Cannot start compilation the output path is not specified for module

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I have a very simple Java   Gradle project  It builds fine  It runs fine from the shell with  gradle run   However  if I try to run inside of IntelliJ  I get   Cannot start compilation  the output path is not specified for module  xyz  Specify the output path in Configure Project    My  Compiler output  is set to  Inherit project compile output path   I don t want a custom output path  whatever that is  just do a normal gradle build and run

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None of the suggestions worked for me until I ran the command  gradle cleanIdeaModule ideaModule  info here  https   docs gradle org current userguide idea plugin html

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I get this error too when creating a project in IntelliJ without using a template    I have 2 SDKs installed  Amazon Corretto and java version 11 0 4  and so  what I do when I have this error is  change the SDK  it usually works fine with Corretto  to do that you need to click on File  in IntelliJ   Project Structure   Project   Project SDK  select corretto from the dropdown list  or check the option in your computer  as shown here  hope this will work for you too  Best  Constantin

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change drop down to start file your project

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I m answering this so that I can find the solution when I have to google this error again   Set project compile output path to path of the project folder out  That s what is working today  The intellj documentation makes it seem like we can select any folder but that s not the case

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If none of the above method worked then try this it worked for me  Go to File  gt  Project Structure gt  Project and then in Project Compiler Output click on the three dots and provide the path of your project name name of the file  and then click on Apply and than on Ok

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Open  iml file  Look for keyword  NewModuleRootManager   Check if attribute  inherit-compiler-output  is set to true or not  If not set to true   Like this    component name  NewModuleRootManager  inherit-compiler-output  true  gt       lt content url  file    MODULE DIR   gt         lt sourceFolder url  file    MODULE DIR  test  isTestSource  true    gt         lt sourceFolder url  file    MODULE DIR  spec  isTestSource  true    gt         lt sourceFolder url  file    MODULE DIR  app  isTestSource  false    gt

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Two things to do    Project Settings   Project compiler output   Set it as  Project path You actual project s path         out     Project Settings   Module   Path   Choose  Inherit project compile path

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You have to define a path in the  Project compiler output  field in       File   Project Structure      Project   Project compiler output     This path will be used to store all project compilation results

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After this Two things to do   Project Settings  gt  Project compiler output  gt  Set it as  quot Project path You actual project s path         out     Project Settings  gt  Module  gt  Path  gt  Choose  quot Inherit project compile path quot  quot   If button ran is not active You must reload  IDEA

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You just have to go to your Module settings  gt  Project and specify a  Project compiler output  and make your modules inherit from project   For that go to Modules  gt  Paths  gt  Inherit project   This did the trick for me

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While configuring idea plugin in gradle  you should define output directories as follows   idea      module          inheritOutputDirs   false         outputDir   compileJava destinationDir         testOutputDir   compileTestJava destinationDir

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Bugs caused by missing predefined folder for store compiled class file which is normally is  out folder by default  You can give a try to close Intellij   Import Project   From existing source  This will solve this problem

[java] "Cannot start compilation: the output path is not specified for module..."

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