[Rd] Installing rJava RJDBC bad interpreter: Permission denied

[Simon Urbanek]

On Sep 1, 2009, at 21:05 , Matias Silva wrote:

> Trying to install the above two packages via the  
> "install.packages("package_name")" command and
> the "R CMD INSTALL file.tar.gz".
>
> I receive the following error either way "sh: ./configure: /bin/sh:  
> bad interpreter: Permission denied".
> I have tried to chmod and chown permissions and also ran dos2unix in  
> hopes that there is a CRLF
> in some of the tar.gz files, but that doesn't seem to fix the problem.

The problem is in your system not the packages. Please read the error  
message carefully - it says your /bin/sh is broken. Fix it and all  
should be well.

Cheers,
S


> I'm looking for any help
> I can get.  I have tried the r-help and r-packages list.  I have  
> tried this with the compiled
> version of R and the RPM version of R.
>
> * Installing *source* package ârJavaâ ...
> sh: ./configure: /bin/sh: bad interpreter: Permission denied
> ERROR: configuration failed for package ârJavaâ
> * Removing â/usr/lib64/R/library/rJavaâ
> * Installing *source* package âRJDBCâ ...
> ** R
> ** preparing package for lazy loading
> Error : package 'rJava' required by 'RJDBC' could not be found
> ERROR: lazy loading failed for package âRJDBCâ
> * Removing â/usr/lib64/R/library/RJDBCâ
>
> I'm using the rpm version of R found here http://cran.cnr.berkeley.edu/bin/linux/redhat/el5/x86_64
> I ran the "R CMD javareconf" as root and set the JAVA_HOME  
> environment variable.
>
> Here is my system configuration:
> OS: CentOS 5.2 x86_64
>
> JDK: java version "1.6.0_12"
> Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_12-b04)
> Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 11.2-b01, mixed mode)
>
> R: 2.9.1
> rJava: rJava_0.7-0.tar.gz
> RJDBC: RJDBC_0.1-5.tar.gz
>
> Thanks for your time and knowledge.
>
> Best,
> Matt
>
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