HowToInstallRJava

Short Installation Instructions for rJava

NOTE

rJava is a simple R-to-Java interface. It is comparable to the .C/.Call C interface. rJava provides a low-level bridge between R and Java (via JNI). It allows to create objects, call methods and access fields of Java objects from R.

First, have a look at the RForge.net homepage and the instructions provided on the homepage: http://www.rforge.net/rJava/index.html

Make sure that R was configured with Java support. If not, try to re-configure R by using R CMD javareconf (in any case it should not harm):

azteca#  R CMD javareconf

Try to install rJava from within R:

> install.packages('rJava')

Only if this does not work, install rJava using the instructions provided below.

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Prerequisites

• Java >= 1.6.x
• R >= 2.11.x

R should be configured with --enable-R-shlib switch (which is the case by default). Please make sure that compiler and linker flags are set up appropriately (see [HowToBuildR_ForSolaris] for further details).

Obtaining the Sources

Download the newest version (Attention! check compatibility with installed R version) from RForge.net: http://www.rforge.net/rJava/files/

Installation

You need to be a privileged user to install rJava in the standard location of R libraries and Perl modules. At the console, type:

azteca#  R CMD INSTALL rJava_x.y-z.tar.gz

(replace x.y-z with the actual version) and

azteca# R --arch amd64 CMD INSTALL --libs-only rJava_0.8-7.tar.gz

to install the amd64 version of rJava.

Setting up the Environment

For java applications to execute R commands from within compiled java you have to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH, and R_HOME:

R_HOME=/vol/r-2.11/lib/R # please adjust!
export R_HOME

R_JAVA_LIB=$R_HOME/library/rJava/jri

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$R_HOME/lib:$R_JAVA_LIB:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH