I installed the entire java installation in C:\Java. I Went into my cmd, found my java folder "cd C:\java\bin" and typed in "Javac HelloWorldApp.java"
I get an error saying that javac is not recognized as an internal or external command. I thought maybe I got the wrong version, I installed JDKu1. I know a its a stupid question, but I gotta to start learning Java somewhere.
> either set your PATH variable,
> or in the java\bin directory, try ".\javac
> HelloWorldApp.java"
>
> The former is your better bet, so you can run from
> any location.
Suppose someone doesn't know exactly how to set their PATH variable, could you elaborate?
> > either set your PATH variable,
> > or in the java\bin directory, try ".\javac
> > HelloWorldApp.java"
> >
> > The former is your better bet, so you can run from
> > any location.
>
> Suppose someone doesn't know exactly how to set their
> PATH variable, could you elaborate?
It really would be better to keep this in one thread.
First of all we don't know if you have installed the JDK (with compiler) or JRE (without compiler) at this point.
If you have the JDK installed and the path is not set you can do this through
Control Panel -> System -> Advanced Tab -> Environment variables
one of the user variables will be PATH.
These instructions are for Windows (which I know you have) XP. If you have another version the steps will be different.
First though you need to figure out what you installed and where it is. Frankly you should (and can) test it before messing around with your path to see if your prior problem has been resolved yet.
