Re: Java Error xlsread

[Imran Azeezullah]

On 30/03/15 17:01, adrianc852 wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am using the GUI 3.8.2 version of Octave on the 64 bit Windows 8.1 using
> 32 bit excel 2010.  I am having trouble installing and loading the java
> package.  I use the command to download it.  I also use the setenv command
> before installing:
> setenv ("JAVA_HOME", "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_40\jre\lib\amd64");
>
> This is the error I get:
> Error while trying to install Java package:
> JAVA_HOME environment variable does not properly point to a JDK
>    Hint:
>    JAVA_HOME should usually be set such that either:
>    (on *nix:)
>      <JAVA_HOME>/jre/lib/<arch>/client/ contains libjvm.so (file or symlink)
>    (on OSX:)
>      <JAVA_HOME>/../Libraries/ contains a file libclient.dylib
>    (on Windows:)
>      <JAVA_HOME>/jre/lib/<arch>/ contains a file jvm.cfg
>    (<arch> depends on your system hardware, can be i386, x86_64, alpha, arm,
> ...)
>
> Ultimately, I would like to use the xlsread command but even when I had this
> working before it would not allow me to specify a worksheet for importing
> data. Can anyone help?
From the error and the hint shown, it appears that you should set 
JAVA_HOME to this:

setenv("JAVA_HOME", "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_40");

and attempt the installation again. Not sure about the \ business on 
windows, try with / path separator if it doesn't work.

-- Imran