What's the reason for “Error:Cannot determine Java VM executable in selected JDK”?

Question

I am using IntelliJ IDEA 13.1.4 and also tried the latest release 14.

Running SBT I get the following error:

Error:Cannot determine Java VM executable in         


        

Answer 1

You should be able to work it around by setting the jdk from the settings not from the open/import project dialog.

From the welcome screen, go to Configure -> Project defaults -> Project structure and add the jdk.

Opening the sbt project should work well then.

Found solution from here