http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=50007
Summary: org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.batch.GCCMain not found Product: gcc Version: 4.6.1 Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: critical Priority: P3 Component: java AssignedTo: unassig...@gcc.gnu.org ReportedBy: vedama...@netscape.net Not able to compile simple Java source file to bytecode. * Sample Java source file (HelloWorld.java): public class HelloWorld { public int print() { System.out.println("Hello world!"); } } * When I run "gcj-4.6 -C -c HelloWorld.java" I get the following results: Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.batch.GCCMain at gnu.java.lang.MainThread.run(MainThread.java:100) Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.eclipse.jdt.internal.compiler.batch.GCCMain not found in gnu.gcj.runtime.SystemClassLoader{urls=[], parent=gnu.gcj.runtime.ExtensionClassLoader{urls=[], parent=null}} at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:531) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:452) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:387) at gnu.java.lang.MainThread.run(MainThread.java:96) My understanding is that "main" only needs to be defined when linking which is not what I am trying to do. I just want to compile Java source file to a .class file.