Getting java code to compile on unix/linux

Question

I have been using borland JBuilder to run and compile my java code. Recently i tried moving the code to a linux machine in which i have downloaded the JDK to. My classes only use standard java classes with the exception of a jbcl.jar file which has a class that one of my classes relies on. It turns out when i try to run my class i get error messages because it cant find the jar file. Where should I put this jar file? by the way in my class i use the statement: where jbcl.layout is the class i need.
import jbcl.layout.*;

Answer 1

another question. In my class I use the statement
import jbcl.layout.*;
so all i need to do is add the jbcl.jar to my class
path? is my import statement correctIf it compiles in your IDE, then it's correct. You shouldn't have to change anything at all in your source code to use a different compiler or to compile on a different platform. You just have set up the proper environment and parameters--tell it which .java files to compile, which jars or directories to search for classes in (classpath), etc. For IDEs you do that with the Preferences or Options menu item. For command line compilation you do this with command line arguments, config files (a la build.xml for ant), or environment variables (although relying on the CLASSPATH env var is generally a bad idea).