I am trying to set up maven for my project and I am getting this error
"JAVA_HOME should point to a JDK not a JRE"
I know there are already similar question but it did not work. How can I point JAVA_HOME to JDK in windows. I am using IntelliJ IDEA
Control Panel -> System and Security -> System -> Advanced system settings -> Advanced -> Environment Variables -> New System Variable
I am going through the same process on Mac OSX. I installed the latest JDK, then installed Maven. Someone suggested I set the JAVA_HOME variable so I pointed it to the JDK installation folder. When running Maven mvn compile exec:java I received the same error NB: JAVA_HOME should point to a JDK not a JRE.
All I did was unset the JAVA_HOME variable and it worked.
do it thru cmd -
echo %JAVA_HOME%
set set JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0
echo %JAVA_HOME%
I met the same problem. (Window 10 environment)
I solved it by deleting the JAVA_HOME="C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_161\bin" in the User Variables instead of adding to the System Variables directly.
Then I test that editing JAVA_HOME="C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_161\" worked too.
When I run "mvn -version" in command prompt window, it shows "Java home: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_161\jre".
In conclusion, I guess the JAVA_HOME shouldn't include bin directory.
I added JAVA_HOME path in user variable and omit the "/bin".
I tried every method given here but only this worked for me.
I have spent 3 hours for solving the error The JAVA_HOME environment variable is not defined correctly. This environment variable is needed to run this program NB: JAVA_HOME should point to a JDK not a JRE
Finally I got the solution. Please set the JAVA_HOME value by Browse Directory button/option. Try to find the jdk path. Ex: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_181
It will remove the semicolon issue. :D
My JAVA_HOME was set correctly but I solved this issue by running Command Prompt as Administrator
In Mac OS the hierarchy library > java > JavaVirtualMachines - (inside this folder there are different versions of jdk) select your desired version and inside jdk-version folder there is a contents folder inside contents you'll find "Home" folder
while declaring $JAVA_HOME you haVE TO GIVE THAT HOME PATH for example-
(normal shell commands)
open terminal type vi .bash_profile
(to open file name bash_profile)
press "i" to enable insert mode
give java home path as-
export JAVA_HOME=/Library/java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_131.jdk/Contents/Home
After editing press esc to exit editing mode
then :wq to quit and save
This will remove JAVA_HOME should point to a JDK not a JRE error
and also saves you from future errors
For mac OS, this worked for me... none of the above solutions
$ vim .bash_profile
export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home)
$ source .bash_profile
Be sure to use the correct path!
I mistakenly had written C:\Program Files\Java\. Changing it to C:\Program Files\Java\jdk\11.0.6\ fixed the issue.
In cmd I then checked for the version of maven with mvn -version.
Just as an addition to other answers
For macOS users, you may have a ~/.mavenrc file, and that is where mvn command looks for definition of JAVA_HOME first. So check there first and make sure the directory JAVA_HOME points to is correct in that file.
if You have
The JAVA_HOME environment variable is not defined correctly
This environment variable is needed to run this program
NB: JAVA_HOME should point to a JDK not a JRE
Error
so do one thing ...type
C:>dir/x
and you will see the PROGRA~1 or May ~2
and After int Environment Variable Chang The JAVA_HOME Dir Like This
JAVA_HOME:- C:\PROGRA~1\Java\jdk1.8.0_144\
also Set In Path :-%JAVA_HOME%\bin;
And it Works
Make sure that you do NOT have a JRE path, if you have delete it.
Add JAVA_HOME in the System variable. Variable value: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-10.0.2 (location of JDK without bin)
Add M2 in the System variable. Variable value: C:\dev\maven\apache-maven-3.5.4\bin (location of maven with bin)
Add M2_HOME in the System variable. Variable value: C:\dev\maven\apache-maven-3.5.4 (location of maven without bin)
Add %JAVA_HOME% and %M2% in Path System Variable or C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-10.0.2 and C:\dev\maven\apache-maven-3.5.4\bin --> For windows 10, just add the location. For other version, at the end of the Variable Value field add semicolon then the location Ex: ;%JAVA_HOME%;%M2%
I did not check if the addition or removal of bin changes the result but nonetheless this works for me.
