Patrick Kobly wrote: > Add the servlet API JAR to the classpath (with -cp or CLASSPATH env > variable). Or use Maven to build your projects and define the > dependencies appropriately. >> When I run "javac HelloWorld.java" I get a number of errors like >> HelloWorld.java:12: error: cannot find symbol >> public class HelloWorld extends HttpServlet { >> >> I see that this class is in /usr/share/java/tomcat-servlet-api.jar >> and if I expand this jar file in the current directory >> then the compilation succeeds. >> But it is not sufficient to copy the jar file to the current directory >> (or to put a link to it in /usr/lib/java/ .)> > Add the servlet API JAR to the classpath (with -cp or CLASSPATH env > variable). Or use Maven to build your projects and define the > dependencies appropriately. Thanks very much, export CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:/usr/share/java/tomcat-servlet-api.jar did the trick. I was assuming (rather stupidly) that it was sufficient to put the directory into the classpath. . -- Timothy Murphy e-mail: gayleard /at/ eircom.net School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org