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{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"cljbridge fails to create Java VM","articleBody":"This:\n`cljbridge.init_jvm(start_repl=True)`\n\nresults in:\n`RuntimeError: Failed to create Java VM. Return code = -1`\n\n# My context\n\n- MacOS 15.7.2, Python 3.9.6\n- tested with Java `temurin@17` \u0026 `temurin@21` (via `brew install`)\n\n# Error\n\nAt commandline:\n\n```zsh\n% python3 -m venv .venv           \n% source .venv/bin/activate\n(.venv) % export PATH=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/temurin-17.jdk/Contents/Home/bin:$PATH\n(.venv) % export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home -v 17)                       \n(.venv) % env | egrep 'JAVA|JDK'\nJAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/temurin-17.jdk/Contents/Home\n\n(.venv) % python3               \n```\n\nAt Python REPL:\n\n```python\nPython 3.9.6 (default, Oct 17 2025, 17:15:53) \n[Clang 17.0.0 (clang-1700.4.4.1)] on darwin\nType \"help\", \"copyright\", \"credits\" or \"license\" for more information.\n\u003e\u003e\u003e from clojurebridge import cljbridge\n\u003e\u003e\u003e test_var=10\n\u003e\u003e\u003e cljbridge.init_jvm(start_repl=True)\nWARNING: Implicit use of clojure.main with options is deprecated, use -M -e (require '[clojure.tools.build.api :as b]'[clojure.string :as str])(let [basis (b/create-basis {:aliases (map keyword [])}) jvm-args (str/join \" \" (:jvm-opts (:resolve-args basis)))] (println jvm-args))\nUnrecognized option: \nFailed to create Java virtual machine.\n\nTraceback (most recent call last):\n  File \"/Users/foo/projects/myproject/mycodebase/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/javabridge/jutil.py\", line 282, in start_thread\n    vm.create_mac(args, RQCLS, library_path, libjli_path)\n  File \"_javabridge.pyx\", line 707, in _javabridge.JB_VM.create_mac\nRuntimeError: Failed to create Java VM. Return code = -1\nFailed to create Java VM\nTraceback (most recent call last):\n  File \"\u003cstdin\u003e\", line 1, in \u003cmodule\u003e\n  File \"/Users/foo/projects/myproject/mycodebase/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/clojurebridge/cljbridge.py\", line 170, in init_jvm\n    javabridge.start_vm(run_headless=True,\n  File \"/Users/foo/projects/myproject/mycodebase/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/javabridge/jutil.py\", line 319, in start_vm\n    raise RuntimeError(\"Failed to start Java VM\")\nRuntimeError: Failed to start Java VM\n```\n\ncljbridge version: `0.0.8`\n\n```bash\n(.venv) % python3 -m pip install cljbridge\nRequirement already satisfied: cljbridge in ./.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages (0.0.8)\n```\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/tjg","@type":"Person","name":"tjg"},"datePublished":"2025-11-21T13:13:46.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":5},"url":"https://github.com/275/libpython-clj/issues/275"}