Java virtual machine is not available...

[Laurence Lester]

Hi
When I run the Stata updata I get this error:

Running c:\Stata16\profile.do...
Java virtual machine is not available at this time
failed to set specific Python version.
Unable to find shared library.
r(601);

I do not use Java directly, but I have begun to use Python from within Stata (via anaconda) and all seems to be working.
Could somebody tell me if this is something I have not set up and if so, if possible, suggest where I may find some guide to how to do that.
I know this is a typical generally useful statement but I have looked at Stata's paths and I think they are correct, but do not know if anything is missing.

I have included these in my profile.do

adopath + "C:\anaconda3\"
adopath + "C:\StataDoFiles\Python\" 
adopath + "C:\STATA16\ado\base\py"
adopath + "C:\STATA16\ado\personal\lasso\"

set python_exec  "C:\anaconda3\python.exe", permanently
set python_userpath "C:\anaconda3\LHL_PythonModules", permanently

Thanks
Laurence

[Laurence Lester]

I mean "typically generally un-useful"

[Bjarte Aagnes]

Try adding the following at the start of the profile.do

java initialize

BTW adopath is for finding Stata .ado files. Thus, the following could probably be removed from you profile.do

adopath + "C:\anaconda3\"
adopath + "C:\StataDoFiles\Python\"
adopath + "C:\STATA16\ado\base\py"

If this does noe help, contact Stata tech support and include the result of running

about
java q
python q

[Laurence Lester]

Thanks Bjarte
I added the line you suggested and got no error when I tried a manual update ("Do nothing; all files up to date") so now I'll just wait until Stata has an other update and see what happens. If a problem remains I will do as you suggest and try Stata tech support.
Thanks again.
Laurence