Unable to locate tools.jar [duplicate] Unable to locate tools.jar [duplicate] apache apache

Unable to locate tools.jar [duplicate]


A JRE doesn't have a tools.jar, you need a JDK. Set your JAVA_HOME and PATH variables so that they point to a JDK, not a JRE.


I had similar issue and got solved by doing following ,

1) set JAVA_HOME as C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.7.0\

2) ANT_HOME as F:\ant\apache-ant-1.8.4-bin\apache-ant-1.8.4

3) add both to 'path ' in system variables


Please make sure that you are pointing to JDK and not a JRE. For example, you should set JAVA_HOME as "C:\Program Files\java\jdk1.6.0_26" and have %JAVA_HOME%\bin in your system path.