jenv add "ln No such file or directory"

[Reapor-Yurnero]

MacOS 10.12.4

I used Homebrew to install java with

brew update
brew cast install java

and I checked the version of it as following.

xxxx-MacBook-Pro:Home reapor.yurnero$ java -version
java version "1.8.0_121"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_121-b13)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.121-b13, mixed mode)

Then I tried jenv add
jenv add /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_121.jdk/Contents/Home
but it shows
ln: /Users/reapor.yurnero/.jenv/versions/oracle64-1.8.0.121: No such file or directory
So I'm confused which procedure am I wrong.

[gcuisinier]

Do you have add eval $(jenv init -) in you shell init (bashrc, zshrc) ?
And close/reopen a shell ?

[bjenning04]

I am running into the same error. The issue is that there is no ~/.jenv/versions folder. As a workaround, I added the folder structure, and then jenv add works fine after that.

[jschavey]

Confirming this issue. Approriate line is added to profile but jenv doctor states not running in shell even after restart. mkdir ~/.jenv/versions resolves.

[Reapor-Yurnero]

Thanks for your help!

[swvanderlaan]

Actually, I run into the same issue and the solution by @jschavey is not working. I've added the initiation lines to my .bashrc file:

if which jenv > /dev/null; 
	then eval "$(jenv init -)"; 
fi

export JAVA_HOME="/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_201.jdk/Contents/Home"
export PATH="$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH"
export JENV_ROOT="/usr/local/bin/jenv"

This throws this error:

source .bash_profile
mkdir: /usr/local/bin/jenv/shims: Not a directory
mkdir: /usr/local/bin/jenv/plugins: Not a directory
mkdir: /usr/local/bin/jenv/versions: Not a directory

Checking out the directory shows this:

ls -lh /usr/local/bin/jenv
lrwxr-xr-x  1 swvanderlaan  admin    29B Jan 16 11:41 /usr/local/bin/jenv -> ../Cellar/jenv/0.4.4/bin/jenv

Hence, since we installed jenv via brew things are stored there. I suspect the re-direct should be to that folder or am I wrong?

[swvanderlaan]

Ah, yes, it should be like so in my .bashrc:

export JENV_ROOT="/usr/local/Cellar/jenv/"

if which jenv > /dev/null; 
	then eval "$(jenv init -)"; 
fi

Then doing jenv add works!

jenv add /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_201.jdk/Contents/Home/
oracle64-1.8.0.201 added
1.8.0.201 added
1.8 added

[MarschildX]

I meat the same problem. And I have solved it.
Here is the website of Jenv.
After you installed the Jenv, you need to init the $(jenv init -). How to init it has written at website. As for me, I use macOS with zsh. So I init that with the following commands:
$ echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.jenv/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc
$ echo 'eval "$(jenv init -)"' >> ~/.zshrc
After initiation, restart your zsh/shell or open a new window of zsh/shell. Now you can add java successfully.

[Dshosev]

Had the same Issue.
mkdir -p ~/.jenv/versions did the trick.
I'm using zsh and didn't need to add some PATH.

Best Regards

[ghost]

@Dshosev
Thank you so much.
It also worked for me.

@gcuisinier
Maybe it would be a good idea to add this command directly into the homebrew jenv installer : mkdir -p ~/.jenv/versions
Also this command :
echo 'eval "$(jenv init -)"' >> ~/.zshrc
And this one too :
echo 'eval "$(jenv init -)"' >> ~/.bashrc
I'm on macOS Catalina 10.15.4

Best regards

[tamimsyed700]

@Dshosev this trick mkdir -p ~/.jenv/versions worked for me on Fedora Linux as well with bash.

[stephen-murby]

On OSX Big Sur v11.2.3 I have had to
> mkdir ~/.jenv
then
> mkdir ~/.jenv/versions
as neither directory had been created.

[chrisdoberman]

I meat the same problem. And I have solved it.
Here is the website of Jenv.
After you installed the Jenv, you need to init the $(jenv init -). How to init it has written at website. As for me, I use macOS with zsh. So I init that with the following commands:
$ echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.jenv/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc
$ echo 'eval "$(jenv init -)"' >> ~/.zshrc
After initiation, restart your zsh/shell or open a new window of zsh/shell. Now you can add java successfully.

This worked perfectly. Thank you.

[Sleepful]

Just had the issue with the directory structure, 2022, had to mkdir ~/.jenv/versions
I guess I missed these:

$ echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.jenv/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.zshrc
$ echo 'eval "$(jenv init -)"' >> ~/.zshrc

[learnnrepeat]

For me adding JENV_ROOT=/usr/local/opt/jenv into ~/.zshrc fixed the issue

[cajubelt]

I was getting a similar issue-- after attempting to add java 11 with jenv and use it, I would get an error like:

/Users/charlie/.jenv/shims/java: line 21: /usr/local/Cellar/jenv/0.5.4/libexec/libexec/jenv: No such file or directory

The other solutions posted here were not sufficient for my issue. It could be reproduced by just typing java --version in the terminal.

How I solved it:

When I looked in /usr/local/Cellar/jenv/, I found that there was indeed no directory 0.5.4, but there was one titled 0.5.5_2. I opened up /Users/charlie/.jenv/shims/java with a text editor, replaced 0.5.4 with 0.5.5_2, and the problem was solved. I am now able to use java 11.

Hope this helps in case anyone else runs into the same thing.

[danielsotopino]

@cajubelt thank you ! i had the same problem...

[ben-gooding-sky]

I was getting a similar issue-- after attempting to add java 11 with jenv and use it, I would get an error like:

/Users/charlie/.jenv/shims/java: line 21: /usr/local/Cellar/jenv/0.5.4/libexec/libexec/jenv: No such file or directory

Thanks, this fixed it for me too, it originated after running brew upgrade to update everything

[neolikotsi]

I was getting a similar issue-- after attempting to add java 11 with jenv and use it, I would get an error like:

/Users/charlie/.jenv/shims/java: line 21: /usr/local/Cellar/jenv/0.5.4/libexec/libexec/jenv: No such file or directory

this worked for me

jenv rehash

[gravelld]

On OSX Big Sur v11.2.3 I have had to > mkdir ~/.jenv then > mkdir ~/.jenv/versions as neither directory had been created.

Normally you'd do mkdir -p ~/.jenv/versions to create parent folders as needed. This worked for me.

[mickaeltr]

Same error happened to me after upgrading from 0.5.5_2 to 0.5.6 with brew. I fixed it by manually editing the path in ~/.jenv/shims/java.

[Jonathan0wh]

I think in the official website https://www.jenv.be/, it should be changed to "Step 1", "Step 2", rather than two section "Installation".

[krisstern]

Same error happened to me after upgrading from 0.5.5_2 to 0.5.6 with brew. I fixed it by manually editing the path in ~/.jenv/shims/java.

I had the exact same issue and solution for upgrading from 0.5.6 to 0.5.7 too with brew.