r-universe and Java 17

[TanguyBarthelemy]

Hi, I was wondering why do the versions of Java used depend on the operating system (Linux, MacOS, Windows). Currently, I'm trying to build some packages (rjd3toolkit for example) and in the GitHub action used to build the package, a different version of Java is used according to the OS or something else ?

On r-universe, my package depends on Java >= 17 (here openjdk 21):

But some GHA failed because of the java version.

R devel - Windows:

2024-05-18T04:42:18.4175328Z Error: package or namespace load failed for 'rjd3toolkit':
2024-05-18T04:42:18.4176845Z  .onLoad failed in loadNamespace() for 'rjd3toolkit', details:
2024-05-18T04:42:18.4177900Z   call: fun(libname, pkgname)
2024-05-18T04:42:18.4178456Z   error: Your java version is 1.8.0_412.  N or higher.

R release - Windows:

2024-05-18T04:42:07.5341301Z Error: package or namespace load failed for 'rjd3toolkit':
2024-05-18T04:42:07.5342293Z  .onLoad failed in loadNamespace() for 'rjd3toolkit', details:
2024-05-18T04:42:07.5342977Z   call: fun(libname, pkgname)
2024-05-18T04:42:07.5343538Z   error: Your java version is 1.8.0_412.  N or higher.

R oldrel - Windows:

2024-05-18T04:42:15.1587188Z Error: package or namespace load failed for 'rjd3toolkit':
2024-05-18T04:42:15.1588122Z  .onLoad failed in loadNamespace() for 'rjd3toolkit', details:
2024-05-18T04:42:15.1589132Z   call: fun(libname, pkgname)
2024-05-18T04:42:15.1589665Z   error: Your java version is 1.8.0_412.  N or higher.

R release - MacOS:

2024-05-18T04:42:33.7684360Z echo "JAVA_HOME=$JAVA_HOME_11_X64" >> $GITHUB_ENV
...
2024-05-18T04:43:02.1279760Z Error: package or namespace load failed for ‘rjd3toolkit’:
2024-05-18T04:43:02.1280720Z  .onLoad failed in loadNamespace() for 'rjd3toolkit', details:
2024-05-18T04:43:02.1281780Z   call: fun(libname, pkgname)
2024-05-18T04:43:02.1282390Z   error: Your java version is 11.0.23.  N or higher.

R oldrel - MacOS:

2024-05-18T04:42:31.3303900Z echo "JAVA_HOME=$JAVA_HOME_11_X64" >> $GITHUB_ENV
...
2024-05-18T04:42:55.4396520Z Error: package or namespace load failed for ‘rjd3toolkit’:
2024-05-18T04:42:55.4397590Z  .onLoad failed in loadNamespace() for 'rjd3toolkit', details:
2024-05-18T04:42:55.4398340Z   call: fun(libname, pkgname)
2024-05-18T04:42:55.4398940Z   error: Your java version is 11.0.23.  N or higher.

Is it possible to specify the java version (maybe in the packages.json file?

Thank you

[jeroen]

Thanks, I think it should be fixed now. Can you try again?

[jeroen]

Your build passes now: https://github.com/r-universe/tanguybarthelemy/actions/runs/9099280527/job/25216366643

[TanguyBarthelemy]

Ok thank you, I retried this morning the failed builds. I'll now concentrate on the error on the source and WASM builds!

[jeroen]

I don't think Java works in WASM, so you can probably ignore those :)

[TanguyBarthelemy]

Thank you for your quick answers!