Unable to locate tools.jar

java ant tools.jar
olidev picture olidev · Apr 20, 2011 · Viewed 324.8k times · Source

I am building a project in Java.

I have this error:

Unable to locate tools.jar. Expected to find it in C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\lib\tools.jar

I have installed a JDK and the folder: C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\lib is in my system but the file tools.jar is not there.

Answer

duffymo picture duffymo · Apr 20, 2011

Yes, you've downloaded and installed the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) instead of the Java Development Kit (JDK). The latter has the tools.jar, java.exe, javac.exe, etc.

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