Maven build failed: “Unable to locate the Javac Compiler in: jre or jdk issue”

Question

I have my JAVA_HOME set to:

C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Java\\jdk1.6.0_18

After I run maven ins

Answer 1

The solution is simple. Sometimes the Eclipse Windows → Preferences → Java → Installed JREs pointing to C:\Program files\Java\jre.

When I changed it to C:\Program files\Java\JDK 6.0\jre it is worked 100%.

Answer 2

Use menu Window → Preferences → Java → Installed JREs → Execution Environments -> click the checkbox on the right side.

Answer 3

File eclipse.ini needs the vm argument to point to your JDK location.

Edit the eclipse.ini file to point to your JDK home, something as follows -

-vm
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_06

This ensures that Eclipse would be running off the JDK and not any default JRE on your machine.

Answer 4

You can also make sure that Eclipse has all of the updated changes. To do this, right-click your project and then press the "Refresh" menu item.

Answer 5

Make sure the "-vm" in your eclipse.ini is on two sperate lines, ie:

-vm
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_06

Answer 6

I had the same issue on Amazon Linux. It turns out I had to install the developer version of the JDK:

sudo yum -y install java-1.7.0-openjdk-devel