package org.apache.httpcomponents.httpclient.debian does not ex

[achab]

achab@ZT:~/softdev/experimenting$ javac WebHttpClient.java
WebHttpClient.java:4: package org.apache.httpcomponents.httpclient.debian does not exist

import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.net.*;
import org.apache.httpcomponents.httpclient.debian.*;

achab@ZT:~/softdev/experimenting$ echo $CLASSPATH
/usr/share/maven-repo/:/usr/share/maven-repo/org/apache/httpcomponents/httpclient/debian

root@ZT:/usr/share/maven-repo/org/apache/httpcomponents/httpclient/debian# ls
httpclient-debian.jar httpclient-debian.pom

What's wrong ?

[masijade]

Remove those two things from your CLASSPATH environment variable, that isn't really used anymore. If you are runinng/compiling from the command line then include the jar listed above on your classpath (not the directory containing it, the actual jar) using the -cp option. If you are using an IDE then include that jar as a library in your project.

[achab]

Remove those two things from your CLASSPATH environment variable, that isn't really used anymore. If you are runinng/compiling from the command line then include the jar listed above on your classpath (not the directory containing it, the actual jar) using the -cp option. If you are using an IDE then include that jar as a library in your project.

Thanks. I have done that, and I am getting the following compilation error:

achab@ZT:~/softdev/experimenting$ javac WebHttpClient.java -cp /usr/share/maven-repo/org/apache/httpcomponents/httpclient/debian/httpclient-debian.jar
WebHttpClient.java:10: cannot find symbol
symbol : class HttpClient

Why is the compiler not finding the HttpClient class in httpclient-debian.jar ?

Abdenour

[masijade]

A jar file is nothing but a zipfile with a different ending. Open it and see if it's in there, and make sure you have the package right.