[R-SIG-Mac] using package xlsx

[Dennis Fisher]

Shahrooz

Same issue.  XLConnect requires rJava, thereby reporting the same problem.

Dennis


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> On Apr 8, 2015, at 2:20 PM, Shahrooz, Bahram (shahrobm) <SHAHROBM at UCMAIL.UC.EDU> wrote:
> 
> I don’t know the exact issues, but I’ve used a package called XLConnect with no problem.
> 
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>> On Apr 8, 2015, at 5:12 PM, Dennis Fisher <fisher at plessthan.com <mailto:fisher at plessthan.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> OS X Yosemite
>> R 3.1.3
>> 
>> Colleagues
>> 
>> I have used the package xlsx successfully in the past.  Today, I attempted to use that package, the first time since I upgraded to Yosemite.  R responded to:
>> library(“xlsx”)
>> with
>> No Java runtime present, requesting install.
>> A popup then said “you need to install the legacy Java SE 6 runtime”
>> 
>> I updated all my packages, then I tried:
>> library(“rJava”)
>> The outcome is the same.
>> 
>> I installed Java (Java 8 Update 40), then tried again.  Same problem.  I can confirm that Java is installed:
>>> PET633> java -version
>>> java version "1.8.0_40"
>>> Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_40-b27)
>>> Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.40-b25, mixed mode)
>> 
>> It appears that the rJava wants an old version of java — however, I can’t find that version at the Oracle website.  For curiosity, I tried to install Java SE 7 — the installer would not allow this once it found the newer version (8).  This suggests that installing version 6 will also not be permitted.
>> 
>> Any thoughts?
>> 
>> Dennis
>> 
>> Dennis Fisher MD
>> P < (The "P Less Than" Company)
>> Phone: 1-866-PLessThan (1-866-753-7784)
>> Fax: 1-866-PLessThan (1-866-753-7784)
>> www.PLessThan.com <http://www.plessthan.com/>
>> 
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