Problem
The following error message appears when installing the rJava package in a RedHat Linux environment:
/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -licuuc collect2: ld returned 1 exit status make[2]: *** [libjri.so] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/Rtmp13ZjLo/R.INSTALL200e61ae1/rJava/jri/src' make[1]: *** [src/JRI.jar] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/Rtmp13ZjLo/R.INSTALL200e61ae1/rJava/jri' make: *** [jri] Error 2 ERROR: compilation failed for package ‘rJava’
Solution
This error pertains to the libicu library missing. To verify if this is the case in your environment, check if you have it installed on your machine by doing the following command on the linux console:
rpm -qa | grep -i libicu
There should be two package showing on the output. If one or none of this packages are present, just use yum to install it:
yum install libicu yum install libicu-devel
