Can't link with -ljvm in java 11

[fiducioso-dan]

Now that Ubuntu 18.04 bionic beaver is out OpenJDK 11 is becoming more popular (EDIT I just found out that Ubuntu 18.04 labels the package as 11 but it is really openjdk 10 for now.) This package doesn't compile well.

Dockerfile to reproduce the issue:

FROM ubuntu:18.04

# Install official nodejs package and prereqs to install npm java package
RUN apt-get update
RUN apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y python2.7 lsb-release apt-transport-https curl ca-certificates openjdk-11-jdk-headless build-essential gnupg2
RUN curl -s https://deb.nodesource.com/gpgkey/nodesource.gpg.key | apt-key add -
RUN echo "deb https://deb.nodesource.com/node_8.x $(lsb_release -sc) main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nodesource.list
RUN apt-get update
RUN apt-get install --no-install-recommends -y nodejs

# installing as root causes weirdness so create user and set up local package.json
RUN adduser --disabled-password --gecos "" node
USER node
RUN cd $HOME && npm init -y && npm install java@0.9.1

Relevant output:

> java@0.9.1 install /home/node/node_modules/java
> node-gyp rebuild

make: Entering directory '/home/node/node_modules/java/build'
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/nodejavabridge_bindings/src/java.o
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/nodejavabridge_bindings/src/javaObject.o
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/nodejavabridge_bindings/src/javaScope.o
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/nodejavabridge_bindings/src/methodCallBaton.o
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/nodejavabridge_bindings/src/nodeJavaBridge.o
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/nodejavabridge_bindings/src/utils.o
  SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/obj.target/nodejavabridge_bindings.node
/usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-ld: cannot find -ljvm
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [Release/obj.target/nodejavabridge_bindings.node] Error 1
nodejavabridge_bindings.target.mk:137: recipe for target 'Release/obj.target/nodejavabridge_bindings.node' failed
make: Leaving directory '/home/node/node_modules/java/build'

If you change the java package to openjdk-8-jdk-headless it will install fine.

[joeferner]

Can you try again with the newly published v0.10.0

[swsharp]

I just encountered this issue using java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel.ppc64le 1:1.8.0.171-7.b10.el7 on RHEL 7.

> java@0.9.1 install {releasePath}/node_modules/java
> node-gyp rebuild

make: Entering directory `{releasePath}/node_modules/java/build'
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/nodejavabridge_bindings/src/java.o
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/nodejavabridge_bindings/src/javaObject.o
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/nodejavabridge_bindings/src/javaScope.o
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/nodejavabridge_bindings/src/methodCallBaton.o
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/nodejavabridge_bindings/src/nodeJavaBridge.o
  CXX(target) Release/obj.target/nodejavabridge_bindings/src/utils.o
  SOLINK_MODULE(target) Release/obj.target/nodejavabridge_bindings.node
/bin/ld: cannot find -ljvm
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [Release/obj.target/nodejavabridge_bindings.node] Error 1
make: Leaving directory `{releasePath}/node_modules/java/build'

[fiducioso-dan]

@joeferner Awesome v0.10.0 compiles fine now.