Strange build error!

[thatprogrammer]

Hello All,
I am having a strange error when building robot files (any other programs seem to work).
This is the error message I receive

BUILD FAILED
Unable to find a javac compiler;
com.sun.tools.javac.Main is not on the classpath.
Perhaps JAVA_HOME does not point to the JDK.
It is currently set to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.8.0_51"

Note that I am using the run as deploy button to build the code, despite not being connected to a robot.
Anyone have an idea what's going on?
Thanks!

[orangelight]

Take a look at this thread

[thatprogrammer]

Originally Posted by orangelight

Take a look at this thread

Even following the steps listed in that thread did not help

[orangelight]

Originally Posted by thatprogrammer

Even following the steps listed in that thread did not help

Does it still give you the same error?

[thatprogrammer]

Originally Posted by orangelight

Does it still give you the same error?

Actually, this is really strange. I just updated windows, and it now works. Wonder if Windows 10 was just not playing nice with eclipse...

[justAdev]

Originally Posted by thatprogrammer

Hello All,
I am having a strange error when building robot files (any other programs seem to work).
This is the error message I receive
Note that I am using the run as deploy button to build the code, despite not being connected to a robot.
Anyone have an idea what's going on?
Thanks!

I've ran into this problem many times and luckily I knew how to fix it every time it popped up

First make sure you have Java installed.

If you're sure you have it installed, assuming you're using windows, follow these steps:

1. Click the start button
2. Then right click computer
3. Click Properties
4. Click Advanced System Settings
5. Click Environment Variables
6. If you see JAVA_HOME, go to step 11, if not, click new
7. Variable Name = JAVA_HOME
8. Variable Value = <Location of your Java JDK> Without the <> (Usually something like C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_25")
9. Click Ok
10. Restart Eclipse and You're Done!
    ================================================== =============
    
11. Click JAVA_HOME
12. Click Edit
13. Set variable value = <Location of your Java JDK> Without the <> (Usually something like "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_25")
14. Click Ok
15. Restart Eclipse and You're Done!

I hope I could help

[SamcFuchs]

Originally Posted by justAdev

I've ran into this problem many times and luckily I knew how to fix it every time it popped up

First make sure you have Java installed.

If you're sure you have it installed, assuming you're using windows, follow these steps:

1. Click the start button
2. Then right click computer
3. Click Properties
4. Click Advanced System Settings
5. Click Environment Variables
6. If you see JAVA_HOME, go to step 11, if not, click new
7. Variable Name = JAVA_HOME
8. Variable Value = <Location of your Java JDK> Without the <> (Usually something like C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_25")
9. Click Ok
10. Restart Eclipse and You're Done!
    ================================================== =============
    
11. Click JAVA_HOME
12. Click Edit
13. Set variable value = <Location of your Java JDK> Without the <> (Usually something like "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_25")
14. Click Ok
15. Restart Eclipse and You're Done!

I hope I could help

This is what worked for me way back when I had that problem iirc. Also, I don't think it's win10. I've got win10 and no problems.