with my strong desire to be a programmer in Java specifically, i followd some thread on this forum (very good) and i was told that to begin programming in Java you need two things viz:

1 A Java Software Edition and
2 An IDE (NETBEANS OR ECLIPSE) or for a start a text Editor(notepad or textpad)

following this information, i bought JAVA(TM) SE DEVELOPMENT KIT 6 UPDATE 2 and NETBEANS 6.8 since i find it difficult downloading them. i then installed both on my system successfully. my problem now is

when i try to run a program from my command prompt after typing and saving it in my text editor (notepad), it displays "Javac is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. i don't know if my installation is wrong or i need to configure my paths but what ever the case may be, am pleading seriously, i need a professional to please guide me from the beginning i.e from installation, configuration and anything else that i need to set so my program's can Run successfully.

i already understand some few things in java though, but my headache is this "Javac" thing displaying "Javac is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. it really knows how to make me unhappy. please i need help. even when i type javac in my command prompt it displays same thing.

what do i do?

add the java bin directory to your path.

@ seun how do i do that? the bin directory

if i type java in my command prompt it will display series of information. but, if i type javac it tells me this giberish story javac is not recognized as an internal or external command even after adding the C:\j2sdk1.5.0_04\bin; please i want someone to help me please .

all the gurus on nairaland where are you? save me.

Check a text book, dietel Java How To Program explains it well

please how can i get the book?

Are you sure that's the correct path to your bin directory though? Navigate to your bin directory under your JDK installation and cut and paste that and add it to your path.


http://java.sun.com/new2java/programming/learn/

Na Wah o!. i have tried every thing i can yet its still not working. this is my java bin directory C:\Java\jdk1.6.0_01. i have placed it in my path i have even tried both the beginning and at the end yet, it still displays "javac is not recognize as blah blah blah. realy don't know what to do.

don't know if its because i changed my directory from C:\program files\java\jdk1.6.0_01 to C:\java\jdk1.6.0_01 during my installation for both the JDE and the JRE. please i need Help on this. nairaland gurus please help me out i really want to do this.

thanks.

In that directory, do you see javac.exe? Or if you go the the command prompt (start->run, then type cmd, then type javac, what do you get

You need the Java SDK

there is javac.exe in the directory even when i used search from my start up menu, i see a lot of javac.exe even as a folder.

@seun is the java SDK not included in the jdk-6u2-windows-1586-p.exe ?

if i go the the command prompt (start->run, then type cmd, then type javac, i get "Javac is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

And you have actually downloaded the JDK. If not, then go here and download it - http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk-6u25-download-346242.html

what i now have is the jdk-6u2-windows-i586-p.exe. is this not what i need?