# Build Script not recognized by JAVA\_HOME -\> jdk 1.8.40 **URL:** \ **Category:** Old Forum Archive\ **Created:** [March 6, 2015, 10:09pm UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/build-script-not-recognized-by-java-home-jdk-1-8-40/1601 "2015-03-06T22:09:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jdub1581](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/65b543/32.png) [@jdub1581](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/jdub1581)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 10:09pm UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/build-script-not-recognized-by-java-home-jdk-1-8-40/1601/1 "2015-03-06T22:09:00Z")
I have tried all other similar fixes, for some reason I cannot even start gradle with jdk 1.8.40 set as JAVA\_HOME Stacktrace: Stack trace: org.gradle.tooling.GradleConnectionException: Could not execute build using Gradle installation ‘C:\gradle\gradle-2.2.1’. at org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.ResultHandlerAdapter.onFailure(ResultHandlerAdapter.java:55) at org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.async.DefaultAsyncConsumerActionExecutor$1$1.run(DefaultAsyncConsumerActionExecutor.java:57) at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.DefaultExecutorFactory$StoppableExecutorImpl$1.run(DefaultExecutorFactory.java:64) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) at org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.BlockingResultHandler.getResult(BlockingResultHandler.java:46) at org.gradle.tooling.internal.consumer.DefaultBuildLauncher.run(DefaultBuildLauncher.java:71) at org.netbeans.gradle.project.tasks.AsyncGradleTask.runBuild(AsyncGradleTask.java:297) at org.netbeans.gradle.project.tasks.AsyncGradleTask.doGradleTasksWithProgressIgnoreTaskDefCancel(AsyncGradleTask.java:392) at org.netbeans.gradle.project.tasks.AsyncGradleTask.doGradleTasksWithProgress(AsyncGradleTask.java:321) at org.netbeans.gradle.project.tasks.AsyncGradleTask.access$400(AsyncGradleTask.java:69) at org.netbeans.gradle.project.tasks.AsyncGradleTask$BuildExecutionItem$1.run(AsyncGradleTask.java:653) at org.netbeans.gradle.project.tasks.GradleDaemonManager.runNonBlockingGradleTask(GradleDaemonManager.java:36) at org.netbeans.gradle.project.tasks.GradleDaemonManager.access$100(GradleDaemonManager.java:23) at org.netbeans.gradle.project.tasks.GradleDaemonManager$2.execute(GradleDaemonManager.java:126) at org.jtrim.concurrent.AbstractTaskExecutorService$FunctionWrapper.execute(AbstractTaskExecutorService.java:270) at org.jtrim.concurrent.AbstractTaskExecutorService$TaskOfAbstractExecutor.execute(AbstractTaskExecutorService.java:340) at org.jtrim.concurrent.Tasks$RunOnceCancelableTask.execute(Tasks.java:342) at org.jtrim.concurrent.ThreadPoolTaskExecutor$ThreadPoolTaskExecutorImpl$QueuedItem.runTask(ThreadPoolTaskExecutor.java:1213) at org.jtrim.concurrent.ThreadPoolTaskExecutor$ThreadPoolTaskExecutorImpl$Worker.executeTask(ThreadPoolTaskExecutor.java:1046) at org.jtrim.concurrent.ThreadPoolTaskExecutor$ThreadPoolTaskExecutorImpl$Worker.run(ThreadPoolTaskExecutor.java:1178) at org.jtrim.concurrent.ThreadPoolTaskExecutor$ThreadPoolTaskExecutorImpl$Worker$1.run(ThreadPoolTaskExecutor.java:996) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745) Caused by: org.gradle.api.GradleException: Could not generate a proxy class for class org.gradle.invocation.DefaultGradle. at org.gradle.api.internal.AbstractClassGenerator.generateUnderLock(AbstractClassGenerator.java:204) at org.gradle.api.internal.AbstractClassGenerator.generate(AbstractClassGenerator.java:67) at org.gradle.api.internal.ClassGeneratorBackedInstantiator.newInstance(ClassGeneratorBackedInstantiator.java:36) at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncherFactory.doNewInstance(DefaultGradleLauncherFactory.java:116) at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncherFactory.newInstance(DefaultGradleLauncherFactory.java:85) at org.gradle.initialization.DefaultGradleLauncherFactory.newInstance(DefaultGradleLauncherFactory.java:48) at org.gradle.launcher.exec.InProcessBuildActionExecuter$DefaultBuildController.getLauncher(InProcessBuildActionExecuter.java:69) at org.gradle.launcher.exec.InProcessBuildActionExecuter$DefaultBuildController.getGradle(InProcessBuildActionExecuter.java:76) at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.BuildModelAction.run(BuildModelAction.java:40) at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.BuildModelAction.run(BuildModelAction.java:30) at org.gradle.tooling.internal.provider.ConfiguringBuildAction.run(ConfiguringBuildAction.java:119) at