How do you address the issue of a missing tools.jar in a JDK in Mac OS X?

Question

From my searching, I found supporting information here: Java Development Guide for Mac OS X

tools.jar does not exist. Classes usually lo

Answer 1

I faced the same problem, and resolved it differently.

• First check that the java_home is set as /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents and not /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home

• Add the cobertura plugin, make sure systemPath is correctly ref the location of classes.jar

      
          org.codehaus.mojo
          cobertura-maven-plugin
          2.6
          
              
                  com.sun
                  tools
                  1.6
                  system
                  ${java_home}/Classes/classes.jar
              
          
      
  

• Add the dependency and exclude tools

      
      org.codehaus.mojo
      cobertura-maven-plugin
      2.6
      test
      
          
              com.sun
              tools
          
      
  
  

• Finally add the following profiles

  
  
      standard-jdk
      
          
              ${java_home}/Home/lib/tools.jar
          
      
      
          ${java_home}/Home/lib/tools.jar
      
  
  
      apple-jdk
      
          
              ${java_home}/Classes/classes.jar
          
      
      
          ${java_home}/Classes/classes.jar
      
  
  

Now run maven and it should successfully generate the Cobertura reports!