sudo R CMD javareconf and R CMD javareconf produce

Question

I on macOS 10.13.3 and I just update to java 10 and when I've tried to update R to it I just realize that I get two different outputs if I run R CMD javareconf with or without sudo. If I run with sudo it sticks to Java 9, but if I run without sudo it configures java 10.

Without sudo:

$ R CMD javareconf                                                                        
Java interpreter : /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-10.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java
Java version     : 10
Java home path   : /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-10.jdk/Contents/Home
Java compiler    : /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-10.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/javac
Java headers gen.: /usr/bin/javah
Java archive tool: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-10.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/jar
Non-system Java on macOS

trying to compile and link a JNI program
detected JNI cpp flags    : -I$(JAVA_HOME)/include -I$(JAVA_HOME)/include/darwin
detected JNI linker flags : -L$(JAVA_HOME)/lib/server -ljvm
/usr/local/opt/llvm/bin/clang  -I/usr/local/Cellar/r/3.4.4/lib/R/include -DNDEBUG -I/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-10.jdk/Contents/Home/include -I/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-10.jdk/Contents/Home/include/darwin  -I/usr/local/opt/gettext/include -I/usr/local/opt/llvm/include   -fPIC  -g -O3 -Wall -pedantic -std=gnu99 -mtune=native -pipe -c conftest.c -o conftest.o
/usr/local/opt/llvm/bin/clang++ -dynamiclib -Wl,-headerpad_max_install_names -undefined dynamic_lookup -single_module -multiply_defined suppress -L/usr/local/opt/gettext/lib -L/usr/local/opt/llvm/lib -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/opt/llvm/lib -L/usr/local/Cellar/r/3.4.4/lib/R/lib -L/usr/local/opt/gettext/lib -L/usr/local/opt/llvm/lib -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/opt/llvm/lib -o conftest.so conftest.o -L/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-10.jdk/Contents/Home/lib/server -ljvm -L/usr/local/Cellar/r/3.4.4/lib/R/lib -lR -lintl -Wl,-framework -Wl,CoreFoundation


JAVA_HOME        : /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-10.jdk/Contents/Home
Java library path: $(JAVA_HOME)/lib/server
JNI cpp flags    : -I$(JAVA_HOME)/include -I$(JAVA_HOME)/include/darwin
JNI linker flags : -L$(JAVA_HOME)/lib/server -ljvm
Updating Java configuration in /usr/local/Cellar/r/3.4.4/lib/R
override rw-r--r--  root/admin for /usr/local/Cellar/r/3.4.4/lib/R/etc/Makeconf? (y/n [n]) y
override rw-r--r--  root/admin for /usr/local/Cellar/r/3.4.4/lib/R/etc/ldpaths? (y/n [n]) y
Done.

With sudo:

$ sudo R CMD javareconf                                                                   
Java interpreter : /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-9.0.4.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java
Java version     : 9.0.4
Java home path   : /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-9.0.4.jdk/Contents/Home
Java compiler    : /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-9.0.4.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/javac
Java headers gen.: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-9.0.4.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/javah
Java archive tool: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-9.0.4.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/jar
Non-system Java on macOS

trying to compile and link a JNI program
detected JNI cpp flags    : -I$(JAVA_HOME)/include -I$(JAVA_HOME)/include/darwin
detected JNI linker flags : -L$(JAVA_HOME)/lib/server -ljvm
/usr/local/opt/llvm/bin/clang  -I/usr/local/Cellar/r/3.4.4/lib/R/include -DNDEBUG -I/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-9.0.4.jdk/Contents/Home/include -I/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-9.0.4.jdk/Contents/Home/include/darwin  -I/usr/local/opt/gettext/include -I/usr/local/opt/llvm/include   -fPIC  -g -O3 -Wall -pedantic -std=gnu99 -mtune=native -pipe -c conftest.c -o conftest.o
/usr/local/opt/llvm/bin/clang++ -dynamiclib -Wl,-headerpad_max_install_names -undefined dynamic_lookup -single_module -multiply_defined suppress -L/usr/local/opt/gettext/lib -L/usr/local/opt/llvm/lib -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/opt/llvm/lib -L/usr/local/Cellar/r/3.4.4/lib/R/lib -L/usr/local/opt/gettext/lib -L/usr/local/opt/llvm/lib -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/opt/llvm/lib -o conftest.so conftest.o -L/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-9.0.4.jdk/Contents/Home/lib/server -ljvm -L/usr/local/Cellar/r/3.4.4/lib/R/lib -lR -lintl -Wl,-framework -Wl,CoreFoundation


JAVA_HOME        : /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-9.0.4.jdk/Contents/Home
Java library path: $(JAVA_HOME)/lib/server
JNI cpp flags    : -I$(JAVA_HOME)/include -I$(JAVA_HOME)/include/darwin
JNI linker flags : -L$(JAVA_HOME)/lib/server -ljvm
Updating Java configuration in /usr/local/Cellar/r/3.4.4/lib/R
Done.

The end result of this is: without sudo and in consequence with java 10, rJava doesn't build. With sudo and java 9, rJava build normally.

Does anyone know what is going on?

PS1/ I have set $JAVA_HOME to JAVA_HOME="$(/usr/libexec/java_home)" in my zsh and bash profile.

PS2/ just for the sake of having all the info in one place... when building rJava with Java 10 I get the following error:

warning: [options] bootstrap class path not set in conjunction with -source 6
warning: [options] source value 6 is obsolete and will be removed in a future release
warning: [options] target value 1.6 is obsolete and will be removed in a future release
warning: [options] To suppress warnings about obsolete options, use -Xlint:-options.
Note: Some input files use or override a deprecated API.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:deprecation for details.
Note: Some input files use unchecked or unsafe operations.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details.
4 warnings
/usr/bin/javah -d . -classpath . org.rosuda.JRI.Rengine
Unable to locate an executable at "/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-10.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/javah" (-1)
make[2]: *** [org_rosuda_JRI_Rengine.h] Error 2
make[1]: *** [src/JRI.jar] Error 2
make: *** [jri] Error 2
ERROR: compilation failed for package ‘rJava’
* removing ‘/Users/lpuerto/Library/R/3.x/library/rJava’
* restoring previous ‘/Users/lpuerto/Library/R/3.x/library/rJava’

The downloaded source packages are in
    ‘/private/var/folders/wf/41gjf2mx7m7fmvfd8dr22_5h0000gn/T/RtmpT2kJMY/downloaded_packages’
Warning message:
In install.packages("rJava", repos = "cloud.r-project.org") :
  installation of package ‘rJava’ had non-zero exit status

I've checked and there isn't a javah on /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-10.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/javah as in Java 9.

Answer 1

I solved by creating a symbolic link from /usr/bin/javah to that path with sudo ln -s /usr/bin/javah /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-10.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/javah.

Hope it works for you too.

Answer 2

As it was discussed on the R-SIG-mac list the problem is solved if you update to the last dev version of rJava.

install.packages('rJava', repos = 'http://rforge.net'