How can I import javax.servlet.*?

I am having the following problem:
[ppandit@localhost projects]$ javac HelloServlet.java
HelloServlet.java:2: package javax.servlet does not exist
import javax.servlet.*;
^
HelloServlet.java:4: cannot resolve symbol
symbol : class GenericServlet
location: class HelloServlet
I am taking a JSP class and starting to get my development environment set up.
I have JDK 1.4 installed as well as J2EE 1.3.1
What could be my problem?
Par

I was able to contact my instructor. He told me to add the tomcat4/common/lub/servlets.jar file to my classpath. This was symbollically linked to another file.
/var/tomcat4/common/lib/servlets.jar -> /usr/share/java/servlet-2.3.jar
/usr/share/java/servlet-2.3.jar -> /usr/share/java/servlet-2.3-4.0.3.jar
This worked.
Thanks for your help. I am sure I will have more questions as I progress in this class.
Par

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