Maven: Fatal error compiling: invalid target release: 1.8
Sometimes this problem is related to a JAVA_HOME
used by maven.
- In my particular case I tried to start an
install
target and had an exact the subj message. - Then I just tried an
mvn -version
command and I realized that it uses jdk7 - Then I run in a console
set JAVA_HOME=C:\Java\jdk8
(my jdk path, so your own could be different) - Then typed
mvn clean install test
and it worked just fine at last
Good luck!
Check the java and Javac version - My Java version was 1.8.0_51
$ java -version
java version "1.8.0_51"
But javac version was pointing to old jdk 1.7.0_67
$ javac -version
javac 1.7.0_67
There are couple of thing which we should try -
Ensure that symbolic link is pointing to correct jdk. If not, remove existing link and create new one for your jdk
cd /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/ rm CurrentJDK ln -s /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/<jdk version>.jdk/Contents/ CurrentJDK
In /Library/Java/Extension, i had a tools.jar. I believe, this was from old jdk.
cd /Library/Java/Extensions -rw-r--r-- 1 root admin 15286304 Jan 14 2015 tools.jar
Remove this
sudo rm -rf /Library/Java/Extensions
point 2 did the trick for me :)
Same issue here, but I was using run configurations inside Eclipse when maven kept throwing this error. Fixed by setting the right JDK version here: