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When I run ant it says: Unable to locate tools.jar. Expected to find it in C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\lib\tools.jar Buildfile: build.xml does not exist! Build failed What package can I use to download the file required > C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\lib\tools.jar I just downloaded this one: jre-6u19-windows-i586-s.exe but unfortunately it appears that it was not on it... Java ships in 2 versions: JRE & SDK (used to be called JDK) The JRE in addition to not containing the compiler, also doesn't contain all of the libraries available in the JDK (tools.jar is one of them) When you download Java at:

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: Please ensure JAVA_HOME points to JDK rather than JRE. I don't know how to solve this problem, which won't let me run the IDE. I would appreciate any help. Francois Check if java JDK is installed correctly dpkg --list | grep -i jdk if not install JDK sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install oracle-jdk7-installer After the installation you have enable the jdk update-alternatives --display

I would like to put JDK tools.jar as compile dependency. I found some examples that indicate to use the systemPath property like the following: <dependency> <groupId>com.sun</groupId> <artifactId>tools</artifactId> <scope>system</scope> <systemPath>${java.home}/../lib/tools.jar</systemPath> </dependency> The problem is that the path is not correct for Mac Os X (however it is correct for Windows and Linux). For it, the correct path is ${java.home}/../Classes/classes.jar . I am looking for a way in order to define a maven property such that if system is detected as Mac Os X, value is set to $

I am building a project in Java. I have this error: Unable to locate tools.jar. Expected to find it in C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\lib\tools.jar I have installed a JDK and the folder: C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\lib is in my system but the file tools.jar is not there. Yes, you've downloaded and installed the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) instead of the Java Development Kit (JDK). The latter has the tools.jar, java.exe, javac.exe, etc. In case this is still an issue for anyone, I have a bit of clarification on the previous answers. I was running into this same issue using ant with only a JDK