[R] Installation of rJava fails

[G.Maubach at gmx.de]

Hi All,

I try to install RWeka on Debian GNU Linux 8 Jessie (uname -a: 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.7-ckt25-2+deb8u3 (2016-07-02) x86_64) which has a dependency to "rJava".
I did

apt-get install openjdk-8-jre

which went OK.

Java is installed in:

/var/lib/dpkg/alternatives/java
/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/java
/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/bin/java
/etc/alternatives/java

When doing this

install.packages("rJava")

I get

* installing *source* package ‘rJava’ ...
** Paket ‘rJava’ erfolgreich entpackt und MD5 Summen überprüft

interpreter : '/usr/lib/jvm/default-java/jre/bin/java'
archiver    : '/usr/lib/jvm/default-java/bin/jar'
compiler    : '/usr/lib/jvm/default-java/bin/javac'
header prep.: '/usr/lib/jvm/default-java/bin/javah'
cpp flags   : '-I/usr/lib/jvm/default-java/include'
java libs   : '-L/usr/lib/jvm/default-java/jre/lib/amd64/server -ljvm'
checking whether Java run-time works... 
./configure: line 3736: /usr/lib/jvm/default-java/jre/bin/java: No such file or directory
no
configure: error: Java interpreter '/usr/lib/jvm/default-java/jre/bin/java' does not work
ERROR: configuration failed for package ‘rJava’
* removing ‘/usr/local/lib/R/site-library/rJava’
Warning in install.packages :
  installation of package ‘rJava’ had non-zero exit status

Do I need to use another Java version or installation? How do I tell install.packages() where my Java installation resides?

Kind regards

Georg