[R] rJava installation under linux: configuration failed

[Stefan Grosse]

>
> Precautionary note: the '1.5 series Java' (aka Java 5) does not work
> with JNI (and hence rJava) on some platforms, including AMD64 Linux.
>
>> You can google how to do those installations on suse linux.
>
> It can be tricky, especially if you need a later Java than your OS
> version supports.
>
Since the Suse Version is 10.0 there is an installation repository
provided by Suse:

http://download.opensuse.org/distribution/SL-10.0-OSS/inst-source-java/

you can add that via Yast and this should then provide Java 5 JDK.
(provided that you are on the correct platform ...)