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Can't Find javac on Windows [message #991414]

Tue, 18 December 2012 19:28

Dennis Putnam
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Registered: January 2012

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I have an ant XML that I am trying to use to create my jar file. However, when I run it I get this error:

BUILD FAILED
H:\html\Applets\KCBSEvents\makejar.xml:56: Unable to find a javac compiler;
com.sun.tools.javac.Main is not on the classpath.
Perhaps JAVA_HOME does not point to the JDK.
It is currently set to "C:\Program Files\Java\jre7"

Clearly JAVA_HOME is pointing to the wrong directory. Is should be C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_10. Unfortunately I cannot find where that is set. It is not in the Win 7 environment variables and even adding it does not help. Where in Eclipse is that set so I can fix it? TIA.

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Re: Can't Find javac on Windows [message #994452 is a reply to message #991414]

Thu, 27 December 2012 05:50

Pauline Taylor
Messages: 5
Registered: November 2012

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You will need to have the latest JDK (1.6) installed as well. Can you try executing "javac" from the command line?

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Re: Can't Find javac on Windows [message #994888 is a reply to message #994452]

Fri, 28 December 2012 10:10

Dennis Putnam
Messages: 52
Registered: January 2012

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Thanks for the reply. I can but only from the bin directory. For some reason the installer did not add it to the PATH variable which I thought it would have.

[Updated on: Fri, 28 December 2012 10:10]

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