Maven Compilation Error:No compiler is provided...you are running on a JRE rather than a JDK

Maven Compilation Error:

[ERROR] COMPILATION ERROR :

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[ERROR] No compiler is provided in this environment. Perhaps you are running on a JRE rather than a JDK?

[INFO] 1 error

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[INFO] BUILD FAILURE

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[INFO] Total time: 4.310s

[INFO] Finished at: Tue Mar 05 14:32:23 IST 2017

[INFO] Final Memory: 16M/218M

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[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:3.0:compile (default-compile) on project  Compilation fa

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[ERROR] ***No compiler is provided in this environment. Perhaps you are running on a JRE rather than a JDK?***

[ERROR] -> [Help 1]

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[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.

[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.

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[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:

[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MojoFailureException
解决方法如下：

n windows 7 - 64 bit, there is a permissions problem which prevents the installer from unpacking the file C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.xx\lib\tools.jar into your local. This jar file is what maven-compiler-plugin version 3.x uses instead of the usual javac.
Solution is: Run as administrator the java JDK installer!!!!! And make sure the tools.jar is sitting in the C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.xx\lib\

In case you are using m2e maven integration plugin, you want to see the file is visible to Eclipse via the following steps inside Eclipse:

Go to Window -> Preferences -> Java -> installed JREs

Select the JDK you are using (C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.xx)

Press Edit to see the list of jars including tools.jar, OW you can add it as Add External JAR

Then configure the maven run through these steps:

Run->Run configurations->Fill in Name, Base directory and Goals.

Then in the same window move to the JRE tab and point to the JDK \jdk1.6.xx\