# Rjb failure: can't create Java VM

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rjb-failure-cant-create-java-vm/176451>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [September 30, 2009, 7:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rjb-failure-cant-create-java-vm/176451 "2009-09-30T19:00:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![fipa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/f/9e8a1a/32.png) [@fipa](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/fipa)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 7:00pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/rjb-failure-cant-create-java-vm/176451/1 "2009-09-30T19:00:44Z")

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Help!

On my Mac dev machine, everything works, and obviously on my Debian  
production server something is wrong.

I set JAVA\_HOME and LD\_LIBRARY\_PATH in environment.rb, but it’s still  
blocked.

Anyone has experience with rjb?