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.

Answer 1

• 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.

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

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

Answer 2

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!

Answer 3

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

Also don't set jmeter directory to JAVA_HOME variable

Answer 4

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.

Answer 5

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