Eclipse 4.2 Juno doesn't find JRE

Question

I downloaded Eclipse Juno and I am trying to run it for the first time. System is Win 7 Home Premium and I also downloaded JDK. I am getting the following error:

A Java Runtime Environment (JRE) or Java Development Kit (JDK) must be available in order to run Eclipse. No Java virtual machine was found after searching the following locations: C:\Program Files\eclipse\jre\bin\javaw.exe javaw.exe in your current PATH

The javaw.exe file it needs is in... C:\Program Files\Java\jre7\bin\javaw.exe

How do I fix this problem? Thanks in advance

Answer 1

" A Java Runtime Environment (JRE) or Java Development Kit (JDK) must be available in order to run Eclipse. No Java virtual machine was found after searching the following locations: C:\Program Files\eclipse\jre\bin\javaw.exe javaw.exe in your current PATH "

You need to install Java JDK: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk7-downloads-1880260.html

and then edit your path location:

Right-click on computer->properties->advanced system settings->advanced->environment variables:

Add C:\Program Files\Java\<JDK version>\bin to your PATH variable.

Also add JAVA_HOME as a system variable. I have my JAVA_HOME set to C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_03.

When you are done, start cmd, type java, and hit enter. If you get an error that it can not be found then java is not correctly installed.