“PWC6345: There is an error in invoking javac.” error when using Jetty WTP plugin to deploy a JSP page on Jetty

Question

I\'m trying to deploy a JSP-page on Jetty, using the Jetty WTP plugin for Eclipse. But I get the error below. It looks like Jetty can\'t find javac. Is there an

Answer 1

In addition to updating the JAVA_HOME (see above)... If you're encountering this error from command line (e.g. starting Jetty server from dos window), check where windows is finding the java.exe:

where java

If windows comes back with a path showing to your jre, then check your PATH. Chances are the %PATH% contains a path pointing to the jre instead of jdk.