While building a simple application using bazel getting error Couldn't find java at '/usr/lib/java/jdk1.8.0_74/bin/java'

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I was building a simple app using bazel building tool. But i got the this error stating that java is not found (Couldn't find java at '/usr/lib/java/jdk1.8.0_74/bin/java'). Although i have java installed on my system. Now, i want to know that in any way can't we let bazel know that java is installed and how to look for that?

Find where your java is installed - https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4681090/how-do-i-find-where-jdk-is-installed-on-my-windows-machine — Ishan Thilina Somasiri, Jan 25 '18 at 12:05
How to make bazel know that it is installed in a particular directory and not where it is looking for. — Gaurav Kandoria, Jan 25 '18 at 12:07
You need to fix JAVA_HOME to point at your java installation. — hlopko, Jan 30 '18 at 15:45
I think I need to change the value of the environment variable JAVA_HOME. Am I right? — Gaurav Kandoria, Jan 31 '18 at 08:42

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 01 '18 at 12:54

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in /etc/bash.bashrc add

export JAVA_HOME='position_where_java_installted'
export PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin

answered Feb 01 '18 at 12:54

Vishal Kumar

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While building a simple application using bazel getting error Couldn't find java at '/usr/lib/java/jdk1.8.0_74/bin/java'

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