In the pom.xml for a java project, I get missing artifact jdk.tools:jdk.tools:jar:1.6 error

Question

I think I know how to solve the problem except: I don\'t know where in the pom the specific version is referred to (I do not see it explicitly) and the solution I have seen is t

Answer 1

You can use the "java.home" environment variable :

   com.sun
   tools
   1.6
   system
   ${java.home}/lib/tools.jar

Please have a look to : https://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-dependency-mechanism.html#System_Dependencies