In addition to sovas' response on how to add the JAVA_HOME variable, if it was working before and stopped working, ensure that the path still exists. I updated Java recently which deleted the old version, invalidating my JAVA_HOME environment variable.
This worked for me for Windows 10, Java 8_144.
If the path contains spaces, use the shortened path name. For example, C:\Progra~1\Java\jdk1.8.0_65
Under System Variables add below
JAVA_HOME = C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_201
JDK_HOME = %JAVA_HOME%\bin
M2_HOME = C:\apache-maven-3.6.0
MAVEN_BIN = %M2_HOME%\bin
MAVEN_HOME = %M2_HOME%
Under path Add these
%M2_HOME%
%JDK_HOME%
you should only add this path to Manage Jenkins -> Global Tool Configuration -> JDK
for java 11
/usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64
for java 8
/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64
And then use same in your jenkins jobs accordingly
In IntelliJ IDEA go to File>Project Structure>SDK>JDK home path.
Copy it and then go to
My Computer>Advanced Settings>Environment Variables
Change the JAVA_HOME path to what you have copied.
Then open new cmd, and try mvn -v
It worked for me !!!
Add JAVA_HOME = C:\Program Files\Java\jdk(version) in User variable, it works for me. For me, it doesn't work with bin and even if I create JAVA_HOME in system variable
just remove the semicolon at the end of JAVA_HOME variable's value.
set JAVA_HOME as C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_171
It worked for me.
I had this issue but for Mac Os, I set the JAVA_HOME variable in the .bash_profile to be export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home) then save. After that ran source ~/.bash_profile finally mvn -version and it fixed the issue. Hope that helps
First, ensure that the Maven bin is in your Environmental Variable PATH entry.
If it is, make sure your entries aren't somehow out of order, and that JAVA_HOME is before Path in the list, or any entry that references %JAVA_HOME%. I was getting the same error when I was trying to check my maven version.
I have a few extra path variables that reference %JAVA_HOME%, or a different version of a JDK and Maven was mixed in between. I moved my Maven path entry below my %JAVA_HOME% one and now everything is working when I use Maven from cmd.
But it is Windows, so perhaps my just opening and closing the Environment Variables setting somehow made everything better.
Windows 10 Home for me:
I'm studying maven through a udemy course. First time environment variables were ok. I had on JAVA_HOME on SYSTEM VARIABLE like this:
D:\Install\Java\jdk-12.0.1;D:\Install\apache-maven-3.5.4-bin\apache-maven-3.5.4
After some days, don't know what's happened, I began to receive:
C:\Users\Franco>mvn -version
The JAVA_HOME environment variable is not defined correctly
This environment variable is needed to run this program
NB: JAVA_HOME should point to a JDK not a JRE
After trying all above, I tried to delete jdk the entry on SYSTEM VARIABLES, and putting it on USER VARIABLES, so now I have:
JAVA_HOME on USER VARIABLES: D:\Install\Java\jdk-12.0.1
JAVA_HOME on SYSTEM VARIABLES: D:\Install\apache-maven-3.5.4-bin\apache-maven-3.5.4
now restarting CMD I have:
C:\Users\Franco>mvn -version
Apache Maven 3.5.4 (1edded0938998edf8bf061f1ceb3cfdeccf443fe; 2018-06-17T20:33:14+02:00)
Maven home: D:\Install\apache-maven-3.5.4-bin\apache-maven-3.5.4\bin\..
Java version: 12.0.1, vendor: Oracle Corporation, runtime: D:\Install\Java\jdk-12.0.1
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: Cp1252
OS name: "windows 10", version: "10.0", arch: "amd64", family: "windows"
In my case the error started showing up as Java version got updated. So JAVA_HOME path became invalid.
