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From: Jeff Higgins <jeff@invalid.invalid>
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Subject: Re: How to import - newbie question.
Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 18:28:15 -0400
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On 06/19/2011 05:27 PM, Patricia Shanahan wrote:
> On 6/19/2011 4:48 AM, Jeff Higgins wrote:
>> On 06/19/2011 07:05 AM, Jeff Higgins wrote:
>>> On 06/19/2011 12:41 AM, leegold wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I wondered if anyone could help with what probably is very basic
>>>> configuration. I want to explore a java app called htmlunit. I
>>>> downloaded the zip and took all the (jar) files from the zip's lib
>>>> folder and put them in the directory: /home/myhome/htmlunit. I'm using
>>>> Linux...I have tried for a long time to import them into a java
>>>> program with no luck. I have read many tutorials about packages,
>>>> classpath still no luck. Here are are the files. How do I import them
>>>> and use them , I'm lost:
>>>>
>>> The "no luck" part is unhelpful.
>>>
>>> Prepare a short example source file,
>>> <http://sscce.org/>,
>>>
>>> try to compile it,
>>>
>>> post back here with your command line and any error messages.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> A SSCCE:
>>
>> package scratch;
>>
>> import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
>> import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
>>
>> public class Scratch {
>>
>> private Log log = LogFactory.getLog(Scratch.class);
>>
>> }
>>
>> A command line to try:
>> javac -classpath /home/myhome/htmlunit/commons-logging-1.1.1.jar
>> Scratch.java
>
> You seem to have missed the "and any error messages". More generally,
> even if there are no error messages, you should say what happened.
>

No, I posted the line, "post back here with your command line and any 
error messages.".
When I attempted to compile the above SSCCE with the command line:
javac -classpath /usr/share/java/commons-logging.jar Scratch.java,
it compiled without error.