Simplify things... Firstly that extensive CLASSPATH you have created could be 
causing more problems than it is solving, so try removing it.

Then just try:

javac -cp /var/tomcat4/common/lib/servlet.jar MultiServlet.java

Does that work?

If not does the user you are compiling with have rights to access 
/var/tomcat4/common/lib/servlet.jar ?

Regards,
Jason


On Mon, 2 Jun 2003 00:00, Jonathan Michael Nowacki wrote:
> This website http://www.sitepoint.com/article/509/3 says all I have to do
> is put servlet.jar in my classpath to solve my problems. Unfortunitally,
> it doesn't seem to work.
>
> > >This is my error
> >
> >--------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >-------------------------------
> >
> > >$ javac MultiServlet.java
> > >MultiServlet.java:1: package javax.servlet does not exist
> > >import javax.servlet.*;
> > >^
> > >MultiServlet.java:2: package javax.servlet.http does not exist
> > >import javax.servlet.http.*;
> > >^
> >
> >--------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >-----
>
> THis is my path
> $ echo $CLASSPATH
> /var/tomcat4/common/lib/commons-dbcp.jar:/var/tomcat4/common/lib/naming-res
>ources.jar:/var/tomcat4/common/lib/jdbc2_0-stdext.jar:/var/tomcat4/
> common/lib/commons-collections.jar:/var/tomcat4/common/lib/naming-factory.j
>ar:/var/tomcat4/common/lib/jasper-runtime.jar:/var/tomcat4/common/l
> ib/ant.jar:/var/tomcat4/common/lib/naming-common.jar:/var/tomcat4/common/li
>b/jasper-compiler.jar:/var/tomcat4/common/lib/activation.jar:/var/t
> omcat4/common/lib/jndi.jar:/var/tomcat4/common/lib/servlet.jar:/var/tomcat4
>/common/lib/commons-logging-api.jar:/var/tomcat4/common/lib/jta.jar
>
> :/var/tomcat4/common/lib/commons-pool.jar:/var/tomcat4/common/lib/mailapi.j
> :ar:/var/tomcat4/server/lib/servlets-common.jar:/var/tomcat4/server/
>
> lib/commons-fileupload.jar:/var/tomcat4/server/lib/tomcat-http11.jar:/var/t
>omcat4/server/lib/servlets-cgi.renametojar:/var/tomcat4/server/lib/
> commons-digester.jar:/var/tomcat4/server/lib/tomcat-coyote.jar:/var/tomcat4
>/server/lib/mx4j.license:/var/tomcat4/server/lib/commons-beanutils.
> jar:/var/tomcat4/server/lib/servlets-webdav.jar:/var/tomcat4/server/lib/mx4
>j-jmx.jar:/var/tomcat4/server/lib/catalina.jar:/var/tomcat4/server/
> lib/servlets-ssi.renametojar:/var/tomcat4/server/lib/jakarta-regexp-1.2.jar
>:/var/tomcat4/server/lib/catalina-ant.jar:/var/tomcat4/server/lib/t
> omcat-jk2.jar:/var/tomcat4/server/lib/commons-logging.jar:/var/tomcat4/serv
>er/lib/commons-modeler.jar:/var/tomcat4/server/lib/jaas.jar:/var/to
> mcat4/server/lib/servlets-default.jar:/var/tomcat4/server/lib/servlets-invo
>ker.jar:/var/tomcat4/server/lib/servlets-manager.jar:/var/tomcat4/s
> erver/lib/tomcat-jk.jar:/var/tomcat4/server/lib/tomcat-util.jar:/var/tomcat
>4/server/lib/tomcat-warp.jar:/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.1_02/lib/dt.jar:/us
> r/java/j2sdk1.4.1_02/lib/j2ee.jar:/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.1_02/lib/j2eetools.jar
>:/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.1_02/lib/tools.jar:/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.1_02/lib/
> htmlconverter.jar:/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.1_02/lib/j2ee-ri-svc.jar:/usr/java/j2s
>dk1.4.1_02/lib/jhall.jar:/usr/java/j2sdkee1.4/lib/j2ee.jar:/usr/jav
> a/j2sdkee1.4/lib/j2ee-ri-svc.jar:/usr/java/j2sdkee1.4/lib/j2eetools.jar:/us