Please check
Location referred to in JAVA_HOME exists.
If it's like my case, update the value from the old path to the new path.
(A better fix would be to set java update such that it auto upgrades the JAVA_HOME reference.)
Even after trying this solution from sovas which is accepted if it does not work
RESTART intellij / CMD prompt instead of trying on the existing opened
i was trying the command from terminal under intellij but still getting same problem.
Do reopen cmd / INTELLIJ and the variable will get reloaded. It fixed the problem for me (ofcourse after correcting the Path to JDK not jre and removing the bin
I have a linux mint 19x and if I do:
echo $JAVA_HOME >> /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle
I want to change the path to put Java 11, but not in the .bashrc, .profile, /etc/enviroment file, I see my JAVA_HOME defined
I tried to put the JAVA_HOME path in my /etc/environment
JAVA_HOME="/usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64"
Can someone tell me where my JAVA_HOME can be defined, so I can change it well.
Via the command line, you can simply change your JAVA_HOME variable path:
export JAVA_HOME="/usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64"
Then redefine the current path prefixing the jdk binaries:
export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
NB: This will only take effect within the current terminal session.
Firstly, check what JDKs you have installed :
sudo update-alternatives --config java
# And select the usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64/bin/java version.
# Also, set the JAVA_HOME variable for Maven to pick the correct JDK:
Then :
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64
Another great option is to use SDKMan to manage SDKs like Java and so on.
I use all the time on all my Linux machines and it's very easy to switch between Java version.
You can find the link here:
https://sdkman.io
I'm trying to get WSL to recognize my windows installed environmental variable of JAVA_HOME. I attached of what I have in my bashrc and what I have in my windows environmental variables along with outputs from cmd and bash.
What's at the end of my bashrc:
export JAVA_HOME="/mnt/d/Program Files/Java/jdk-11.0.1"
export PATH="/mnt/d/Program Files/Java/jdk-11.0.1/bin:$PATH"
CMD INPUT/OUTPUT:
C:\Users\jaall>javac --version
javac 11.0.1
BASH INPUT/OUTPUT:
myubuntu_name#DESKTOP-LUK3BII:~$ javac --version
Command 'javac' not found, but can be installed with:
sudo apt install default-jdk
sudo apt install openjdk-11-jdk-headless
sudo apt install ecj
sudo apt install openjdk-8-jdk-headless
I've been stuck on this for awhile and can't figure it out or find a working solution online. Thanks!
As Biswapriyo suggested, you should use WSLENV.
Open PowerShell. Then set JAVA_HOME to the path to your java installation.
In your case, run setx JAVA_HOME "D:\Program Files\Java\jdk-11.0.1"
You should see a message that says "SUCCESS: Specified value was saved".
Then run setx WSLENV "JAVA_HOME/p".
You should see the success message again.
Type 'env' into your WSL bash prompt.
You should see JAVA_HOME correctly set at this point.
Note: If step 2 doesn't work, you might want to changing the path to JAVA_HOME to include the \bin folder.
TL;DR: In WSL, you must use javac.exe since it is a Windows binary. Simply typing javac will not work, even if the path is set up correctly. If that doesn't work, try adding ../bin to the end of your JAVA_HOME variable.
Using Windows Binaries & Environment Variables in WSL
There's a much easier way to make Windows and WSL utilize the same JavaSDK binary, you just need to set up a few things first. Best of all, if you have JavaSDK installed on Windows, you do not need to install Linux binaries.
Check WSL Permissions and Directory Link (Optional, but recommended)
In WSL, list symbolic links on PC:
ls -l /mnt
If any drive is owned by root, perform your WSL dev work in /mnt/c/Users/<UserName>
Personally, I create a development directory in Windows and add a symbolic link to the directory in WSL:
ln -s /mnt/d/dev/environment/ ~/dev
cd dev now brings you to your development directory.
