Unable to build with Bamboo Specs due to error "No compiler is provided in this environment"
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Summary
Problem
When Maven is pointing to a Java path that doesn't include compilers, Bamboo specs will not run and will produce an error as described below
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20-Jul-2020 15:34:42 [ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:3.7.0:compile (default-compile) on project bamboo-specs-generator: Compilation failure
20-Jul-2020 15:34:42 [ERROR] No compiler is provided in this environment. Perhaps you are running on a JRE rather than a JDK?
20-Jul-2020 15:34:42 [ERROR] -> [Help 1]
20-Jul-2020 15:34:42 org.apache.maven.lifecycle.LifecycleExecutionException: Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:3.7.0:compile (default-compile) on project bamboo-specs-generator: Compilation failure
20-Jul-2020 15:34:42 No compiler is provided in this environment. Perhaps you are running on a JRE rather than a JDK?Diagnosis
Environment
Bamboo Server
Maven
You can confirm what version/location of Java is being used by Maven as in the example below
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mvn --version
Apache Maven 3.6.0
Maven home: /usr/share/maven
Java version: 1.8.0_221, vendor: Oracle Corporation, runtime: /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle/jre
Default locale: en_US, platform encoding: ANSI_X3.4-1968
OS name: "linux", version: "4.15.0-72-generic", arch: "amd64", family: "unix"Cause
$JAVA_HOME is not pointing to a path with a JAVA compiler (JDK)
Solution
Resolution
Make sure $JAVA_HOME variable is pointing to a Java JDK path.
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