[FIXED] Error: JavaFX runtime components are missing - JavaFX 11 and OpenJDK 11 and Eclipse IDE

Issue

I have this classical issue: Using JavaFX 11 with OpenJDK 11 together with Eclipse IDE.

Error: JavaFX runtime components are missing, and are required to run this application

I have OpenJDK 11.0.2

dell@dell-pc:~$ java -version
openjdk version "11.0.2" 2019-01-15
OpenJDK Runtime Environment 18.9 (build 11.0.2+9)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM 18.9 (build 11.0.2+9, mixed mode)
dell@dell-pc:~$ 

And I also have JavaFX 11 SDK. By the way! I'm using Lubuntu Linux 18.10 if you wonder.

Then I have included the .jar files from the JavaFX 11 SDK in Eclipse IDE into a library package.

Then I have included this library package into my JAdaptiveMPC project.

I get no error in my code syntax, but still, I cannot compile my project.

Do you know why? I got the same error if I import all those .jar files from Maven instead of download the JavaFX SDK and import it into a library.

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <groupId>Control</groupId>
  <artifactId>JAdaptiveMPC</artifactId>
  <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
  <dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.openjfx</groupId>
        <artifactId>javafx</artifactId>
        <version>13-ea+5</version>
        <type>pom</type>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.openjfx</groupId>
        <artifactId>javafx-base</artifactId>
        <version>13-ea+5</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.openjfx</groupId>
        <artifactId>javafx-controls</artifactId>
        <version>13-ea+5</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.openjfx</groupId>
        <artifactId>javafx-graphics</artifactId>
        <version>13-ea+5</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.openjfx</groupId>
        <artifactId>javafx-swing</artifactId>
        <version>13-ea+5</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.openjfx</groupId>
        <artifactId>javafx-web</artifactId>
        <version>13-ea+5</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.openjfx</groupId>
        <artifactId>javafx-media</artifactId>
        <version>13-ea+5</version>
    </dependency>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>org.openjfx</groupId>
        <artifactId>javafx-fxml</artifactId>
        <version>13-ea+5</version>
    </dependency>
  </dependencies>
</project>

Continue

I have added this in the Run Configuration

And then I try to run

Still errors.

Solution

Your problem is not compiling the project, but running it. Since your main is defined in your Application-extension, running the project will require JavaFX in your module path on startup.

So either outsource your main into a class different from your Application or add the JavaFX modules with VM arguments:

--module-path="<javafx-root>\lib" --add-modules="javafx.base,javafx.controls,..."

See this for some more info.

Answered By - Reizo
Answer Checked By - Katrina (JavaFixing Volunteer)