What's the reason for “Error:Cannot determine Java VM executable in selected JDK”?

Question

I am using IntelliJ IDEA 13.1.4 and also tried the latest release 14.

Running SBT I get the following error:

Error:Cannot determine Java VM executable in         


        

Answer 1

For me, I had selected the JDK in "Open Module Settings" > Module > Dependencies > Module SDK. However, SBT was looking for JDK at project level which is set in "Open Module Settings" > Project > Project SDK as @michasm has pointed out above