http://askubuntu.com – I have java installed correctly for sure. aaa@ubuntu:~$ whereis java java: /usr/bin/java /usr/bin/X11/java /usr/local/java /usr/share/java aaa@ubuntu:~$ whereis javac javac: /usr/bin/javac /usr/bin/X11/javac But when I'm trying to add the location of /usr/bin/java in IntellyJ Idea12 as a java project sdk, I can't do that because it requires the folder and /usr/bin/java is a file. (HowTos)