Abnormal build process termination using Kotlin
Hi there so I used IntelliJ for my Java programs and everything works fine, a couple days ago I started with Kotlin with a simple Hello World but this error happened
I've had the previous version of IntelliJ and I made it and update to the 2018.1.2 version and nothing happened
I also uninstall and install again the jdk for java and nothing
I read that this could be for a problem with an Nvidia driver but I work with a Macbook
Error:Abnormal build process termination:
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_172.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java -Xmx700m -Djava.awt.headless=true -Djava.endorsed.dirs=\"\" -Djdt.compiler.useSingleThread=true -Dcompile.parallel=false -Drebuild.on.dependency.change=true -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true -Dio.netty.initialSeedUniquifier=9174442026193198912 --add-modules javax.xml.bind -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Duser.language=es -Duser.country=MX -Didea.paths.selector=IdeaIC2018.1 "-Didea.home.path=/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents" -Didea.config.path=/Users/Ruth/Library/Preferences/IdeaIC2018.1 "-Didea.plugins.path=/Users/Ruth/Library/Application Support/IdeaIC2018.1" -Djps.log.dir=/Users/Ruth/Library/Logs/IdeaIC2018.1/build-log "-Djps.fallback.jdk.home=/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/jdk/Contents/Home/jre" -Djps.fallback.jdk.version=1.8.0_152-release -Dio.netty.noUnsafe=true -Djava.io.tmpdir=/Users/Ruth/Library/Caches/IdeaIC2018.1/compile-server/prueba_81a9ea1a/_temp_ -Djps.backward.ref.index.builder=true -Dkotlin.incremental.compilation=true -Dkotlin.daemon.enabled -Dkotlin.daemon.client.alive.path=\"/var/folders/7z/24_fshf921l8zf1bvxflvlxh0000gn/T/kotlin-idea-8817133071010638367-is-running\" -classpath "/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/lib/jps-launcher.jar:/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_172.jdk/Contents/Home/lib/tools.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/lib/optimizedFileManager.jar" org.jetbrains.jps.cmdline.Launcher "/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/lib/util.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/lib/httpclient-4.5.2.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/lib/jna-platform.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/lib/log4j.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/lib/maven-aether-provider-3.3.9-all.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/lib/idea_rt.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/lib/resources_en.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/lib/netty-all-4.1.13.Final.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/lib/oro-2.0.8.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/lib/commons-codec-1.9.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/lib/guava-21.0.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/lib/jps-model.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/lib/lz4-java-1.3.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/lib/nanoxml-2.2.3.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/lib/jgoodies-forms.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/lib/platform-api.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/lib/aether-1.1.0-all.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/lib/protobuf-java-3.0.0.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/lib/asm-all.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/lib/jps-builders-6.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/lib/trove4j.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/lib/jps-builders.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/lib/jna.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/lib/slf4j-api-1.7.10.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/lib/jdom.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/lib/annotations.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/lib/aether-dependency-resolver.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/lib/commons-logging-1.2.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/lib/snappy-in-java-0.5.1.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/lib/javac2.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/lib/httpcore-4.4.5.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/lib/gson-2.8.2.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/plugins/android/lib/jarutils.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/lib/guava-21.0.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/plugins/android/lib/android-base-common.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/plugins/gradle/lib/gradle-api-4.4.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/lib/gson-2.8.2.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/plugins/android/lib/jarutils.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/lib/guava-21.0.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/plugins/android/lib/android-base-common.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/plugins/gradle/lib/gradle-api-4.4.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/plugins/ant/lib/ant-jps-plugin.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/plugins/uiDesigner/lib/jps/ui-designer-jps-plugin.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/plugins/IntelliLang/lib/intellilang-jps-plugin.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/plugins/Groovy/lib/groovy-jps-plugin.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/plugins/Groovy/lib/groovy-rt-constants.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/plugins/eclipse/lib/eclipse-jps-plugin.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/plugins/eclipse/lib/common-eclipse-util.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/plugins/maven/lib/maven-jps-plugin.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/plugins/maven/lib/plexus-utils-2.0.6.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/plugins/gradle/lib/gradle-jps-plugin.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/plugins/devkit/lib/devkit-jps-plugin.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/plugins/android/lib/jps/android-jps-plugin.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/plugins/android/lib/android-common.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/plugins/android/lib/build-common.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/plugins/android/lib/android-rt.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/plugins/android/lib/sdk-common.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/plugins/android/lib/repository.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/plugins/android/lib/sdklib.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/plugins/android/lib/android-base-common.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/plugins/android/lib/jarutils.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/plugins/android/lib/layoutlib-api.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/plugins/android/lib/manifest-merger.jar:/Users/Ruth/Library/Application Support/IdeaIC2018.1/Kotlin/lib/jps/kotlin-jps-plugin.jar:/Users/Ruth/Library/Application Support/IdeaIC2018.1/Kotlin/lib/kotlin-stdlib.jar:/Users/Ruth/Library/Application Support/IdeaIC2018.1/Kotlin/lib/kotlin-reflect.jar:/Users/Ruth/Library/Application Support/IdeaIC2018.1/Kotlin/lib/kotlin-plugin.jar:/Users/Ruth/Library/Application Support/IdeaIC2018.1/Kotlin/lib/android-extensions-ide.jar:/Users/Ruth/Library/Application Support/IdeaIC2018.1/Kotlin/lib/android-extensions-compiler.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/plugins/javaFX/lib/javaFX-jps-plugin.jar:/Applications/IntelliJ IDEA CE.app/Contents/plugins/javaFX/lib/common-javaFX-plugin.jar" org.jetbrains.jps.cmdline.BuildMain 127.0.0.1 49288 99888d3f-d605-4977-8bfe-58a298c47112 /Users/Ruth/Library/Caches/IdeaIC2018.1/compile-server
Unrecognized option: --add-modules
Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine.
Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.
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The reason is Unrecognized option: --add-modules. --add-modules option could only be used if you compile with >= 9 JDK. Have you modified any options for the compiler or may be some environment variables like JAVA_OPTIONS? Does build work via Build | Rebuild project? Is it plain Java/Kotlin project?
Please attach screenshots of Compiler, Java Compiler, Kotlin Compiler and Dependencies tab for the module or if possible an isolated project to reproduce. Please also attach idea.log and build.log files after issue happens. Thanks.