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.

`JAVA_HOME` should be upto `C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_ 131` only — ELITE, Jul 19 '17 at 06:42
after changing variable you need to restart command line..also remove double quotes at start and end of variable — ELITE, Jul 19 '17 at 06:52
Search for something like [Setting and getting windows environment variables from the command prompt](https://superuser.com/q/79612/77079) to find how to set and check environment variables. — flob, Jul 19 '17 at 06:52
nothing is there about semi colon my command prompt shows path like C:\Users>echo %JAVA_HOME% C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_131; — Nagarajan M, Jul 19 '17 at 06:54
**your `JAVA_HOME` value should be `C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_ 131` and make sure you've valid installation of java in same path** — ELITE, Jul 19 '17 at 07:03
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 https://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, Jul 19 '17 at 07:07
I received this error because of my JDK version was older, than the JRE installed on my machine. Upgrading the JDK to the same version as the JRE resolved this problem. — Johan Van Zijl, Apr 22 '18 at 20:36
For those who are facing the issue in IntelliJ IDE: I removed \bin but addititionally I had to restart (invalidate caches or opening a new terminal did not meet the demand) my IDE (IntelliJ) until the new value of the env variable was used. Then it was working as expected. — Andi Kleinbichler, Jun 01 '22 at 16:07

score 277 · Answer 1 · edited Jan 18 '18 at 00:40

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

\bin is not required.

edited Jan 18 '18 at 00:40

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answered Jul 19 '17 at 06:43

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Yes i had open. – Sagar Gangwal Jul 19 '17 at 07:03
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For Linux, something like that is needed: `export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk/` – Boiethios Oct 28 '19 at 16:04

score 78 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 22 '18 at 21:19

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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"

edited Apr 22 '18 at 21:19

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answered Jul 19 '17 at 06:46

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In my case the environment variable had wrong path JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_311 Actual java path was C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_321 – tanni tanna Jul 18 '22 at 08:42

score 40 · Answer 3 · edited Apr 22 '18 at 21:19

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Remove the \bin, and also remove the ; at the end. After restart the cmd and run.

edited Apr 22 '18 at 21:19

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answered Oct 01 '17 at 12:53

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Your comment saved my life. Thanks. Added semi colon at the end which leads to endless search in google. After removing the semi colon at the end its works like charm. Thanks – Vasu Jun 21 '19 at 12:35
Your answer is the correct answer. Even after I removed \bin , I got error because of ";". – Anandakrishnan Jul 12 '21 at 03:44
Removing semicolon is the trick – Riho Feb 18 '22 at 07:01
How to remove semi colon – Jithish P N Jul 23 '23 at 06:28

score 32 · Answer 4 · edited Jun 25 '23 at 16:49

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On linux and mac:

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

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answered Jul 21 '21 at 14:23

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Also worked for Mac – mskolnick Nov 15 '21 at 00:55

score 29 · Answer 5 · edited Apr 22 '18 at 21:21

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Try the following:

Remove \bin from JAVA_HOME path.
Open new command line window.
Run your command as an administrator.

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answered Mar 31 '18 at 22:06

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When setting up React Native, I had to remove `\bin` from the JAVA_HOME path. – JoshySav Apr 17 '19 at 10:42

score 19 · Answer 6 · edited Jan 09 '20 at 11:38

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.

score 19 · Answer 7 · answered Jul 30 '18 at 11:07

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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

answered Jul 30 '18 at 11:07

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Shailja Pandey · Answer 8 · 2018-07-11T10:14:20.443

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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.

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answered Jul 10 '18 at 06:59

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score 7 · Answer 9 · answered Sep 30 '20 at 11:18

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Please remove /bin and even semi colon ; from JAVA_HOME to resolve.

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Suretion · Answer 10 · 2023-01-16T17:01:41.860

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Change JAVA_HOME in Environment variable to this

C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\jbr

and since Electric Eel use jbr copy jbr file and replace it into jre then restart ur pc. It worked for me after days of tedious try and error days

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answered Jan 16 '23 at 16:55

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score 6 · Answer 11 · answered Sep 02 '20 at 08:22

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:

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

Third restart your docker.

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

score 5 · Answer 12 · answered Jun 25 '22 at 19:16

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While copying the JDK PATH, exclude \bin folder in it.

e.g.

C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-15.0.2

your path should look like blow, you just need to edit it and remove \bin folder

C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-15.0.2\bin

answered Jun 25 '22 at 19:16

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score 4 · Answer 13 · answered Apr 30 '19 at 01:21

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After setting the JAVA_HOME variable, run android studio as administrator

answered Apr 30 '19 at 01:21

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score 4 · Answer 14 · answered Jun 17 '19 at 07:18

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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

answered Jun 17 '19 at 07:18

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score 4 · Answer 15 · answered Sep 29 '20 at 16:06

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

score 3 · Answer 16 · answered Jun 23 '23 at 09:36

If you have updated android studio (2023), then this will surely work for you:

Copy the path of jbr:

C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\jbr

and then under system variables click on new, type JAVA_HOME in the first box and in the second box paste the path of jbr.

score 2 · Answer 17 · answered Oct 01 '18 at 08:10

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

answered Oct 01 '18 at 08:10

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That didn't work, When setting the JAVA_HOME, you should not include the /bin. If you are setting it to the path only you should include the bin – Ramindu Samarawickrama Feb 22 '19 at 10:50

score 2 · Answer 18 · answered Jun 01 '21 at 06:54

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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.

answered Jun 01 '21 at 06:54

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would you add more details ? – Donia El Fouly May 19 '22 at 11:31

score 1 · Answer 19 · answered Jun 25 '21 at 16:22

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.

score 0 · Answer 20 · answered Feb 10 '23 at 15:35

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First, you need to make sure you installed JDK and then set the path to it. If you have not installed it, you can download and install it from here: https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/downloads/

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score 0 · Answer 21 · answered Apr 11 '23 at 08:23

In Windows 10 the ; is automarically added. In order to remove this when opening the edit environmental variable window, press the Edit Text... and then you will be able to remove the ; at the end.

After that the flutter doctor --android-licenses worked correctly.

sweetnandha cse · Answer 22 · 2022-03-06T21:43:32.777

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i have set like this in vs code for project.its working for me

JAVA_HOME="/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_321.jdk/Contents/Home"

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answered Mar 06 '22 at 21:11

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this answer is not helping to understand why there was an error in the windows system/user environment variables. This is very specific to the internals of VSCode... – Andre Leon Rangel Feb 15 '23 at 02:48

JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory:

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I was using `jenv`

Set a version of java

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