Unable to locate an executable at “/usr/bin/java/bin/java” (-1)

Question

I am having a pathetic issue with Java in my mac osx 10.7.3 . Previously I installed it and it was working fine. After some changes in the .bash_profile and .profile file in

Answer 1

export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_45.jdk/Contents/Home

Because:

 $ find /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_45.jdk/Contents/Home -name java*
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_45.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_45.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/javac
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_45.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/javadoc
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_45.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/javafxpackager
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_45.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/javah
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_45.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/javap
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_45.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/javapackager
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_45.jdk/Contents/Home/javafx-src.zip
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_45.jdk/Contents/Home/jre/bin/java

Answer 2

Most certainly, export JAVA_HOME=/usr/bin/java is the culprit. This env var should point to the JDK or JRE installation directory. Googling shows that the best option for MacOS X seems to be export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/Home.

Answer 3

I faced the same problem. Updating bash_profile with the following lines, solved the problem for me:

export JAVA_HOME='/usr/'

export PATH=${JAVA_HOME}/bin:$PATH

Answer 4

i have experienced the same problem, and after reading this post i have double checked the JAVA_HOME definition in .bash_profile. It is actually:

export JAVA_HOME=$(which java)

that, exactly as Anony-Mousse is explaining, is the executable. Changing it to:

export=/Library/Java/Home

fixes the problem, tho is still interesting to understand why it's valued in that way in the profile file.

Answer 5

For me, the problem occurs when I've downloaded macOS Compressed Archive which underlying directory contains

jdk-11.0.8.jdk
- Contents
  - Home
    - bin
    - ...
  - MacOS
  - _CodeSignature

So, to solve the problem, JAVA_HOME should be pointed directly to /Path-to-JDK/Contents/Home.

Answer 6

For those using newer versions of java: jhat has been removed since Java 9. Source: https://www.infoq.com/news/2015/12/OpenJDK-9-removal-of-HPROF-jhat/

That same article recommends using Java VisualVM instead.