Cant find Java VM to add in Eclipse

Question

I am following a tutorial to learn Java and it uses Eclipse. When starting a new Java project in the Eclipse IDE, after adding the project name the tutorial goes to Configure JREs->Add...->Standard VM and then browses to a folder which seems to be the VM home. However, in the tutorial when the browse window opens, it already opens in a directory which contains all VM folders, named jdk-14, jdk-15, etc.. I cannot by any means find any similar JVM folder in my computer, although I'm pretty sure I have Java installed.

I'm running in a Debian 11. if I run

java -version

I get

java version "17.0.2" 2022-01-18 LTS
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 17.0.2+8-LTS-86) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 17.0.2+8-LTS-86, mixed mode, sharing)

Any suggestions on where to look for folders named like jdk-xxx.xx to add to Eclipse?

Answer 1

For Linux try command: readlink -f $(which java)

If you are in Windows try these steps

Open command prompt and execute c:\> for %i in (java.exe) do @echo. %~$PATH:i

This should print the path of your jdk.

Alternatively if java path is defined try where java in command prompt.