Ensure Java for Windows works
Open PowerShell/cmd.exe from any directory and enter: java --version
You should get a list of JRE info:
openjdk 11.0.4 2019-07-16 LTS
OpenJDK Runtime Environment Corretto-11.0.4.11.1 (build 11.0.4+11-LTS)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM Corretto-11.0.4.11.1 (build 11.0.4+11-LTS, mixed mode)
Your version might be different, the important part is that the system knows where to find Java. If you get an error, ensure your Windows Environment variables are set correctly:
JAVA_HOME as an Environment Variable, and
JAVA_HOME/bin as a Path variable.
Setting Variable in WSL
The best place to put the next lines of code are in your .bashrc file, but if you have a ./bash_profile or /etc/profile structure set up, you can put it there.
# Shared environment variables
# Use 'java.exe <args>' to utilize Windows Java binaries from within WSL.
export JAVA_HOME=/mnt/d/Java/jdk11.0.4_10
While we're at it, let's add Maven too:
export MAVEN_HOME=/mnt/d/software/apache-maven-3.6.2
I have my WSL, Java, and all my other dev tools set up on my second HDD which is not a system drive, ensure that your location matches your JAVA_HOME path in Windows.
For instance, if in Windows, Java is located at: C:\Java\jdk8.0
The corresponding WSL mount point is: /mnt/c/Java/jdk8.0
Executing
Important: Use java.exe <args> in WSL instead of java <args>
Say you just wrote CompareTwoStrings.class and want to compile and run it using the Windows binaries. You can do it from a Windows shell or WSL.
Windows PowerShell/cmd:
javac GetStringLength.java
java GetStringLength
WSL:
javac.exe GetStringLength.java
java.exe GetStringLength
Using java <args> in WSL will result in a Command 'java' not found error. That is because running windows binaries from within WSL requires that the .exe extension is used in the command.
Simplicity
We don't want to install a second copy of Java specific to WSL and waste that precious disk space, so we're going to call the Windows binary from the WSL shell. This is a great benefit of WSL—WSL1 in particular—in that it can interact (almost) flawlessly with the Windows File System.
NOTE: In order to run a program, it must either be a Path variable, or be run from within it's containing folder.
Hopefully that works as easily for you as it did for me. Just remember to use the correct command depending on what OS binary you're running. This took me about 10 minutes to get set up, and has been a lifesaver for cross-compiling and general ease-of-use.
I originally had Maven working in Windows attempted to run Maven in WSL2 and tried all of the previous solutions, but would consistently get the following no matter what I set for JAVA_HOME and PATH:
$ mvn -v
The JAVA_HOME environment variable is not defined correctly
This environment variable is needed to run this program
NB: JAVA_HOME should point to a JDK not a JRE
The issue was I was trying to use a Windows version of the JDK in the WSL2 Linux kernel. To fix this I ended up having to install a Linux version of the JDK (version 11) in the WSL as follows:
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install openjdk-11-jdk
$ sudo update-alternatives --config java
There is only one alternative in link group java (providing /usr/bin/java): /usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64/bin/java
Nothing to configure.
Then take the path for your JDK and use it to create JAVA_HOME and update PATH by appending the following in .profile
export PATH="/usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64/bin/java:$PATH"
export JAVA_HOME="/usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64"
Now close and reopen WSL2 and when your try again:
$ mvn -v
Apache Maven 3.6.3
Maven home: /usr/share/maven
Java version: 11.0.13, vendor: Ubuntu, runtime: /usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64
Default locale: en, platform encoding: UTF-8
OS name: "linux", version: "5.10.16.3-microsoft-standard-wsl2", arch: "amd64", family: "unix"
Since I've never been able to share variables between the 2 systems easily, I created a simple bash function which can easily retrieve (and define, if asked to) any Windows Environment variable.
It also takes care of paths so they get converted from Win32 to Un*x-like.
