag:
install.packages('rJava', type = 'source', INSTALL_opts='--merge-multiarch')
Old anwser:
(Note: many of folks in other answers/comments have said to remove JAVA_HOME, so consider that. I have not revisited this issue recently to know if all the steps below are still necessary.)
Here is some quick advice on how to get up and running with R + rJava on Windows 7 64bit. There are several possibilities, but most have fatal flaws. Here is what worked for me:
Add jvm.dll to your PATH
rJava, the R<->Java bridge, will need jvm.dll, but R will have trouble finding that DLL. It resides in a folder like
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_25\jre\bin\server
or
C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\jre\bin\client
Wherever yours is, add that directory to your windows PATH variable. (Windows -> "Path" -> "Edit environment variables to for your account" -> PATH -> edit the value.)
You may already have Java on your PATH. If so you should find the client/server directory in the same Java "home" dir as the one already on your PATH.
To be safe, make sure your architectures match.If you have Java in Program Files, it is 64-bit, so you ought to run R64. If you have Java in Program Files (x86), that's 32-bit, so you use plain 32-bit R.
Re-launch R from the Windows Menu
If R is running, quit.
From the Start Menu , Start R / RGUI, RStudio. This is very important, to make R pick up your PATH changes.
Install rJava 0.9.2.
Earlier versions do not work! Mirrors are not up-to-date, so go to the source at www.rforge.net: http://www.rforge.net/rJava/files/. Note the advice there
“Please use
`install.packages('rJava',,'http://www.rforge.net/')`
to install.”
That is almost correct. This actually works:
install.packages('rJava', .libPaths()[1], 'http://www.rforge.net/')
Watch the punctuation! The mysterious “.libPaths()[1],” just tells R to install the package in the primary library directory. For some reason, leaving the value blank doesn’t work, even though it should default.
Getting rJava to work depends heavily on your computers configuration:
You have to use the same 32bit or 64bit version for both: R and JDK/JRE. A mixture of this will never work (at least for me).
If you use 64bit version make sure, that you do not set JAVA_HOME as a enviorment variable. If this variable is set, rJava will not work for whatever reason (at least for me). You can check easily within R is JAVA_HOME is set with
Sys.getenv("JAVA_HOME")
If you need to have JAVA_HOME set (e.g. you need it for maven or something else), you could deactivate it within your R-session with the following code before loading rJava:
if (Sys.getenv("JAVA_HOME")!="")
Sys.setenv(JAVA_HOME="")
library(rJava)
This should do the trick in most cases. Furthermore this will fix issue Using the rJava package on Win7 64 bit with R, too. I borrowed the idea of unsetting the enviorment variable from R: rJava package install failing.
For me, setting JAVA_HOME did the trick (instead of unsetting, as in another answer given here). Either in Windows:
set JAVA_HOME="C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\"
Or inside R:
Sys.setenv(JAVA_HOME="C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jre7\\")
But what's probably the best solution (since rJava 0.9-4) is overriding within R the Windows JAVA_HOME setting altogether:
options(java.home="C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jre7\\")
library(rJava)
The last question has an easy answer:
> .Machine$sizeof.pointer
[1] 8
Meaning I am running R64. If I were running 32 bit R it would return 4. Just because you are running a 64 bit OS does not mean you will be running 64 bit R, and from the error message it appears you are not.
EDIT: If the package has binaries, then they are in separate directories. The specifics will depend on the OS. Notice that your LoadLibrary error occurred when it attempted to find the dll in ...rJava/libs/x64/... On my MacOS system the ...rJava/libs/...` folder has 3 subdirectories: i386, ppc, and x86_64. (The ppc files are obviously useless baggage.)
Sorry for necro.
I have too run into the same issue and found out that rJava expects JAVA_HOME to point to JRE. If you have JDK installed, most probably your JAVA_HOME points to JDK. My quick solution:
Sys.setenv(JAVA_HOME=paste(Sys.getenv("JAVA_HOME"), "jre", sep="\\"))
I had a related problem with rJava. It would load but a package that depends on it, would not load.
Users may waste a lot of time with jvm.dll and PATH and JAVA_HOME when the real fix is to force the installer to just forget about i386. Use option for install.packages. (this also works when drat library is used. (credit goes to Dason)
install.packages("SqlRender",INSTALL_opts="--no-multiarch")
Also, you can modify just your user path with a win command like this:
setx PATH "C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_102\bin\server;%PATH%"
I had some trouble determining the Java package that was installed when I ran into this problem, since the previous answers didn't exactly work for me. To sort it out, I typed:
Sys.setenv(JAVA_HOME="C:/Program Files/Java/
and then hit tab and the two suggested directories were "jre1.8.0_31/" and "jre7/"
Jre7 didn't solve my problem, but jre1.8.0_31/ did. Final answer was running (before library(rJava)):
Sys.setenv(JAVA_HOME="C:/Program Files/Java/jre1.8.0_31/")
I'm using 64-bit Windows 8.1 Hope this helps someone else.
