R: rJava package install failing

Question

When installing rJava using the install.packages(\"rJava\") command I get the following error:

checking Java support in R... present:
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Answer 1

below is one of my answers on another post - error: unable to load installed packages just now
(this is also relevant to this question)

For Linux(Ubuntu) users: If you have oracle-java (7/8) installed. It'll be at this location /usr/lib/jvm and sudo access is required.

Create the file /etc/ld.so.conf.d/java.conf with the following entries:

/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle/jre/lib/amd64
/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle/jre/lib/amd64/server

(Replace java-8-oracle with java-7-oracle depending on your java version)

Then:

sudo ldconfig

Restart RStudio and then install the rJava package.