>r/java/j2sdkee1.4/lib/jhall.jar
>
> The actual code is
> CLASSPATH=/var/tomcat4/common/lib/commons-dbcp.jar:/var/tomcat4/common/lib/
>naming-resources.jar:/va
> r/tomcat4/common/lib/jdbc2_0-stdext.jar:/var/tomcat4/common/lib/commons-col
>lections.jar:/var/tomcat
> 4/common/lib/naming-factory.jar:/var/tomcat4/common/lib/jasper-runtime.jar:
>/var/tomcat4/common/lib/
> ant.jar:/var/tomcat4/common/lib/naming-common.jar:/var/tomcat4/common/lib/j
>asper-compiler.jar:/var/
> tomcat4/common/lib/activation.jar:/var/tomcat4/common/lib/jndi.jar:/var/tom
>cat4/common/lib/servlet.
> jar:/var/tomcat4/common/lib/commons-logging-api.jar:/var/tomcat4/common/lib
>/jta.jar:/var/tomcat4/co
> mmon/lib/commons-pool.jar:/var/tomcat4/common/lib/mailapi.jar:/var/tomcat4/
>server/lib/servlets-comm
> on.jar:/var/tomcat4/server/lib/commons-fileupload.jar:/var/tomcat4/server/l
>ib/tomcat-http11.jar:/va
> r/tomcat4/server/lib/servlets-cgi.renametojar:/var/tomcat4/server/lib/commo
>ns-digester.jar:/var/tom
> cat4/server/lib/tomcat-coyote.jar:/var/tomcat4/server/lib/mx4j.license:/var
>/tomcat4/server/lib/comm
> ons-beanutils.jar:/var/tomcat4/server/lib/servlets-webdav.jar:/var/tomcat4/
>server/lib/mx4j-jmx.jar:
> /var/tomcat4/server/lib/catalina.jar:/var/tomcat4/server/lib/servlets-ssi.r
>enametojar:/var/tomcat4/
> server/lib/jakarta-regexp-1.2.jar:/var/tomcat4/server/lib/catalina-ant.jar:
>/var/tomcat4/server/lib/
> tomcat-jk2.jar:/var/tomcat4/server/lib/commons-logging.jar:/var/tomcat4/ser
>ver/lib/commons-modeler.
> jar:/var/tomcat4/server/lib/jaas.jar:/var/tomcat4/server/lib/servlets-defau
>lt.jar:/var/tomcat4/serv
> er/lib/servlets-invoker.jar:/var/tomcat4/server/lib/servlets-manager.jar:/v
>ar/tomcat4/server/lib/to
> mcat-jk.jar:/var/tomcat4/server/lib/tomcat-util.jar:/var/tomcat4/server/lib
>/tomcat-warp.jar:/usr/ja
> va/j2sdk1.4.1_02/lib/dt.jar:/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.1_02/lib/j2ee.jar:/usr/java/
>j2sdk1.4.1_02/lib/j2eeto
> ols.jar:/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.1_02/lib/tools.jar:/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.1_02/lib/h
>tmlconverter.jar:/usr/ja
> va/j2sdk1.4.1_02/lib/j2ee-ri-svc.jar:/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.1_02/lib/jhall.jar:
>/usr/java/j2sdkee1.4/lib
> /j2ee.jar:/usr/java/j2sdkee1.4/lib/j2ee-ri-svc.jar:/usr/java/j2sdkee1.4/lib
>/j2eetools.jar:/usr/java /j2sdkee1.4/lib/jhall.jar
>
> which is very long so, in short it contains:
> All the J2sdk 1.4 jar files
> All the J2sdk Enterprise edition Jar files
>
> and the following tomcat jar files
> /var/tomcat4/common/lib/
>
> > >activation.jar           commons-dbcp.jar         jasper-compiler.jar
> > >jndi.jar     naming-common.jar     servlet.jar
> > >ant.jar                  commons-logging-api.jar  jasper-runtime.jar
> > >jta.jar      naming-factory.jar
> > >commons-collections.jar  commons-pool.jar         jdbc2_0-stdext.jar
> > >mailapi.jar  naming-resources.jar
>
> /var/tomcat4/server/lib/
>
> > >catalina-ant.jar        commons-logging.jar     mx4j.license
> > >servlets-manager.jar      tomcat-jk2.jar
> > >catalina.jar            commons-modeler.jar
>
> servlets-cgi.renametojar
>
> > >servlets-ssi.renametojar  tomcat-jk.jar
> > >commons-beanutils.jar   jaas.jar                servlets-common.jar
> > >servlets-webdav.jar       tomcat-util.jar
> > >commons-digester.jar    jakarta-regexp-1.2.jar  servlets-default.jar
