Error: JAVA_HOME is not defined correctly executing maven

Question

I installed java and set path to environment and when I execute echo $JAVA_HOME I get the following output:

/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle/jre/bin/j         


        

Answer 1

If you are using mac-OS , export JAVA_HOME=/usr/libexec/java_home need to be changed to export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home) . Steps to do this :

 $ vim .bash_profile

 export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home)

 $ source .bash_profile

where /usr/libexec/java_home is the path of your jvm