org.gradle.launcher.exec.InProcessBuildActionExecuter.execute(InProcessBuildActionExecuter.java:36) at org.gradle.launcher.exec.InProcessBuildActionExecuter.execute(InProcessBuildActionExecuter.java:26) at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.ExecuteBuild.doBuild(ExecuteBuild.java:47) at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.BuildCommandOnly.execute(BuildCommandOnly.java:34) at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:119) at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.WatchForDisconnection.execute(WatchForDisconnection.java:35) at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:119) at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.ResetDeprecationLogger.execute(ResetDeprecationLogger.java:24) at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:119) at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.StartStopIfBuildAndStop.execute(StartStopIfBuildAndStop.java:33) at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:119) at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.ForwardClientInput$2.call(ForwardClientInput.java:71) at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.ForwardClientInput$2.call(ForwardClientInput.java:69) at org.gradle.util.Swapper.swap(Swapper.java:38) at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.ForwardClientInput.execute(ForwardClientInput.java:69) at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:119) at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.LogToClient.doBuild(LogToClient.java:60) at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.BuildCommandOnly.execute(BuildCommandOnly.java:34) at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:119) at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.EstablishBuildEnvironment.doBuild(EstablishBuildEnvironment.java:70) at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.BuildCommandOnly.execute(BuildCommandOnly.java:34) at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:119) at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.DaemonHygieneAction.execute(DaemonHygieneAction.java:39) at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.DaemonCommandExecution.proceed(DaemonCommandExecution.java:119) at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.exec.StartBuildOrRespondWithBusy$1.run(StartBuildOrRespondWithBusy.java:46) at org.gradle.launcher.daemon.server.DaemonStateCoordinator$1.run(DaemonStateCoordinator.java:246) at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.DefaultExecutorFactory$StoppableExecutorImpl$1.run(DefaultExecutorFactory.java:64) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617) … 1 more Caused by: java.lang.IncompatibleClassChangeError: Found interface org.objectweb.asm.MethodVisitor, but class was expected at org.gradle.api.internal.AsmBackedClassGenerator$ClassBuilderImpl.addGetter(AsmBackedClassGenerator.java:521) at org.gradle.api.internal.AsmBackedClassGenerator$ClassBuilderImpl.addGetter(AsmBackedClassGenerator.java:516) at org.gradle.api.internal.AsmBackedClassGenerator$ClassBuilderImpl.mixInDynamicAware(AsmBackedClassGenerator.java:267) at org.gradle.api.internal.AbstractClassGenerator.generateUnderLock(AbstractClassGenerator.java:108) … 40 more I have changed nothing anywhere, reinstalled jdk twice, even adding gradle.properties -\> \*…java.home={desired jdk path} does not work. Perhaps I am missing something, but everything I tried does not work. ---
**Author:** ![David\_Karr](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/gradle/user_avatar/discuss.gradle.org/david_karr/32/145_2.png) [@David\_Karr](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/David_Karr)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 11:02pm UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/build-script-not-recognized-by-java-home-jdk-1-8-40/1601/2 "2015-03-06T23:02:00Z")
Perhaps the first question at: [https://code.google.com/p/rest-assured/wiki/FAQ](https://code.google.com/p/rest-assured/wiki/FAQ) . ---
**Author:** ![jdub1581](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/65b543/32.png) [@jdub1581](https://discuss.gradle.org/u/jdub1581)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2015, 11:09pm UTC](https://discuss.gradle.org/t/build-script-not-recognized-by-java-home-jdk-1-8-40/1601/3 "2015-03-06T23:09:00Z")
I’ll try it, but even creating a new project with no src code even throws the error, all I can do is run the help task… If JAVA\_HOME is 1.8.31 it works fine… In Netbeans it immediately tells me there is an error …