JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory:

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I have set JAVA_HOME in my system C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_ 131\bin; and I am trying to run cordova command( cordova build ) on command prompt, but I'm getting the error bellow. I have tried all the ways, but not able to resolve this issue:

ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_ 131\bin;

Please, set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the location of your Java installation.

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JAVA_HOME should be upto C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_ 131 only – ELITE
I removed still am getting the same error – Nagarajan M
after changing variable you need to restart command line..also remove double quotes at start and end of variable – ELITE
Search for something like Setting and getting windows environment variables from the command prompt to find how to set and check environment variables. – flob
Its working fine but am getting another errorFAILURE: Build failed with an exception. * What went wrong: Unable to start the daemon process. This problem might be caused by incorrect configuration of the daemon. For example, an unrecognized jvm option is used. Please refer to the user guide chapter on the daemon at docs.gradle.org 3.3/userguide/gradle_daemon.html Please read the following process output to find out more: ----------------------- Error occurred during initialization of VM Could not reserve enough space for 2097152KB object heap – Nagarajan M

16 Answers

175
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You should set it with C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_12.

\bin is not required.

60
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JAVA_HOME should point to the home jdk directory, and not to jdk/bin directory.

You need to set the JAVA_HOME like this:

JAVA_HOME="C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_131"
27
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Remove the \bin, and also remove the ; at the end. After restart the cmd and run.

21
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Try the following:

  • Remove \bin from JAVA_HOME path.
  • Open new command line window.
  • Run your command as an administrator.
12
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On Window 10, the problem was with the semicolon ;.

Go to edit the system environment variables and delete the semicolon at the end of JAVA_HOME value C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_144

In other words, convert this C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_12; to C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_12

You might have to delete your entry in the Windows Dialog and create a new one. If you ever had multiple entries and get the bigger Form view, Windows automatically inserts a ; at the end of each entry, even if you only have one entry left.

11
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JAVA_HOME should be C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_172 don't include semi-colon(;) or bin in path. Any jdk version above 7 will work. Also, you need to re-start the cmd

8
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set JAVA_HOME as C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_172

do not use semicolon ";" with above JAVA_HOME value

To verify that it is correctly set, Go to command prompt check for C:.......>sdkmanager --list

a complete list will appear that will let you now that it is successfully saved.

else it will show error that JAVA_HOME path is not correctly set.

4
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After setting the JAVA_HOME variable, run android studio as administrator

3
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You need to set with only C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_12.

And check with using new cmd. It will be updated

3
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First try removing the '\bin' from the path and set the home directory JAVA_HOME as below: JAVA_HOME : C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_131

Second Update System PATH:

  1. In “Environment Variables” window under “System variables” select Path
  2. Click on “Edit…”
  3. In “Edit environment variable” window click “New”
  4. Type in %JAVA_HOME%\bin

Third restart your docker.

Refer to the link for setting the java path in windows.

1
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i think you need to remove the ';' from the end of the java path.

1
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I found this while googling the issue with android licences when installing Flutter.

For Linux, update Your ~/.bashrc (or other shell config) file by adding this line at the end:

JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/android-studio/jre

Note: I installed Android studio by following the official installation guide for Linux (link).

For Windows, use the android studio's path to the jre directory and update the environment variable with the right value.

Then, run flutter doctor --android-licenses and press y to review the licences which are not accepted. Press y for each of the licences. It will ask Accept? (y/N): at the end of the license file. After You accept all unaccepted licences, You should see:

All SDK package licenses accepted
1
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Please remove /bin and even semi colon ; from JAVA_HOME to resolve.

1
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Check for duplicate entries of JAVA_HOME in system variables.

In my case none of the above answers worked but I had two entries for JAVA_HOME and removing one worked.

0
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I was using jenv

In my case, I was using jenv but did not set the java version, so the path that jenv was pointing actually a Java installation.

When I ran echo $JAVA_HOME, it showed /Users/username/.jenv/versions/system, and there was no such file or directory.

Set a version of java

I just had to do jenv global 15 or jenv local 15, to specify what version I wanted to actually use, and JAVA_HOME changed when I re-ran echo $JAVA_HOME.

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On linux:

  1. To find the path java -XshowSettings:properties -version 2>&1 > /dev/null | grep 'java.home'
  2. result e.g. java.home = /usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64
  3. copy: /usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64
  4. Add line in your config bash file (e.g.~/.zshrc): export JAVA_HOME=<resultFirstStep>