Error when building IoU contract and flow jars

[trevorsc19]

When attempting to build the IoU sample contract and flow jars I received the below error. I'm using Java version "1.8.0_371" and gradle version Gradle 8.1.1

`> Task :buildAll
Building corda-samples

Task :iou-contract:compileJava FAILED

FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

• What went wrong:
  Execution failed for task ':iou-contract:compileJava'.

Could not find tools.jar. Please check that /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home contains a valid JDK installation.

• Try:
  Run with --stacktrace option to get the stack trace. Run with --info or --debug option to get more log output. Run with --scan to get full insights.

• Get more help at https://help.gradle.org

BUILD FAILED in 23s
2 actionable tasks: 2 executed
`

[jimthematrix]

hi @trevorsc19, you have to use specific JDK distros to work with Corda. try getting the zulu openjdk from Azul