[R] JGR / linux

[Dirk Eddelbuettel]

On 3 June 2008 at 13:44, g-h-d wrote:
| > | > $ sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk
| > | > 
| > | > $ sudo update-alternatives --config java
| > | > 
| > | > There are 5 alternatives which provide `java'.
| > | > 
| > | > Selection Alternative
| > | > -----------------------------------------------
| > | > 1 /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/jre/bin/java
| > | > 2 /usr/bin/gij-4.1
| > | > 3 /usr/bin/gij-4.2
| > | > 4 /usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj/jre/bin/java
| > | > + 5 /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-icedtea/jre/bin/java
|
| About the message resulting from calling say ?matrix: the message may be a
| warning, but ?matrix just doesnt work, I can't use it (or any other help
| command).

I see. That appears to be the same at my end. You may want to bring that to
the attention of the rosuda.org folks.
 
| About "doing the same update-alternatives call for 'javah' and 'javac'." I
| actually don't know what you mean exactly. Could you please clarify? Thanks.

See what I left from your initial post -- besides running 

    $ sudo update-alternatives --config java

it may be prudent to also redirect via

    $ sudo update-alternatives --config javac
    $ sudo update-alternatives --config javah

as 'R CMD javareconf' checkes for all three.  But as you got JGR built, this
may not matter. I always found that other java compilers from gij, gcj, ecj,
... would get in the way.

Hope this helps, Dirk

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