importing external jar files

Question

I have written a Java code which imports an external jar file. How can I compile and run it on the command-line?

Thanks in advance!

Solution

Compiling from the command-line:

javac -cp path_to_jar1.jar:path_to_jar2.jar Example.java

Running:

java -cp .:path_to_jar1.jar:path_to_jar2.jar Example

For Windows, use ; as a path-separator (instead of :).

Comments

[Pavithra Gunasekara]

@ khachik Sorry for the late reply ... Thanx a lot for your advice... I marked your answer as correct... thanx again :-)

[Daniele]

I still get an error: if I invoke java -cp /usr/share/java/mysql-connector-java-5.1.42.jar Connect I get the error that Java cannot find the Connect class.

[HKVariant]

@Daniele 4 years late; but that would mean the Connect.class file is not being found, did you compile first?