JMETER_HOME environment variable is not defined

Question

I tried to execute JMeter 4.0 from the command prompt in Windows 7.

I got the following error during execution:

The JMETER_HOME environment variable is not defined correctly This environment variable is needed to run this program

I set C:\apache-jmeter-4.0\bin to JMETER_HOME variable, but the problem remains

I can start JMeter with its jar file.

I use jdk1.8.0_162 and set JAVA_HOME environment variable correctly.

Ori Marko · Accepted Answer · 2019-07-17T12:46:56.863

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You should set JMETER_HOME to main JMeter directory as C:\apache-jmeter-4.0

Also don't set JMeter directory to JAVA_HOME variable (should hold Java installation path)

edited Jul 17 '19 at 12:46

answered Feb 20 '18 at 10:04

Ori Marko

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I set `JAVA_HOME` to Java installation folder. – plaidshirt Feb 20 '18 at 10:06
I responding to your statement: "I set C:\apache-jmeter-4.0\bin to JAVA_HOME variable" – Ori Marko Feb 20 '18 at 10:08

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 08 '19 at 03:59

Ensure you have installed Java and JMETER Gui works fine first.

Then,

At User Variables add JMETER_HOME followed by D:\Jmeter (Where Jmeter is installed) Next select Path in User variables and add D:\Jmeter\bin(Where Jmeter bin path is)

Save and restart cmd.

P.S: This is for Windows solution

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 09 '18 at 08:56

First ensure you've Java installed
Second you need to ensure the working directory of your call is the JMeter installation directory.

Assumption your JMeter installation is located under:

C:\Program Files (x86)\apache-jmeter-4.0

then you need to set this as working directory.

As you can read in the jmeter.bat file itself:

JMETER_HOME - installation directory. Will be guessed from location of jmeter.bat

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Apr 16 '20 at 20:04

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Asually a wrong JMETER_HOME entry causes this. make sure you have JMETER_HOME pointed to jmeter folder not inside bin directory. For example ,from my local windows i am able to see this thie environment variable

Type : echo %JMETER_HOME%

answered Apr 16 '20 at 20:04

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score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 04 '18 at 04:02

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This might sound obvious, but I'm getting this error on machines that don't have Java installed. Of course, though a better message might have been nice!

answered Oct 04 '18 at 04:02

Ben Power

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Please check accepted answer, that solution is working. – plaidshirt Oct 09 '18 at 09:01
@plaidshirt That is the accepted answer for your specific issue, however the symptoms happen to be the same as when Java isn't installed. It's an obvious thing, but the error might not point you to that. – Ben Power Oct 10 '18 at 03:24

score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Mar 27 '20 at 11:15

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Easiest way: just delete the JMETER_HOME environment variable, run jmeter.bat and variable will be added automatically.

answered Mar 27 '20 at 11:15

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score 1 · Answer 7 · answered Oct 23 '20 at 18:34

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For me, setting the Windows environment variable didn't help. Instead it worked when I set the variable at the command line (using the root folder of jmeter).

Like this:

SET JMETER_HOME=C:\apache-jmeter-4.0

answered Oct 23 '20 at 18:34

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score 1 · Answer 8 · answered Dec 01 '20 at 21:13

ensure java is installed and can check with java —version
assuming the path jmeter installed is C:\apache-jmeter-5.3
1. add the user variable
  1. press new
  2. add Jmeter variable name as JMETER_HOME
  3. variable value as: C:\apache-jmeter-5.3
2. add the path
  1. look for Path system variable and press edit
  2. edit it to have C:\apache-jmeter-5.3\bin
  3. it doesnt have Path(very unlikely), than press new and add variable name as path and value as C:\apache-jmeter-5.3\bin
3. restart cmd and type jmeter should do the job.

score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Jan 11 '19 at 15:54

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One reason for getting this error is to have JMETER_HOME variable defined in the environment variables but pointing to the wrong location. I had this problem due to previous installation.

answered Jan 11 '19 at 15:54

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score 0 · Answer 10 · answered Mar 30 '23 at 00:26

I got pass this error by commenting out the following in jmeter.bat

if exist "%JMETER_HOME%\bin\jmeter.bat" goto okHome echo The JMETER_HOME environment variable is not defined correctly echo This environment variable is needed to run this program goto end

score -1 · Answer 11 · answered Sep 18 '18 at 16:23

You don't need to set JMETER_HOME path explicitly under user variables, just add/change under system variables under path variable as your bin path. If you already have earlier version of JMeter just append with latest version. Path looks like : C:\XXX\apache-jmeter-4.0\bin

JMETER_HOME environment variable is not defined

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