From rune at philosof.dk  Mon Aug 18 12:37:04 2008
From: rune at philosof.dk (Rune Schjellerup Philosof)
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:37:04 +0200
Subject: [Rd] 'javareconf -e' as normal user (PR#12544)
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Simon Urbanek skrev:
> Rune,
>
> On Aug 15, 2008, at 8:50 AM, bugs at philosof.dk wrote:
>
>> Full_Name: Rune Philosof
>> Version: 2.6.2 and 2.7.1
>> OS: Ubuntu 8.04
>> Submission from: (NULL) (130.226.87.177)
>>
>>
>> When I try to install rJava I am requested to run 'R CMD javareconf 
>> -e' if I
>> don't have root access.
>>
>> rune at rune-laptop:~$ R CMD javareconf -e
>> shift: 59: can't shift that many
>>
>
> Can you tell us which shell you are using? It works fine for me with 
> sh/bash.
>
> FWIW in general the syntax is "-e <prog>" (see -h) e.g.
> R CMD javareconf -e /bin/bash
> You can also use '' for the default shell.

I'm using bash version 3.2.25(1) (ubuntu package version 3.2-0ubuntu11).
It works fine if I specify <prog>, but it doesn't work with just -e for 
the default shell.

--
Regards
Rune



[Rd] 'javareconf -e' as normal user (PR#12544)
Rune Schjellerup Philosof