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A.Shoman
A.Shoman

Reputation: 3085

Setting java SDK for IntelliJ project

So I have a java project that I opened using IntelliJ. However I am getting the following error

cannot resolve symbol string

I checked file->project_structure and found that the project SDK is invalid

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So I tried to add java sdk to the project. I followed the instruction mentioned here and found that my SDK path is

/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/java

However when I try to add and SDK using that link I get the following error message

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I am not sure I understand where is the problem .. any suggestions ?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2327

Answers (1)

ldz
ldz

Reputation: 2215

You're pointing IntelliJ IDEA to the "bin" directory of the JDK's JRE, while IntelliJ IDEA wants you to specify the "home" directory of the JDK. The valid path would be /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64

Upvotes: 2

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