Error in setting JAVA_HOME

Question

I have recently downloaded Maven and followed the instructions given on this this page. I already have ant installed on my machine. Now, if I want to verify that Maven is in

Answer 1

You are pointing your JAVA_HOME to the JRE which is the Java Runtime Environment. The runtime environment doesn't have a java compiler in its bin folder. You should download the JDK which is the Java Development Kit. Once you've installed that, you can see in your bin folder that there's a file called javac.exe. That's your compiler.

Answer 2

The JAVA_HOME should point to the JDK home rather than the JRE home if you are going to be compiling stuff, likewise - I would try and install the JDK in a directory that doesn't include a space. Even if this is not your problem now, it can cause problems in the future!

Answer 3

JAVA_HOME should point to jdk directory and not to jre directory. Also JAVA_HOME should point to the home jdk directory and not to jdk/bin directory.

Assuming that you have JDK installed in your program files directory then you need to set the JAVA_HOME like this:

JAVA_HOME="C:\Program Files\Java\jdkxxx"

xxx is the jdk version

Follow this link to learn more about setting JAVA_HOME:

http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19182-01/820-7851/inst_cli_jdk_javahome_t/index.html

Answer 4

Do not include bin in your JAVA_HOME env variable

Answer 5

Follow the instruction in here.

JAVA_HOMEshould be like this

JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_07

Answer 6

JAVA_HOME = C:\Program Files\Java\jdk(JDK version number)

Example: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-10

And then restart you command prompt it works.