Grrr, no cigar; it needs the PATH variable to include java. I much
prefer the way java is installed on unix systems with a symbolic link
pointing to the default installation, and you can OPTIONALLY use an
environment variable to specify a different version. I want to blame
Sun (it's too easy) but it's probably really Microsoft's fault because
they don't have real symbolic links, only their botched "shortcuts".
Rusty Wright wrote:
After fixing the eclipse jvm preference I decided to see what happens
when I remove the -vm stuff from my windows shortcut for starting
eclipse, and remove it from the eclipse.ini file. Bad move, then
maven again complains when I start eclipse.
So I got pissed and decided to reinstall java. Without the jre. And
sure enough, the default installation is to install the jre so I
"unchecked" that and let it spin and now eclipse starts up and no
complaints from maven and the Run As Maven Test works as well.
Next test, removing the JAVA_HOME environment variable; environment
variables are so kludgy on windows...
Rusty Wright wrote:
The maven plugin for eclipse doesn't work if eclipse is using the
jre. I just spent several hours spinning my wheels trying to get
that to work; my Windows shortcut for eclipse had the -vm argument
specifying the path to the jdk executable, which got rid of the
complaint from maven when I started eclipse. But then when I did the
right click, Run As -> Maven Test, it blew up, complaining that it
couldn't find the compiler in tools.jar (giving the jre path to it).
So then I added the -vm stuff to my eclipse.ini file, but still no
cigar.
It finally occurred to me that in my eclipse preferences there's a
setting for the vm, and lo and behold, that was set to the jre, so
fixing that fixed the problem.
But my real irritation is that Sun's java installation is installing
both the jdk and the jre on my Windows machine. I'm thinking that if
I weren't installing the jre and only the jdk that eclipse would use
the jdk (and maven would be happy).
But my memory is that whenever I install the latest java that it
wants to install the jre and the jdk. So my real question is, can I
install just the jdk on my pc and will "everything work"?
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