rjava dependent package installation Segmentation fault (core dumped)

Question

I am trying to reinstall a package that I was previously able to install and use. I was building a package of my own after my computer unexpectedly restarted and then I star

Answer 1

This seems to be a bug in recent kernel versions, the same problem happens with other R libraries that involve Java, and also other software.

See https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-discuss/2017-June/017507.html and https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1698919.

This workaround does the trick for me:

export _JAVA_OPTIONS="-Xss2560k -Xmx2g"