> > >tomcat-coyote.jar         tomcat-warp.jar
> > >commons-fileupload.jar  mx4j-jmx.jar            servlets-invoker.jar
>
> After doing all this work, The compilation errors still occure, despite
> what the documentation and help files tell me.
>
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought *.jar was valid, it works on my
> other files.
>
> On Sun, 1 Jun 2003, Jacob Kjome wrote:
> > You have an invalid classpath.  Note that you must add each and every
> > .jar file to the classpath.  It is invalid to specify *.jar.  The only
> > way that would work is by using a batch file and looping through all jar
> > files in a directly and then adding each to the classpath for each
> > iteration.  Fix that and your compilation will start working properly. 
> > I'd suggest learning about Ant to do you builds as well.
> >
> > Jake
> >
> > At 01:56 AM 6/1/2003 -0500, you wrote:
> > >This website http://www.sitepoint.com/article/509/3 says all I have to
> > > do is put servlet.jar in my classpath to solve my problems. 
> > > Unfortunitally, it doesn't seem to work.
> > >
> > >
> > >This is my path
> > >------------------
> > >$ echo $CLASSPATH
> > >/usr/java/j2sdkee1.4/lib/*.jar:/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.1_02/lib/*.jar:/var/to
> > >mcat4/server/lib/*.jar:/var/tomcat4/common/lib/*.jar
> > >
> > >The classpath is set in the .bashrc, but that should effect the javac
> > >command right?!?  I've also done the classpath without the *.jar by
> > >explicitly naming each of the jar files.... talk about a pain.
> > >
> > >
> > >This is my error
> > >------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >--------------------------------- $ javac MultiServlet.java
> > >MultiServlet.java:1: package javax.servlet does not exist
> > >import javax.servlet.*;
> > >^
> > >MultiServlet.java:2: package javax.servlet.http does not exist
> > >import javax.servlet.http.*;
> > >^
> > >------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >-------
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >these are installed:
> > >---------------------------------
> > >tomcat4-webapps-4.1.24-full.2jpp
> > >tomcat4-4.1.24-full.2jpp
> > >tomcat4-admin-webapps-4.1.24-full.2jpp
> > >j2re1.4.1_02
> > >j2sdk1.4.1_02
> > >j2sdkee1.4
> > >
> > >
> > >The tomcat lib jar files
> > >--------------------------------------
> > >classes $ ls /var/tomcat4/common/lib/
> > >activation.jar           commons-dbcp.jar         jasper-compiler.jar
> > >jndi.jar     naming-common.jar     servlet.jar
> > >ant.jar                  commons-logging-api.jar  jasper-runtime.jar
> > >jta.jar      naming-factory.jar
> > >commons-collections.jar  commons-pool.jar         jdbc2_0-stdext.jar
> > >mailapi.jar  naming-resources.jar
> > >
> > >classes $ ls /var/tomcat4/server/lib/
> > >catalina-ant.jar        commons-logging.jar     mx4j.license
> > >servlets-manager.jar      tomcat-jk2.jar
> > >catalina.jar            commons-modeler.jar     servlets-cgi.renametojar
> > >servlets-ssi.renametojar  tomcat-jk.jar
> > >commons-beanutils.jar   jaas.jar                servlets-common.jar
> > >servlets-webdav.jar       tomcat-util.jar
> > >commons-digester.jar    jakarta-regexp-1.2.jar  servlets-default.jar
> > >tomcat-coyote.jar         tomcat-warp.jar
> > >commons-fileupload.jar  mx4j-jmx.jar            servlets-invoker.jar
> > >tomcat-http11.jar
> > >
> > >
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