Re: Hopefully simple question - Including third-party packages.

From:

Lew <lew@lewscanon.nospam>

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comp.lang.java.help

Date:

Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:30:37 -0400

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Gordon Beaton wrote:

<http://www.kevinboone.com/classpath.html>

kaldrenon wrote:

There's some helpful information there, but it doesn't quite give me
the knowledge I'd like.

Wasn't the part

JARs on the classpath

where it says

The java compiler and run-time can search for classes not only in separate files, but also in `JAR' archives.

and explains how to add JARs to the class path helpful?

It isn't the first link I'd use, admittedly. I'd usually recommend a Sun
document, say
<http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/tools/solaris/classpath.html>

I recommend using the command-line option ('java -cp /some/path/to.jar ...')
over the CLASSPATH environment variable.

Generally for Sun Java tools like 'java', 'jar', 'javac', there is a great
links page:
<http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/tools/#general>

Is there a path that I can move third-party packages to so that I can
legally call imports on them without having to modify anything?

Anywhere you like, if you call 'java' with the '-classpath' ('-cp') option.

--
Lew