[Error] The system cannot find the path specified

Applies to: 

• Liquibase Secure (Pro)
• Liquibase Community (Open Source)

Conditions:

• Any version of Liquibase Secure (Pro) or Community
• Any OS

Issue Summary:

When attempting to run any Liquibase command or call the Liquibase executable (either liquibase.jar or liquibase.bat), the message "the system cannot find the path specified" is shown. 

Error Message:

The system cannot find the path specified

Root Cause:

Liquibase requires the JAVA_HOME environment variable to be set. If this variable isn't set, it isn't possible to run Liquibase.

However, both the liquibase.jar and liquibase.bat files expect the JAVA_HOME to be set to the root directory of your Java Development Kit (JDK) installation.   

Resolution:

Set the JAVA_HOME environment variable to the root directory of your Java Development Kit (JDK) installation.

You can verify this by the following:

• Verify that the JAVA_HOME is pointing to a valid directory
• Navigate to JAVA_HOME and ensure that there exists a bin directory with the Java executable within it.

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