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Re: jar execution problem

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On 05/25/2011 08:25 AM, Sascha wrote:
> Hello,
>
> i got a problem with execution of jar files.
>
>
> I used the following command to create a jar file.
> jar -vcfm dice.jar MANIFEST.TXT dice
>
> In the folder dice the Dice.class is located.
>
> The file MANIFEST.TXT contains only the following line
> Main-Class: Dice
>
> When I try to execute the jar file with
> java -jar dice.jar
>
> I got the error message
> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Dice
>
> I hope somebody else got the same problem and can help me out.
>
> Thanks in advance for the help.
>
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Does your Dice source file have a package statement?  If you are running 
the jar program from the directory above dice it will store the class 
files as dice/Dice.class and that must match with the package statement 
in the source file.

So as not to ask you a lot of questions, do this:

1) put your source files in the dice directory.
2) put a 'package dice;' statement in all source files
3) compile from the directory above dice with 'javac dice/Dice.java'
4) put the manifest file in dice and
    in it put the line 'Main-Class: dice.Dice'
5) run the jar program from the directory above dice with
    'jar -cvfm Dice.jar dice/manifest dice/*.class dice/anyotherfiles'
    I usually keep my manifest file in the same directory but it isn't 
necessary.

You can use the 'e' option and skip using a manifest file it the only 
thing in it is the Main-Class statement.

-- 

Knute Johnson
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