I added this to /etc/bash.bashrc:
winenv()
{
if [ "$#" == "0" ] || [ "$1" == "--help" ]
then
echo $'\n'Usage:
echo $'\t'winenv [-d] WINDOWS_ENVIRONEMENT_VARIABLE_NAME
echo $'\t'-d: Defines environment variable in current shell
echo $'\t Note that paths will be translated into un*x-like\n'
return
fi
local IFS='$\n'
local PATH_TO_TRANSLATE=$1
[ "$1" == "-d" ] && PATH_TO_TRANSLATE=$2
local VAR=$(cmd.exe /c echo %${PATH_TO_TRANSLATE}% | tr -d '\r')
local NEW=$(wslpath -u "${VAR}" 2>/dev/null || echo ${VAR})
echo "${PATH_TO_TRANSLATE} = ${VAR} -> ${NEW}"
[ "$1" == "-d" ] && export "${PATH_TO_TRANSLATE}=${NEW}"
}
And all I have to do to display one is to call winenv PROGRAMFILES (for example)
Or if I expect to export it, I just have to add a -d argument before the variable name as in winenv -d WINDIR.
I needed Maven for a Java project, so I installed it directly in a fresh Ubuntu installation using sudo apt install maven. It automatically downloaded Java 1.8_091 and installed it too. I ran echo $JAVA_HOME in the terminal but it doesn't produce any output. How do I rectify this? Is there any problem with environment variables.
When you download jdk and wants to install in ubuntu, then you need to create an env variable JAVA_HOME in .bashrc file and add this variable to $PATH variable. so that when you echo $JAVA_HOME, you will get the path to your java installation
As u have installed it using sudo apt, it doesn't set JAVA_HOME variable rather installs the java inside /usr/bin folder, and also set alternatives in ubuntu so that ubuntu would be able to identify java
To set JAVA_HOME only in actual shell session, invoke command:
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-<version>
To persist this environment variable edit vi ~/.bash_profile file, and append it to it
To create the variable $JAVA_HOME, you've just to execute these lines :
JAVA_HOME=/pathToJavaJDKorJRE/java
export JAVA_HOME
PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
export PATH
Note : If you don't know the path of your JDK or JRE (pathToJavaJDKorJRE), use this command to find them.
find / -name 'javac'
I got a message "No Java virtual machine could be found from your PATH
environment variable. You must install a VM prior to
running this program." Does anyone know how set up it correctly? Thanks!
If you install Java the Ubuntu way, you won't have to add it to the PATH yourself.
First, install Java from the Ubuntu repository:
sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre
There are several other packages: sun-java6-jdk for the JDK, sun-java6-plugin for the browser plug-in etc.
Use Ubuntu's alternatives mechanism to select Sun Java 6 as the default version of Java that you want to use:
sudo update-alternatives --config java
This will present you with a menu where you can choose which version of Java you want to use by default (you can have multiple Java versions installed at the same time on your system).
See: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Java
As the error message says, this looks like you have not set your PATH or JAVA_HOME environment variable correctly.
can you execute java from the command line? Try:
$ java -version
or
$ dpkg -L sun-java6-jre
Provided your are using debian or some derivative of it, if the "dpkg ..." command gives you any useful output, you should set the JAVA_HOME to the location of the installation directory, for instance
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.10
export PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME
and you should be able to get java running.
First make sure you have the path to your java binaries.
locate javac
This will return a list of all locations matching "java". Look for something like "/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.11".
Open /etc/environment with a text editor and add the following. Make sure you set JAVA_HOME to the actual path of the java installation directory you just found:
export JAVA_HOME="/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.11"
export PATH="$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin"
I think that you need to install this package
sudo apt-get install sun-java5-bin
also check this
> #!/bin/bash
> # Init Script for j2re
> #This goes in /etc/profile.d
>
> JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/j2reVERSion
> PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
>
> export JAVA_HOME PATH