[R] R and Newest version of Java

[Paul Bivand]

After updating Java, I have to run R CMD javareconf. On Windows
64-bit, the java default updater has in the past removed the 64-bit
version as it updates that wanted for 32-bit browsers. The 64-bit
version needed reinstalling manually.

Paul Bivand

On 28 October 2014 18:43, Prof Brian Ripley <ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
> On 28/10/2014 16:47, Antonio Paredes wrote:
>>
>> Hell All,
>>
>> Last night I updated Java to it newest version and this morning when I got
>> to my office some of the R packages, that I am using in a current project,
>> are not loading at all. For example
>>
>> Loading required package: XLConnectJars
>> Error : .onLoad failed in loadNamespace() for 'rJava', details:
>>    call: fun(libname, pkgname)
>>    error: No CurrentVersion entry in Software/JavaSoft registry! Try
>> re-installing Java and make sure R and Java have matching architectures.
>> Error: package ‘XLConnectJars’ could not be loaded
>>
>> I did re-installed Java but the issue continues. Are there any known
>> issues
>> associated with how R is interacting with the latest version of Java?
>
>
> Whatever that version is and whatever platform this is (for the latter, see
> the posting guide)!
>
> If you mean Oracle Java, I use the current 8u25 on several platforms.
>
> At a guess this is Windows and you installed 32-bit Java for use with 64-bit
> R or v.v.: the architectures have to match ....
>
>>
>> Thank you very much.
>>
>
>
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