[R] Problem Installing rJava on MS Win 7 Platform

[David Winsemius]

He said "Java", not "rJava.

On Apr 7, 2011, at 11:51 AM, Stephen P Molnar wrote:

> Thanks for the reply.
>
> Yes, you are quite correct, but:
>
>> install.packages('rJava')
> Warning in install.packages("rJava") :
>  argument 'lib' is missing: using
> 'C:\Users\Stephen\Documents/R/win64-library/2.11'
> --- Please select a CRAN mirror for use in this session ---
> Warning: unable to access index for repository
> http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/pub/RWin/bin/windows64/contrib/2.11

> trying URL 'http://cran.case.edu/bin/windows64/contrib/2.11/rJava_0.8-5.zip'
> Content type 'application/zip' length 658913 bytes (643 Kb)
> opened URL
> downloaded 643 Kb
>
> package 'rJava' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
>
> The downloaded packages are in
>        C:\Users\Stephen\AppData\Local\Temp\Rtmpcy0hAb 
> \downloaded_packages
>>
> install.packages('C;\Users\Stephen\AppData\Local/Temp/Rtmpcy0hAb 
> \downloaded_

  There is a semi-colon in that path above that looks wrong. You might  
first want to check that all your PATH entries are recorded properly.

-- 
David.
> $
> Error: '\U' used without hex digits in character string starting "C; 
> \U"
>>
>
> So, obviously, at this point I am attempting something that R does  
> not like.





>
> Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D.                                           
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Uwe Ligges [mailto:ligges at statistik.tu-dortmund.de]
> Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 11:34 AM
> To: Stephen P Molnar
> Cc: r-help at r-project.org
> Subject: Re: [R] Problem Installing rJava on MS Win 7 Platform
>
> You failed to install an appropriate Java version.
>
> Best,
> Uwe Ligges
>
>
> On 07.04.2011 16:30, Stephen P Molnar wrote:
>> I'm a new R user and, frankly, this problem has got me stumped.
>>
>>
>>
>> I'm using the 64 bit version of RGui and followed the installation
>> instructions on http://www.rforge.net/rJava/
>>
>>
>>
>> Here is the result:
>>
>>
>>
>> package 'rJava' successfully unpacked and MD5 sums checked
>>
>>> library(rJava)
>>
>> Error in utils::readRegistry(key, "HLM", 2) :
>>
>>   Registry key 'Software\JavaSoft\Java Runtime Environment' not found
>>
>> Error in utils::readRegistry(key, "HLM", 2) :
>>
>>   Registry key 'Software\JavaSoft\Java Development Kit' not found
>>
>> Error : .onLoad failed in loadNamespace() for 'rJava', details:
>>
>>   call: fun(...)
>>
>>   error: JAVA_HOME cannot be found from the Registry
>>
>> Error: package/namespace load failed for 'rJava'
>>
>>
>>
>> I don't Have the faintest idea as t what I've done, or failed to do.
>>
>>
>>
>> Assistance will be greatly appreciated.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>>
>>
>> Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D.                                           
>> Life is
> a
>> fuzzy set
>>
>> Foundation for Chemistry
> Stochastic
>> and multivriate
>>
>> http://www.FoundationForChemistry.com
>>
>>
>>
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David Winsemius, MD
West Hartford, CT