uh, I may be way off on this, but try simply:
java HelloWorld
You do not include the .class ext. Then, you still have to set the
classpath as per the last bunch of posts about it....
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Kenny Freeman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
"Time is the fire in which we burn." - ST Generations
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On Wed, 26 Aug 1998, Aaron Brick wrote:
> my JDK installation seems to be weird. i saw a previous post relevant to
> this problem in the archive but the responses i saw weren't helpful.
>
> when i do "java HelloWorld.class" it complains about not being able to
> find the class file - even if i pass the full path - until i do a
> "-classpath `pwd`", or its equivalent. is this normal behavior?
>
> then - this is the step i have not been able to solve - it complains about
> not being able to find a class file called "java/lang/Thread". well, i
> have tried a large number of things with the Thread.class file, including
> renaming it and putting its path in classpath, putting it in ad-hoc
> subdirs in the java/classes dir (where i'm trying all this), etc. i just
> can't get it to find the file.
>
> i mailed one member of this list and he told me to download some different
> classes.zip file - however, it didn't appear to be on the russian server
> he gave me. why the discrepancy, and what is the deal with this problem,
> anyone?
>
> i have:
>
> JDK 1.1.6v2, glibc, i386 on Debian 2.0 (2.0.34), libc6. i don't have my
> machine handy so i'm sorry i don't have the loader or X versions but i can
> certainly supply them later.
>
> i would say this problem is of fairly high severity because it prevents me
> from running any program at all! it may be that it is an isolated incident
> but i sure thought the install went fine and my system is not weirdly
> hacked or anything.
>
> thanks for your responses.
>
> aaron brick.
>
>
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