This: `cljbridge.init_jvm(start_repl=True)` results in: `RuntimeError: Failed to create Java VM. Return code = -1` # My context - MacOS 15.7.2, Python 3.9.6 - tested with Java `temurin@17` & `temurin@21` (via `brew install`) # Error At commandline: ```zsh % python3 -m venv .venv % source .venv/bin/activate (.venv) % export PATH=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/temurin-17.jdk/Contents/Home/bin:$PATH (.venv) % export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home -v 17) (.venv) % env | egrep 'JAVA|JDK' JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/temurin-17.jdk/Contents/Home (.venv) % python3 ``` At Python REPL: ```python Python 3.9.6 (default, Oct 17 2025, 17:15:53) [Clang 17.0.0 (clang-1700.4.4.1)] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> from clojurebridge import cljbridge >>> test_var=10 >>> cljbridge.init_jvm(start_repl=True) WARNING: 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)) Unrecognized option: Failed to create Java virtual machine. Traceback (most recent call last): File "/Users/foo/projects/myproject/mycodebase/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/javabridge/jutil.py", line 282, in start_thread vm.create_mac(args, RQCLS, library_path, libjli_path) File "_javabridge.pyx", line 707, in _javabridge.JB_VM.create_mac RuntimeError: Failed to create Java VM. Return code = -1 Failed to create Java VM Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "/Users/foo/projects/myproject/mycodebase/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/clojurebridge/cljbridge.py", line 170, in init_jvm javabridge.start_vm(run_headless=True, File "/Users/foo/projects/myproject/mycodebase/.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages/javabridge/jutil.py", line 319, in start_vm raise RuntimeError("Failed to start Java VM") RuntimeError: Failed to start Java VM ``` cljbridge version: `0.0.8` ```bash (.venv) % python3 -m pip install cljbridge Requirement already satisfied: cljbridge in ./.venv/lib/python3.9/site-packages (0.0.8) ```