Android Studio 'tools.jar' file is not present in classpath

Question

I downloaded the current version of Android Studio (latest as of 4th July 2013) I also downloaded the JDK version 7u25.

However, it displays error after startup: Ple

Answer 1

read this: http://arwankhoiruddin.blogspot.co.il/2014/01/android-studio-in-ubuntu-problem.html

in short: type at the terminal

$ sudo update-alternatives --config java

now you need to choose

usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk/jre/bin/java

by pressing #3

Answer 2

On Linux Mint 17 (or Ubuntu 14.04):

sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jdk

Then change the JAVA_HOME env variable.

export JAVA_HOME=JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-amd64/

Answer 3

On ubuntu I have tried all the methods that are described here but none worked.

What I did in the end was to:

• download JDK from oracle and extract the archive

• edit android-studio/bin/studio.sh and add at the top

  export JAVA_HOME=/path/to/jdk

• save the file and cd android-studio/bin and launch Android Studio: ./studio.sh

Answer 4

Downloading the latest Android Studio resolve this issue / OSX /MAC

Answer 5

On Fedora (and other RedHat derivatives, e.g. RHEL 7 and CentOS 7), it was the missing openjdk-devel package that was the issue for me. It's an easy fix and nothing to do with the JAVA_HOME path or the JRE.

sudo yum install java-1.7.0-openjdk-devel.x86_64