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Symfony2 assetic:dump | error Output: "The system cannot find the path specified"

I downloaded yuicompressor-2.4.8.jar and placed it in app/Resources/java/ folder.

Next I created the {% stylesheets %} block in my twig template as in example below:

{% stylesheets 
    'bundles/arsen/css/style.css'
    filter='cssrewrite, yui_css'
    output='assets/css/complied.css'
%}
    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="{{ asset_url }}">
{% endstylesheets %}

When I run app/console assetic:dump, I get this error: 

  "/usr/bin/java" "-jar" "C:\xampp\htdocs\Symfony27\app/Resources/java/yuicompressor-2.4.8.jar" "--charset" "UTF-8" "-o" "C:\Users\SYMFONY\AppData\Local\Temp\ass2341.tmp" "--type" "css" "C:\Users\SYMFONY\AppData\Local\Temp\ass2340.tmp"
  Error Output:                                                                                                                                                                                                   
  The system cannot find the path specified.

As far I know, I have java jre installed and I have access to java from command line:

$ java -version
java version "1.8.0_73"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_73-b02)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 25.73-b02, mixed mode, sharing)

And in my windows path I have: C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath registered This path points here: enter image description here

Paths looks fine to me. Does anyone know what is missing or where is the issue preventing app/console assetic:dump command from working?

Perhaps this setting causes the issue app/config/config.yml:

assetic:
    #...
    #java: /usr/bin/java
    filters:
        cssrewrite: ~
        yui_css:
            jar: "%kernel.root_dir%/Resources/java/yuicompressor-2.4.8.jar"
            #...
Solution

  • As stated by symfony documentation :

    Windows users need to remember to update config to proper Java location.
    In Windows7 x64 bit by default it's C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin\java.exe.

    Actually, the command is looking for an executable located in /usr/bin/java which doesn't exist on Windows.

    Also, you have to register your java path in your assetic configuration :

    assetic:
    # ...
    java: C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre7\bin\java.exe

    See the YUI Compressor part of documentation.