java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError while running ant target - ant

Question

I have a ant build file that has a java compile target.
The same eclipse distribution works fine and runs other ant build files successfully.
In this particular workspace though; when I run the ant target it fails with the following errors:
[javac] C:\MyProject\scripts\build.xml:119: warning: 'includeantruntime' was not set, defaulting to build.sysclasspath=last; set to false for repeatable builds
[javac] Compiling 1 source file to C:\MyProject\build
[javac] Compiling 9 source files to C:\MyProject\build
[javac] java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/sun/tools/javac/Main
[javac] Exception in thread "main" Could not find the main class: com.sun.tools.javac.Main. Program will exit.
BUILD FAILED
I have also tried running the build file from command prompt and see the same issue.
Does this point to any obvious problem.
The eclipse has ant path set and I have checked it points to right locations with in eclipse.
I have also verified that the tools.jar is also included in the project path.
System Info:
System info:
Windows 7 Enterprise edition, 64 bit
JDK 1.6b35
ANT 1.8.3
Any advice would help.
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As per request by #MickJ I am also adding the output when running the build target with diagnostics option (I added -diagnostics to the any build run configuration in eclipse)
------- Ant diagnostics report -------
Apache Ant(TM) version 1.8.2 compiled on December 20 2010
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Implementation Version
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core tasks : 1.8.2 in file:/C:/ToolBox/apps/dumps/Eclipse3.7/plugins/org.apache.ant_1.8.2.v20120109-1030/lib/ant.jar
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ANT PROPERTIES
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ant.version: Apache Ant(TM) version 1.8.2 compiled on December 20 2010
ant.java.version: 1.6
Is this the Apache Harmony VM? no
Is this the Kaffe VM? no
Is this gij/gcj? no
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ant.home: C:\ToolBox\apps\dumps\Eclipse3.7\plugins\org.apache.ant_1.8.2.v20120109-1030
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ANT_HOME/lib jar listing
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ant.home: C:\ToolBox\apps\dumps\Eclipse3.7\plugins\org.apache.ant_1.8.2.v20120109-1030
ant-antlr.jar (5989 bytes)
ant-apache-bcel.jar (9097 bytes)
ant-apache-bsf.jar (4249 bytes)
ant-apache-log4j.jar (3361 bytes)
ant-apache-oro.jar (40276 bytes)
ant-apache-regexp.jar (4106 bytes)
ant-apache-resolver.jar (4418 bytes)
ant-apache-xalan2.jar (2633 bytes)
ant-commons-logging.jar (4207 bytes)
ant-commons-net.jar (85302 bytes)
ant-jai.jar (22684 bytes)
ant-javamail.jar (8167 bytes)
ant-jdepend.jar (8477 bytes)
ant-jmf.jar (7093 bytes)
ant-jsch.jar (40320 bytes)
ant-junit.jar (101811 bytes)
ant-junit4.jar (7517 bytes)
ant-launcher.jar (12567 bytes)
ant-netrexx.jar (10656 bytes)
ant-swing.jar (7847 bytes)
ant-testutil.jar (15576 bytes)
ant.jar (1927228 bytes)
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USER_HOME/.ant/lib jar listing
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user.home: C:\Users\oo018c
No such directory.
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Tasks availability
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image : Missing dependency javax.media.jai.PlanarImage
sshexec : Missing dependency com.jcraft.jsch.Logger
wlrun : Not Available (the implementation class is not present)
scp : Missing dependency com.jcraft.jsch.Logger
stlist : Not Available (the implementation class is not present)
sshsession : Missing dependency com.jcraft.jsch.Logger
starteam : Not Available (the implementation class is not present)
stlabel : Not Available (the implementation class is not present)
jdepend : Missing dependency jdepend.xmlui.JDepend
stcheckin : Not Available (the implementation class is not present)
stcheckout : Not Available (the implementation class is not present)
ejbc : Not Available (the implementation class is not present)
wlstop : Not Available (the implementation class is not present)
ddcreator : Not Available (the implementation class is not present)
A task being missing/unavailable should only matter if you are trying to use it
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org.apache.env.Which diagnostics
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Not available.
Download it at http://xml.apache.org/commons/
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XML Parser information
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XML Parser : com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserImpl
XML Parser Location: unknown
Namespace-aware parser : com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.SAXParserImpl$JAXPSAXParser
Namespace-aware parser Location: unknown
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XSLT Processor information
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XSLT Processor : com.sun.org.apache.xalan.internal.xsltc.trax.TransformerImpl
XSLT Processor Location: unknown
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Temp dir
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Temp dir is C:\Users\oo018c\AppData\Local\Temp\
Temp dir is writeable
Temp dir alignment with system clock is 33 ms
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Locale information
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Timezone Pacific Standard Time offset=-25200000
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Proxy information
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Java1.5+ proxy settings:
Direct connection
Total time: 1 second

Answer 1

Can you try adding your J2SE - jdk/bin directory path to system 'path' variable. Go to 'my computer' -> right click -> properties -> advanced -> environment variables -> system variables -> path and append a semicolon followed by your jdk bin path. Or else make sure ant.bat is setting the correct java home to a jdk.
Can you double check to make sure your 'JAVA_HOME' is set to "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_37".
Go to 'my computer' -> right click -> properties -> advanced -> environment variables -> system variables -> (If JAVA_HOME is not already there then 'new' else pick JAVA_HOME) and set the value to 'C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_37'(no quotes).
Now close and start a fresh console and try running your ant script.
Alternatively you could just fire the following in the console before starting your ant script:
set JAVA_HOME=C:\Progra~1\Java\jdk1.6.0_37