Gradle JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory

Question

I have tried and looked at the past Gradle Java_HOME questions, however none of the options seems to work. I followed this website to install Gradle. However, all the Gradle commands I run result in the following error:

ERROR: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory: /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.8.0_241
Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the location of your Java installation.

I'm also using OpenJDK 11 and

$ echo $JAVA_HOME
/usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.8.0_241

you can try the command: which java to find where is your java installation — danilo, Jul 15 '20 at 03:20
use update-java-alternatives -l https://askubuntu.com/a/150065/734218 — danilo, Jul 15 '20 at 03:24
the error is saying your $JAVA_HOME is pointing to the wrong location, probably this directory /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.8.0_241 doesn't exists — danilo, Jul 15 '20 at 03:25

score 12 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 15 '20 at 04:18

You can find java home by using the following command:

java -XshowSettings:properties -version 2>&1 > /dev/null | grep 'java.home'

It will print something like:

java.home = /path/to/java_home

You can set the output of this command as JAVA_HOME by copying the path and adding the following line to your ~/.bashrc.

export JAVA_HOME=/path/to/java_home

Gradle JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory

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