Question

I am facing this issue whenever I am trying to run Play 1.2.1 in my system .
Previously I had , Play2.0 in my system .
I exported the PATH variable , so that PATH contains the path to Play 2.0 directory .

Now , I am trying to run Play 1.2.1 in Mac OS X 10.7.4 .

My PATH variable looks like ,

-bash: /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/local/git/bin:/usr/local/mysql/bin:/Users/sabya/Documents/Play_Framework/play-2.0: No such file or directory

After exporting the PATH for play 1.2.1 my PATH looks like

-bash: /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/X11/bin:/usr/local/git/bin:/usr/local/mysql/bin:/Users/sabya/Documents/Play_Framework/play-2.0:/Users/sabya/Downloads/Work/play-1.2.1: No such file or directory

I created a new project through play new test_app .

But whenever I am trying to do play run , its showing me

Could not execute the java executable, please make sure the JAVA_HOME environment variable is set properly (the java executable should reside at JAVA_HOME/bin/java).

Typing javac/java in the same directory gives me proper output .

My $JAVA_HOME outputs -bash: /Library/Java/Home: No such file or directory

Everything working fine in Ubuntu .

What can be the work around at this situation ?
I have googled extensively . Did not get anything suitable .

Is the trailing “:” in JAVA_HOME a problem ?

Answer 1

Be carefull, you seem to mix Play 1 and Play 2 in your path.

Also, JAVA_HOME should point to the directory where Java is installed in your system. I doubt that this /Library/Java/Home (try to open this directory with the Finder, and see if it exists).