Hello World in linux returns undefined reference to `main' collect2: ld return

[phil128]

Hello. I'm getting really stressed out about the fact tht i cannot compile the most simply program of all! I keep on getting errors, And all i've done is copy and paste source code, jus so i know tht my java complier is working!

-----SOURCE-----

public class HelloWorld {

public static void main (String[] args) {
System.out.println("Hello, world!\n");
}

}

----ERROR----

javac '/home/photek/Desktop/HelloWorld.java' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-suse-linux/4.3/../../../crt1.o: In function `_start':
(.text+0x18): undefined reference to `main'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
.
Could some1 please help me :-(. i start my uni course next week and i want to get things atlease working.

Honestly people your help will mean the world to me.

Thanks

[Norm]

What version of the JDK are you using? I don't recognize the error message from the javac command.

What is the path/file that follows the source file on the commandine you show?

/usr/lib/gcc/i586-suse-linux/4.3/../../../crt1.o

[phil128]

I've sorted it :-D. I ad to pass arguments to main to get it work :-D via the terminal.

Thanks for the reply tho!

[Norm]

I guess I was confused. I thought you were having problems compiling. Passing args to main sounds like executing.
But HelloWorld doesn't take args???

[xxqtony]

I've sorted it :-D. I ad to pass arguments to main to get it work :-D via the terminal.

Thanks for the reply tho!

How did you solve it? Thanks!

[greatwhitepine]

----ERROR----

javac '/home/photek/Desktop/HelloWorld.java' /usr/lib/gcc/i586-suse-linux/4.3/../../../crt1.o: In function `_start':
(.text+0x18): undefined reference to `main'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

I had the exact same problem on OpenSuse 11.1.

The gcc javac compiler doesn't work the same way as the sun javac compiler.

Installed java-1_6_0-sun-devel - Java(TM) 6 SDK, Standard Edition and all my compile problems went away.