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Mitadru Banik
Mitadru Banik

Reputation: 29

The JAVA_HOME environment variable is not defined correctly This environment variable is needed to run this program

When I am running the command mvn -version in command prompt I am getting the following error: The JAVA_HOME environment variable is not defined correctly This environment variable is needed to run this program NB: JAVA_HOME should point to a JDK not a JRE

Please help me out why it is saying this. I have added JDK 11 in my Environment till Bin path

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Upvotes: 0

Views: 27297

Answers (5)

AHMED NASSER
AHMED NASSER

Reputation: 1

in my own case I extracted """java_17.zip"""" then I cobied the path like this

C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-17 to JAVA_HOME but it must be

=> C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-17\jdk-17.0.12*

I missed this part "jdk-17.0.12" from the path

Upvotes: 0

Oni Olaoluwa
Oni Olaoluwa

Reputation: 1

In my own case, I had two JDK's on my machine (18.1.1 & 19).
JDK 18.1.1 was the active path on the JAVA_HOME. So, it made my JAVA_HOME looked like this.
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk 18.1.1.
Then, I just decided to change it to the highest version.
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-19...

Boom!!! it worked....
You can try it out.
I hope it helps.

Upvotes: 0

pinpinweiwei
pinpinweiwei

Reputation: 1

JAVA_HOME must not have ";"

If JAVA_HOME be set to something like "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_333;" It will report an error "The JAVA_HOME environment variable is not defined correctly, this environment variable is needed to run this program."

JAVA_HOME should be set to something like "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_333"

Upvotes: 0

SiKing
SiKing

Reputation: 10329

Normally JAVA_HOME does not contain the \bin part of the path.

Your JAVA_HOME should be set to something like C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-11.0.10, and your PATH should include something like %JAVA_HOME%\bin.

Upvotes: 5

Rusi Popov
Rusi Popov

Reputation: 404

Please note:

  • it is not a good practice when JAVA_HOME contains spaces. This always causes strange effects with the shell scruits.
  • it should refer to the directory where the JDK is deployed
  • it must not include the bin directory.

I always set it to the 8.3-formatted name progra~1 of the "Program Files" directory. For example:

JAVA_HOME=C:\PROGRA~1\Java\jdk1.8.0_172\

Find the actual 8.3 name running: dir c:\ /x

Upvotes: 2

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