Unable to locate tools.jar [duplicate]

Answer 1

I had to copy C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_26\lib\tools.jar to C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\lib\ext

Thanks anyway.

Answer 2

I had similar issue and got solved by doing following ,

1) set JAVA_HOME as C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.7.0\

2) ANT_HOME as F:\ant\apache-ant-1.8.4-bin\apache-ant-1.8.4

3) add both to 'path ' in system variables

Answer 3

A JRE doesn't have a tools.jar, you need a JDK. Set your JAVA_HOME and PATH variables so that they point to a JDK, not a JRE.

Answer 4

Please make sure that you are pointing to JDK and not a JRE. For example, you should set JAVA_HOME as "C:\Program Files\java\jdk1.6.0_26" and have %JAVA_HOME%\bin in your system path.

Answer 5

tools.jar comes with JDK, but what happens in your case it looks for it within /Java/jre6. Change JAVA_HOME env var to one of your JDK home.