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sethrfore / homebrew-r-srf

Custom Homebrew R formula with tcl-tk support and additional options
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Installation of rJava fails #6

Closed rkrug closed 5 years ago

rkrug commented 5 years ago

Hi

I used your tap, but couldn't install rJava - even repeated javareconf did not help. I am back to the official one again.

sethrfore commented 5 years ago

It's not exactly clear what your error was. Depending on the options used when R was installed there are certain issues that can occur. For example, if you installed R using --with-icu4c you may get an rJava error indicating ld: library not found for -licuuc. This reflects the fact that the brewed icu4c formula is keg only. The solution in this case is hinted at in the output of brew info icu4c where it indicates different ways to find the necessary files. In this case, I can sucessfully install rJava using:

install.packages('rJava', configure.args = "LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/opt/icu4c/lib CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/local/opt/icu4c/include")

If this does not address your issue, then you might get better results with a better description of the problem.

rkrug commented 5 years ago

Sorry fo not being clear (I was in a rush).

I used

brew install sethrfore/r-srf/r --with-openblas --with-java --with-texinfo --with-libtiff --with-icu4c --with-cairo --with-pango

to install r.

The error you mention, is exactly the one I had.

I'll try it again to install rJava with the configure.args and report back.

rkrug commented 5 years ago

Thanks - working with that and using

install.packages('rJava', configure.args = "LDFLAGS=-L/usr/local/opt/icu4c/lib CPPFLAGS=-I/usr/local/opt/icu4c/include")

May be worth adding this to the info part of the formula?

Thanks a lot.

sethrfore commented 5 years ago

icu4c include and library paths will be added when R is configured with optional icu4c support. Additional steps should not be required when installing CRAN packages with related dependencies (e.g., rJava).