IntelliJ IDEA 2017.1.3 giving error - Project SDK is not defined, even on setting Project SDK to Java 1.8 JDK

Question

My Intellij IDEA 2017.1.3 on macOS Sierra is not picking up Java SDK path even on setting it up to /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_102.jdk/Contents/Home

Am I missing something?

Error screenshot

Answer 1

The default path to the JDK folder should end up in the bin folder.

In windows this would be something like: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_121\bin

And linux something like: /usr/lib64/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0/jre/bin/java

Reinstalling the JDK would fix all issues anyhow. You can also check your java version (to see if it's properly installed) by typing either in cmd or terminal java -version