Cannot seem to use javac in command prompt

Asked Jul 14 '14 at 10:41

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so I installed the JDK and JRE a long time ago and have been a heavy developer with the netbeans IDE but I figured I should learn the basics of command prompt launching of java programs.

I am currently running windows 8 on a 64 bit machine and cannot seem to get the "javac" command to run properly on command prompt

I created a file that contained my java file I wanted to compile "TheClass.java" and I am able to use the 'cd' command to set the command prompt pointer at the correct file.

From there when I type "javac TheClass.java"

I get the response " 'javac' not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program, or batch file"

what should I do to fix it?

asked Jul 14 '14 at 10:41

Sidharth Ghoshal

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You should add the path to the javac executable to either the user or system path, or you could use the full path to the javac executable when you compile. – jpw Jul 14 '14 at 10:43
thanks that seemed to fix it! – Sidharth Ghoshal Jul 14 '14 at 10:50

Cannot seem to use javac in command prompt

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