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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.

Patricia