Jdk 1.4 set up

Question

I've tried to set up java 1.4 on Windows 2000. I'm running it in Cygwin. I can run the java command on a .class file and it runs ok, but when I try to run javac on a file, it gives me 'javac command not recognised'. Am I right in thinking it's a PATH thing?
Many thanks for any sugestions how to fix it!

Answer 1

Yep... it's a PATH thing
To get to the path you will need to get to window's enviromenta variables:
control panel>system>advanced>enviromental variables (this is for XP... it's probably similar in 2000?)
in the PATH add something like this:
C:\j2sdk1.4.2\bin
each entry to the PATH should be separated by a ';' (semicolon) so you may need to add one of those too. This is assuming your SDK is installed in a folder called j2sdk1.4.2, which is the default for java 1.4.2
You will also need to set your CLASSPATH if you haven't done that.
Just search the forum, there's plenty of threads about that.
hope this helps
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