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Branone
Branone

Reputation: 41

Unable to install JDK - malformed configuration file

I have thouroughly scoured the internet for anyone who has encountered the same error as me but to no success. I also checked this website for any previous threads asking a similar question and found nothing helpful.

I want to install a Java Development Kit (JDK) which I need to do in order to program a mod for Minecraft. I've downloaded: 'jdk-8u5-windows-x64' from the official Oracle website as I was instructed to by a person's tutorial. The guy said that installing the JDK is "pretty straight-forward" and that all you have to do is "download the executable and run it, and it will install everything for you".

Here's the problem/error. When I open the exe. for the JDK installer I get the following error: https://i.sstatic.net/Exqxj.png

And when I go to the directory I see this: https://i.sstatic.net/2sSB0.png

Notes that may be of interest:

  1. I have previously installed and uninstalled versions of Java in the past.
  2. I'm using this JDK for the program 'Eclipse' which I have recently re-installed.
  3. I have no idea what I'm doing.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 5041

Answers (3)

finleyarcher
finleyarcher

Reputation: 111

Deleting the file allows it to be regenerated but the error is telling you the actual issue.

If you look at line 1 in your java.settings.cfg, you will see that it doesn't match the Oracle flags. How this happens I don't know but I noticed it installing Java 9 JDK on a new machine.

On an installation of java 8, I had the settings line 1 as "AUTOUPDATE=0" But if you check the config guidelines. You will see the actual pair should have 'AUTO_UPDATE not AUTOUPDATE'.

You can delete the file but you are deleting your configuration and hoping it rebuilds correctly.

Upvotes: 1

Branone
Branone

Reputation: 41

Thank you all very much, it's fixed now. I found a folder with a previous version of JDK that I had installed in the past and deleted that. I then navigated to the directory that it gave and deleted the configuration file it was complaining about.

Upvotes: 1

passingthrough
passingthrough

Reputation: 1

I had similar issue... I went to that directory it is complaining about in your screenshot.. and I deleted that file. After that, the installer worked. The directory won't show up -- so you have to type it to navigate to it. https://i.sstatic.net/Exqxj.png

Upvotes: 0

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