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Asked: 2026-06-10T12:11:12+00:00

I just installed Linux Mint and am trying to configure SpringSource Tool Suite which

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I just installed Linux Mint and am trying to configure SpringSource Tool Suite which requires you to direct it to the system “JDK path”. Although I haven’t explicitly downloaded/installed Java on this system yet, when I ran the update manager I did see Open JDK get installed and found several directories under /usr/lib/jvm (see screenshot below). My questions are:

  • Spring Tool Suite requires you to specify a path to the JDK, and my question is, which one do I choose, and why?; and
  • How do I tell which of these is my JAVA_HOME?; and
  • What’s the difference between the “JDK path” and JAVA_HOME?

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Thanks in advance!

Edit:

echo $PATH –> /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games

java -version -> java version “1.7.0_03”
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea7 2.1.1pre) (7~u3-2.1.1~pre1-1ubuntu3)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 22.0-b10, mixed mode)

which java -> /usr/bin/java

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  1. Editorial Team

    Spring Tool Suite requires you to specify a path to the JDK, and my question is, which one do I choose, and why?; and

    This can only be answered according to the needs of your application. Do you need the stability of Java 6 or the features added in Java 7? Are there APIs you intend to use that are only available in Java 7 or are the Java 6 libraries sufficient? Do you have customers that require the use of one JVM over another? Only you can answer these questions.

    How do I tell which of these is my JAVA_HOME?; and

    You will want to make JAVA_HOME reference the specific JVM environment that you’ve decided on for your project. For example, if you decide on Java 6 you’ll probably want to set your JAVA_HOME to /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk-amd64.

    What’s the difference between the “JDK path” and JAVA_HOME?

    The JDK path refers to the Java Development Kit – which includes the java compiler, debugger and other tools associated with developing java programs. JAVA_HOME can reference either the JDK root or the JRE (Java Runtime Environment) root directory when running java programs; but you should, for development purposes, always have JAVA_HOME reference the JDK root.

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