Cordova : Requirements check failed for JDK 1.8 or greater

Question

I am using Cordova 6.4.0 in Windows 7 OS, but I get this error once I tried to build the android version :

The Java Home variable is setted correctly to the JDK path, but I don't know why I am getting this issue. Any suggestions please ?

Answer 1

In Linux (Debian/Ubuntu) this can be solved by selecting a Java 1.8 SDK in

sudo update-alternatives --config javac

Changing JAVA_HOME env variable directly does not seem to have any effect.

EDIT: responding to the comments: This probably has something to do with the fact that new Debian (and apparently Ubuntu) Java installations through the package manager do not use the JAVA_HOME enviroment variable to determine the location of the JRE. See this and this post for more info.