[R] Installation of rJava package fails

[Prof Brian Ripley]

R_BadLongVector is an entry point in 64-bit R-devel (pre-3.0.0).  It 
seems something got installed under the wrong version of R.

I'd also be concerned about your Java version.  1.6.0_18 is very old and 
there are security alerts on old Java versions, even those from last month.

On 05/02/2013 13:57, Loesch, Uta Maria wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am trying to install the rJava package in a Linux environment (Platform: x86_64-suse-linux-gnu (64-bit)), where I am facing an issue which I cannot solve so far and where I could require some help:
>
> The installation seems to go fine, however in the last step of the installation where loading the package is tested, the process fails with the following error:
> ** testing if installed package can be loaded
> Error : .onLoad failed in loadNamespace() for 'rJava', details:
>    call: dyn.load(file, DLLpath = DLLpath, ...)
>    error: unable to load shared object '/usr/lib64/R/library/rJava/libs/rJava.so':
>    /usr/lib64/R/library/rJava/libs/rJava.so: undefined symbol: R_BadLongVector
> Error: loading failed
> Execution halted
> ERROR: loading failed
> * removing '/usr/lib64/R/library/rJava'
>
> I have attached the complete output of the installation process.
>
> Here is the output of sessionInfo():
>> sessionInfo()
> R version 2.15.2 (2012-10-26)
> Platform: x86_64-suse-linux-gnu (64-bit)
>
> locale:
> [1] C
>
> attached base packages:
> [1] stats     graphics  grDevices utils     datasets  methods   base
>
> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
> [1] tools_2.15.2
>
>
> and of javareconf:
> R CMD javareconf
> Java interpreter : /usr/sap/jdk1.6.0_18//jre/bin/java
> Java version     : 1.6.0_18
> Java home path   : /usr/sap/jdk1.6.0_18/
> Java compiler    : /usr/sap/jdk1.6.0_18//bin/javac
> Java headers gen.: /usr/sap/jdk1.6.0_18//bin/javah
> Java archive tool: /usr/sap/jdk1.6.0_18//bin/jar
> Java library path: /usr/sap/jdk1.6.0_18/jre/lib/amd64/server:/usr/sap/jdk1.6.0_18/jre/lib/amd64:/usr/sap/jdk1.6.0_18/jre/../lib/amd64::/usr/java/packages/lib/amd64:/usr/lib64:/lib64:/lib:/usr/lib
> JNI linker flags : -L/usr/sap/jdk1.6.0_18/jre/lib/amd64/server -L/usr/sap/jdk1.6.0_18/jre/lib/amd64 -L/usr/sap/jdk1.6.0_18/jre/../lib/amd64 -L -L/usr/java/packages/lib/amd64 -L/usr/lib64 -L/lib64 -L/lib -L/usr/lib -ljvm
> JNI cpp flags    : -I/usr/sap/jdk1.6.0_18//include -I/usr/sap/jdk1.6.0_18//include/linux
>
> Updating Java configuration in /usr/lib64/R
> Done.
>
> To me, the paths seem fine, an internet search did not deliver any results. Any suggestions how to proceed on the problem?
> What is the R_BadLongVector? I could not find any information wrt. that online.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help!
> Uta
>
>
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