No compiler is provided in this environment perhaps you are running on a jre rather than a jdk

Question

While working on a project on Eclipse using m2eclipse, the JDK path was set in a way on Eclipse in the manner stated below but yet, it is coming to an error. What is the solution for this?

Windows-->preferences-->installed jres--> jdk1.7.xx path

[ERROR] COMPILATION ERROR : 
[INFO] -------------------------------------------------------------
[ERROR] No compiler is provided in this environment. Perhaps you are running on a JRE rather than a JDK? 
[INFO] 1 error 
[INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------- 
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[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
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[INFO] Total time: 1.424s 
[INFO] Finished at: Tue Oct 29 15:21:01 IST 2013
[INFO] Final Memory: 5M/15M 
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[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler- plugin:3.1:compile (default-compile) on project TEST-WEB: Compilation failure 
[ERROR] No compiler is provided in this environment. Perhaps you are running on a JRE rather than a JDK?

Answer 1

Once you are on your Eclipse integrated development environment, follow the respective order:-

Window > Preferences > Java > Installed JREs > and check your installed JREs. An entry with the JDK should be present. After which one must:-

1. Click on the Execution Env as shown in the image below the answer, after which Click on OK

2. Followed by Right-Clicking  on your Project -> Maven -> Update Project

Further on, Maven JRE will have to be altered in the given description:-

Goto Run -> Run Configurations, and then Maven Build must be chosen which is at the left side of the panel. After which, one must open a JRE tab and the Workspace default JRE option must be chosen or selected.