In the pom.xml for a java project, I get missing artifact jdk.tools:jdk.tools:jar:1.6 error

Question

I think I know how to solve the problem except: I don\'t know where in the pom the specific version is referred to (I do not see it explicitly) and the solution I have seen is t

Answer 1

you merely need to add the dependency to tools.jar in your pom.xml file.

jdk.tools
jdk.tools
1.7.0_05
system
${JAVA_HOME}/lib/tools.jar

If the error persists, change the path to tools.jar to an absolute path as shown below:

C:/Program Files/Java/jdk1.8.0_65/lib/tools.jar