Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine Mac OSX Mavericks

Question

Normally this error occurs when you invoke java by supplying the wrong arguments/options. In this case it should be the version option.

java -version

So to double check you can always do java -help, and see if the option exists. In this case, there is no option such as v.

So try uninstalling all other versions other than the one you need, then set the JAVA_HOMEpath variable for that JDK remaining, and you're done.

That's worked for me, I have two JDK (version 8 & 11) installed on my local mac, that causes the issue, for uninstalling, I followed these two steps:

• cd /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines
• rm -rf openjdk-11.0.1.jdk

if you tried running java with -version argument, and even though the problem could not be solved by any means, then you might have installed many java versions, like JDK 1.8 and JDK 1.7 at the same time.

So try uninstalling all other versions other than the one you need, then set the JAVA_HOMEpath variable for that JDK remaining, and you're done.

Unrecognized option: - Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine. Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.

I was getting this Error due to incorrect syntax using in the terminal. I was using java - version. But its actually is java -version. there is no space between - and version. you can also cross check by using java -help.

i hope this will help.