com sun tools jar not found even if it exists in openjdk 11 lib folder

Question

In my openjdk 11 lib folder i have placed tools.jar C:\Program Files\AdoptOpenJDK\jdk-11.0.6.10-hotspot\lib\tools.jar.

But while building project with mvn install command i get the following error

Could not find artifact com.sun:tools:jar:1.8 at specified path C:\Program Files\AdoptOpenJDK\jdk-11.0.6.10-hotspot/../l
ib/tools.jar

Where i am supposed to put my tools.jar? Not sure which folder the error is indicating with /../ before lib/tools.jar.

N.B tools.jar file is copied from jdk 8 folder. I also tried downloading this jar and putting in open jdk lib folder although.

Answer 1

Your on JDK 11, tools.jar was removed in JDK 9, these links provide further information and may help in offering a solution.

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• Answers with useful troubleshooting
• JDK 11 causing issues