Update:
Check your version to determine what X should be (mine has changed several times since this post):
Sys.setenv(JAVA_HOME="C:/Program Files/Java/jre1.8.0_x/")
Download Java from https://java.com/en/download/windows-64bit.jsp for 64-bit windows\Install it
Download Java development kit from https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html for 64-bit windows\install it
Then right click on “This PC” icon in desktop\Properties\Advanced system settings\Advanced\Environment Variables\Under System variables select Path\Click Edit\Click on New\Copy and paste paths “C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_201\bin” and “C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_201\bin” (without quote) \OK\OK\OK
Note: jdk1.8.0_201 and jre1.8.0_201 will be changed depending on the version of Java development kit and Java
In Environment Variables window go to User variables for User\Click on New\Put Variable name as “JAVA_HOME” and Variable value as “C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_201\bin”\Press OK
To check the installation, open CMD\Type javac\Press Enter and Type java\press enter It will show
In RStudio run
Sys.setenv(JAVA_HOME="C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jdk1.8.0_201")
Note: jdk1.8.0_201 will be changed depending on the version of Java development kit
Now you can install and load rJava package without any problem.
I need to have a 32 bit JRE available for my browser, but 64 bit JRE for R and rJava. The 32 bit JRE is installed in the default location. After some experimentation, I found that I only needed one of misterbee's suggestions to get rJava (version 0.9-6) working for me. All I did was add the path to my 64 bit java installation:
C:\apps\Java\jre\bin\server\jvm.dll
to the top of my path environment variable (your path will likely be different) and remove my JAVA_HOME as user2161065 suggested. I put this just ahead of the entry
C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath
which the Oracle installer inserts at the top of the path and points to some symlinks to the 32 bit JRE. By adding the entry to 64 bit jvm.dll, looks like rJava could find what it needs.
I think this is an update. I was unable to install rJava (on Windows) until I installed the JDK, as per
Javac is not found
and
javac not working in windows command prompt. The message I was getting was
'javac' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
The JDK includes the JRE, and according to
https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/rJava/index.html
the current version (0.9-7 published 2015-Jul-29)
of rJava
SystemRequirements: Java JDK 1.2 or higher (for JRI/REngine JDK 1.4 or higher), GNU make
So there you are: if rJava won't install because it can't find javac, and you have the JRE installed, then try the JDK. Also, make sure that JAVA_HOME points to the JDK and not the JRE.
I solved the issue by uninstalling apparently redundant Java software from my windows 7 x64 machine. I achieved this by first uninstalling all Java applications and then installing a fresh Java version. (Later I pointed R 3.4.3 x86_64-w64-mingw32 to the Java path, just to mention though I don't think this was the real issue.) Today only Java 8 Update 161 (64-bit) 8.0.1610.12 was left then. After this, install.packages("rJava"); library(rJava) did work perfectly.
This is a follow-up to Update (July 2018). I am on 64 bit Windows 10 but am set up to build r packages from source for both 32 and 64 bit with Rtools. My 64 bit jdk is jdk-11.0.2. When I can, I do everything in RStudio. As of March 2019, rjava is tested with <=jdk11, see github issue #157.
Install jdks to their default location per Update (July 2018) by #Jeroen.
In R studio, set JAVA_HOME to the 64 bit jdk
Sys.setenv(JAVA_HOME="C:/Program Files/Java/jdk-11.0.2")
Optionally check your environmental variable
Sys.getenv("JAVA_HOME")
Install the package per the github page recommendation
install.packages("rJava",,"http://rforge.net")
FYI, the rstudio scripting console doesn't like the double commas... but it works!
So many answers and yet, nothing worked for me - very disappointing and frustrating.
Every now and then I will run into this issue and waste time on Google.
So here is what DID work for me, I am on Windows 10, with everything fully updated.
I went here to download JDK and JRE 8u301, the latest version at this writing.
Oracle Latest Java Download Link
Note I had to create an account or log into my account - takes no time and is free, nothing to worry about.
I installed JRE and then JDK, using the exe just downloaded in the previous step.
In Rstudio (or in R), I ran Sys.setenv(JAVA_HOME='C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jdk1.8.0_301').
Running install.packages("rJava") led to the desired DONE (rJava). (of course, I assume you also have Rtools installed, goes without saying...)
Pretty simple and easy imho.
With the right steps, took me 3 min.