Why does ANT tell me that JAVA_HOME is wrong when it is not?

Question

I get the error:

C:\\dev\\ws\\springapp\\build.xml:81: Unable to find a javac compiler; com.sun.tools.javac.Main is not on the classpath. Perhaps JAVA_HOME does not

Answer 1

I had the same problem. My JDK package pointed by JAVA_HOME didn't have any tools.jar Be sure that your JDK instal.lation has tools.jar

(clearly the message error is confusing)