Help please, javac issues

[minty115]

Hello i'm very new to java (started yesterday) And have been reading through a book i have gotten the JDK and made a command. When i went to compile it

javac Example.java

It said something like javac is not a internal or external command.

thankyou

~minty (Really new to java) (was inspired by minecraft) :)

[mr_guy]

You need to type the location of where the "javac" file is and where "Example.java" is.

e.g.

 C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_21\bin\javac C:\Users\username\Example.java

[minty115]

Thanks :D In the book it didnt say that :P. it said

type where the .java is so

cd C:\java

then

javac Example.java

EDIT: has tried putting what you put into the run>cmd and still didnt work :P sorry.

[pbrockway2]

See if this helps: Paths in Oracle's Tutorial.

Whether you set the PATH variable as suggested there, or specify the full path to the javac executable on the command line (as suggested by mr_guy) you do have to use your installation directory and not the example one! And also use quotes around things with spaces in them.

>"C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_21\bin\javac" C:\Users\username\Example.java

[gaborn415]

I used this vide4o and modifed the path variable in Windows, doing so allows you to use javac, and java commands without needing to type a full pathname prior to running the command you can just type javac, or java myprogram.java.

YouTube - ' javac ' is not recognized

[YAY]

Hello i'm very new to java (started yesterday) And have been reading through a book i have gotten the JDK and made a command. When i went to compile it

javac Example.java

It said something like javac is not a internal or external command.

thankyou

~minty (Really new to java) (was inspired by minecraft) :)

You didn't say which OS do you have :confused:

If windows, you just make start.bat file in notepad in your workspace with content:

path C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_23\bin
start

If your location of java bins is different than C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_23\bin simply change it.
When you want to compile java files run this file, not cmd
:)

[vallala.rk]

classnotfound exception while running sample java