Help with Linux Makefile

Hello,

This is a cross-post from the Java Sun forums..

Jive Software

The reason why I am posting here is because I am a bit pass the deadline and am still having trouble creating this makefile.. I am seeking additional help..

Here is the situation..
I used Netbeans on a Windows platform to create my program. Everything is finished and works perfectly, but my professor denied my submission of the assignment because he wants the program in a makefile. I have never worked with makefiles nor have I ever worked on Linux. I have been looking on google a lot and trying lots of different techniques to create makefiles but to no success. I have gone as far downloading on Linux the Java SDK and have learned to use Javac Main.java etc. etc.
but that is as far as I go without going more into depth on how to compile multiple files at once. Would someone mind walking me through on how to create the necessary makefile?

I have five classes: Main.java, Course.java, Rooms.java, CSVReader.java, CSVParser.java

CSVParser.java and CSVReader.java are classes I pulled from the internet, it is an opensource CSV reader..

I have put all of the .java files into the same directory, and have navigated through the terminal to the correct folder where all of these files are located.

But I constantly keep receiving errors that either Rooms symbol cannot be found or Courses symbol cannot be found..

One issue where I might be running into but I am not exactly sure.. is that I have in my Rooms class referenced to the Course class and the Course class has references to the Rooms class..

Somebody please help!

Rooms and Course referencing each other is fine. Make sure though that, if the classes are all in the same directory, the all have the same package name (or none at all)

Yep, they all have the same package..

so i assume when you hand-compile them everything works?

copy-paste your makefile in here, and don't forget the [ code ] tags

When using packages be sure the classpath points to the folder where the package path starts.

Code:

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JFLAGS = -g
JC = javac
.SUFFIXES:        .java        .class
.java.class:
        $(JC)        $(JFLAGS)        $*.java
CLASSES = \
        Main.java\
        CSVReader.java\
        CSVParser.java\
        Rooms.java \
        Course.java


default: classes

classes: $(CLASSES:.java=.class)



clean:
        $(RM) *.class

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That is my makefile..
This is my error.. (Sorry in advance if this is too long

Code:

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rob@rob-laptop:~/Desktop/attachments_2010_06_07/ClassSched/src/classsched$ makejavac        -g        Rooms.java
Rooms.java:23: cannot find symbol
symbol  : class Course
location: class classsched.Rooms
    private List<Course> M = new ArrayList<Course>();
                ^
Rooms.java:24: cannot find symbol
symbol  : class Course
location: class classsched.Rooms
    private List<Course> T = new ArrayList<Course>();
                ^
Rooms.java:25: cannot find symbol
symbol  : class Course
location: class classsched.Rooms
    private List<Course> W = new ArrayList<Course>();
                ^
Rooms.java:26: cannot find symbol
symbol  : class Course
location: class classsched.Rooms
    private List<Course> H = new ArrayList<Course>();
                ^
Rooms.java:27: cannot find symbol
symbol  : class Course
location: class classsched.Rooms
    private List<Course> F = new ArrayList<Course>();
                ^
Rooms.java:28: cannot find symbol
symbol  : class Course
location: class classsched.Rooms
    private List<Course> S = new ArrayList<Course>();
                ^
Rooms.java:29: cannot find symbol
symbol  : class Course
location: class classsched.Rooms
    private List<Course> courseList = new ArrayList<Course>();
                ^
Rooms.java:43: cannot find symbol
symbol  : class Course
location: class classsched.Rooms
    public boolean hasTimeConflictWithCourse(Course e) {
                                            ^
Rooms.java:121: cannot find symbol
symbol  : class Course
location: class classsched.Rooms
    public boolean hasCourseduringDay(Course e) {
                                      ^
Rooms.java:198: cannot find symbol
symbol  : class Course
location: class classsched.Rooms
    public void addCourse(Course e) {
                          ^
Rooms.java:250: cannot find symbol
symbol  : class Course
location: class classsched.Rooms
    public Course getCourse(int i) {
          ^
Rooms.java:23: cannot find symbol
symbol  : class Course
location: class classsched.Rooms
    private List<Course> M = new ArrayList<Course>();
                                          ^
Rooms.java:24: cannot find symbol
symbol  : class Course
location: class classsched.Rooms
    private List<Course> T = new ArrayList<Course>();
                                          ^
Rooms.java:25: cannot find symbol
symbol  : class Course
location: class classsched.Rooms
    private List<Course> W = new ArrayList<Course>();
                                          ^
Rooms.java:26: cannot find symbol
symbol  : class Course
location: class classsched.Rooms
    private List<Course> H = new ArrayList<Course>();
                                          ^
Rooms.java:27: cannot find symbol
symbol  : class Course
location: class classsched.Rooms
    private List<Course> F = new ArrayList<Course>();
                                          ^
Rooms.java:28: cannot find symbol
symbol  : class Course
location: class classsched.Rooms
    private List<Course> S = new ArrayList<Course>();
                                          ^
Rooms.java:29: cannot find symbol
symbol  : class Course
location: class classsched.Rooms
    private List<Course> courseList = new ArrayList<Course>();
                                                    ^
18 errors
make: *** [Rooms.class] Error 1

