java-version problem

[Nika Kort]

Please help, when entering the command "java-version", the phrase constantly pops up --
is not an internal or external command, an executable program or a batch file. At the same time, I installed java, but I think I have a problem somewhere in variable environments, apparently I mixed up something there, did everything according to the instructions, but it's still difficult to understand where to insert what

[Tim Cooke]

Hello, welcome to the Ranch!

We are an English speaking forum so please ask your questions in English.

[Campbell Ritchie]

Thank you for the English translation.
Did you write

java-version

or

java -version

?
The first form is incorrect; only the second form with a space before the hyphen will be recognised. There is no such program as java‑version, but there is java with the −version option.
If java on its own produces that error message, then you need to update the PATH environment variable.

[Nika Kort]

No, java itself does not give it away. I need to set environment variables to work with it (I have already downloaded and unpacked java itself). I tried to lead with a space, but I also get an error. The whole problem is that it is difficult for me to understand what and where to enter in order to set these environment variables. The instructions didn't help me...

[Stephan van Hulst]

What operating system are you using?

[Campbell Ritchie]

I presume you are using Windows® bcause I have only seen that error message on Windows. If you don't get that error message from java alone, then you have probably set up your PATH successfully. (You will probably get a different error message if you don't name a file after java.) Please copy what you see if you writeecho %PATH%at the command line.

[Nika Kort]

I use Windows

[Nika Kort]

I wrote this on the command line. That's what it gave me C:\Users\USER >echo %PATH%
";C: C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_321\bin\bin; \Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH\;";C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps";

[Campbell Ritchie]

Please use the “post reply” button rather than “quote”.

I am afraid that PATH looks incorrect. Assuming you want Java8 (I am using Java18), you are right to move the Java® part of the PATH to the beginning. Did you add “C:” at the beginning yourself. I think that isn't a valid part of the PATH because it isn't followed by a ;
The following part, “C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_321\bin\bin;” does have a ; But it has jre where a developer would need jdk, and it has bin twice. I think it should only have bin once.
Try changing the PATH to:-

C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_321\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\WINDOWS\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\WINDOWS\System32\OpenSSH\;";C:\Users\USER\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps

Try the following two insrtuctions at the command line and show us the results please:-java -version javac -versionYou might need to add \bin after javapath; I don't know definitely.

[Nika Kort]

Thank you very much!! now everything has worked out) With the java -version command, it gives me
C:\Users\USER >java -version
java version "1.8.0_321"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_321-b07)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.321-b07, mixed mode)

[Tim Holloway]

Campbell Ritchie wrote:You might need to add \bin after javapath; I don't know definitely.

Definitely: the root of a JDK or JRE ("JAVA_HOME") is always the path of the JDR/JRE directory.

The PATH should always be of the form JAVA_HOME\bin, pointing to the directory that contains the JDK/JRE executables.  For JRE's you may find a subdirectory, "JAVA_HOME\jre\bin". It does NOT go in the PATH.

This is true of both Windows and the non-Windows OS's, although the actual semantics of a Windows PATH differ from how systems like Linux/Unix do PATH.

Finally I've used the form "JAVA_HOME" to generically indicate the desired JDK_JRE base directory, but you can substitute in either the explicit absolute filesystem path, or if you've pre-defined it, an actual environment variable expression such as %JAVA_HOME%\bin (Windows), or $JAVA_HOME/bin (Linux, MacOS, etc.

[Campbell Ritchie]

Nika Kort wrote:Thank you very much!!

That's a pleasure

. . .
java version "1.8.0_321" . . .

Well done. What did you get from javac −version?