[SOLVED] bash: javac: command not found...

amitshree · 10-23-2012, 06:20 AM

i am using fedora17.few days earlier java programs were running ...but now when trying to run a program it gives the error bash: javac: command not found...
Similar command is: 'java'

acid_kewpie · 10-23-2012, 06:29 AM

javac is the java compiler. You don't "run" programs with javac, you'd run them with java, so what are you actually trying to accomplish?

amitshree · 10-23-2012, 06:40 AM

but using javac i am trying to compile that program.

acid_kewpie · 10-23-2012, 06:47 AM

so javac isn't on your PATH then, or it's been uninstalled. What JDK were you using, and how was it installed?

Try "rpm -qa | grep -i jdk" and see if that gives you a package

amitshree · 10-23-2012, 06:50 AM

i am using java 1.7
after using "rpm -qa | grep -i jdk" it gives
jdk-1.7.0_07-fcs.x86_64
java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.9-2.3.3.fc17.x86_64

acid_kewpie · 10-23-2012, 06:58 AM

right so presumably "rpm -qf jdk-1.7.0_07-fcs.x86_64" will list all the files including the location of javac, which woul dneed to be put onto your path

amitshree · 10-23-2012, 07:05 AM

but rpm -qf jdk-1.7.0_07-fcs.x86_64 gives
error: file /home/amit/jdk-1.7.0_07-fcs.x86_64: No such file or directory

acid_kewpie · 10-23-2012, 07:11 AM

Sorry, I meant -ql not -qf

amitshree · 10-23-2012, 11:08 AM

it gives a lot of lines of code..i don't know which is the path ...at last it gives
/usr/java/jdk1.7.0_07/sample/webservices/EbayServer/src/ebay/server/Main.java
/usr/java/jdk1.7.0_07/src.zip
is the last line is the path??how to set the path??

knudfl · 10-23-2012, 11:42 AM

Setting up jdk-1.7.0_07-fcs :

1) su

2)
/sbin/alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /usr/java/jdk1.7.0_07/jre/bin/java 2

3) /sbin/alternatives --config java
... And then select "jdk7".

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amitshree · 10-23-2012, 11:49 AM

yeah it gives

There are 2 programs which provide 'java'.

Selection Command
-----------------------------------------------
* 1 /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/java
+ 2 /usr/java/jdk1.7.0_07/jre/bin/java

Enter to keep the current selection[+], or type selection number: 2

is my path set??still i am able to compile programs

knudfl · 10-23-2012, 11:57 AM

Well, usually the shown "/sbin/alternatives --install "
will take care of the javac command too.

Please try :
/sbin/alternatives --install /usr/bin/javac javac /usr/java/jdk1.7.0_07/bin/javac 2

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amitshree · 10-23-2012, 12:08 PM

yeah that worked....thanks a lot to acid kewpie & knudfl