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Also, another thing I just realized is.. I use two csv files in my program.. which is also in the same directory.. but I just realized I did not reference it in my makefile.. perhaps I should? The files are called spring2010.csv and classrooms.csv
And after executing the file, it is suppose to create a csv file called assignments.csv
Am I suppose to make a reference to that also?

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when you hand-compile them everything works?

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Are you able to compile the files manually? If you get the correct format for the javac command (including classpath) then you can put that in the make file.

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have the same package

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Does the classpath point to the start of the package path?

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Originally Posted by ruerric

Hello,

This is a cross-post from the Java Sun forums..

Jive Software

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This made me grin...I think this is the first time I have encountered someone actually being polite enough to inform us they have asked this question elsewhere as well.

:)

I'm afraid I don't have an answer to your question, since I had the MAKE section of my brain surgically removed years ago...the horror...:eek:

I have yet to hand-compile the project.. The furthest I have gone was

Javac Main.java Course.java etc etc..

Do I have to include the .csv files in my compile?

no, you don have to include .csv

Makefile is a shortcut to hand-compiling your stuff. You cant compile it, Make won't help, will just make things more difficult to figure out.

do this:
javac *.java

and make sure that works.

Quote:

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Do I have to include the .csv files in my compile

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No, the compiler doesn't look at a program's data files.

i did javac *.java

Results:
Note: Main.java uses unchecked or unsafe operations.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details.

And that is it.. no errors..

any suggestions?

Next step after compiling and getting no errors is to execute it.
What happens when you execute the program?

silly question, how do i execute it?

Edit * - I typed Java Main.class and tried Java main

No luck for either

Wow! Some more magic of the IDEs uncovered.

Use the java command to execute a java program. For example if FirstPgm.class has your main() method (no package) then enter:
java FirstPgm

That's on Windows, I don't know what paths might be required on linux.

i have tried that already.. Main.class is my main() method..
I tried removing the "package classsched" in all of the .java files but now i can't compile them with an error saying it cant access one of my classes..

This is what the error code is.. if it helps

Code:

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rob@rob-laptop:~/Desktop/attachments_2010_06_07/ClassSched/src/classsched$ javac Main.java Course.java Rooms.java CSVReader.java CSVParser.java
Note: Main.java uses unchecked or unsafe operations.
Note: Recompile with -Xlint:unchecked for details.
rob@rob-laptop:~/Desktop/attachments_2010_06_07/ClassSched/src/classsched$ java main
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: main
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: main
        at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:202)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:190)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:307)
        at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:301)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:248)
Could not find the main class: main.  Program will exit.
rob@rob-laptop:~/Desktop/attachments_2010_06_07/ClassSched/src/classsched$

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I have uploaded my program in a .zip file.. I am now desperate to know why I can't create a makefile..
http://rapidshare.com/files/39730841...Sched.zip.html

Don't remove the package stuff.
If they're packaged you need the full class name, which would be packagename.Main.
so:
java classsched.Main

make and javac don't work well together: make tries to update its dependencies one unit per step while javac compiles the whole shebang if needed *and* if it can find the necessary sources. When you hand-compile you're feeding all your sources to the compiler (javac *.java) and it compiles them all. When you're running make you're effectively feeding one source file to javac per step. Javac needs the other sources too but it can't find them so make signals the error and stops. Javac has a flag that specifies where it should search for other sources (if needed). Run javac as follows in your make script:

Code:

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JFLAGS = -g -sourcepath /path/to/your/source/files

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That way javac finds the depending sources and compiles all the needed files. See what happens to the 'make-jobs' (not all are run by make because javac already compiled the sources).

kind regards,

Jos

Changed my JFAGS to:

JFLAGS = -g -sourcepath ~/Desktop/attachments_2010_06_07/ClassSched/src/classsched

Still no luck.. still getting the Cannot find class symbols.