Compile error package javax servlet does not exist

Question

I have a package in which I import javax servlet   and javax servlet http   When I try to compile it in command prompt I get the error     package javax servlet does not exist   I use JDK 1 7 0 and Tomcat 6 0

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This happens because java does not provide with Servlet-api.jar to import directly, so you need to import it externally like from Tomcat , for this we need to provide the classpath of lib folder from which we will be importing the Servlet and it's related Classes.

For Windows you can apply this method:

open command prompt
type

 javac -classpath "C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 9.0\lib\*;" YourFileName.java

It will take all jar files which needed for importing Servlet, HttpServlet ,etc and compile your java file.
You can add multiple classpaths Eg.

javac -classpath "C:\Users\Project1\WEB-INF\lib\*; C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 9.0\lib\*;" YourFileName.java

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The possible solution  Tested on ubuntu    Open Terminal type geany  bashrc Go to the top  and paste this export CLASSPATH  CLASSPATH  web apache-tomcat-8 5 39 lib servlet-api jar Now save and close Try running the program now

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Copy the file  servlet-api jar  from location YOUR INSTILLATION PATH tomcat lib servlet-api jar and Paste the file into your Java Directory YOUR INSTILLATION PATH Java jdk1 8 0 121 jre lib ext  this will work  tested

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If you are working with maven project  then add following dependency to your pom xml   lt dependency gt       lt groupId gt javax servlet lt  groupId gt       lt artifactId gt javax servlet-api lt  artifactId gt       lt version gt 3 0 1 lt  version gt       lt scope gt provided lt  scope gt   lt  dependency gt

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Add servlet-api jar into your classpath  It will be available into Tomcat s lib folder

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In a linux environment the soft link apparently does not work  you must use the physical path  for instance on my machine I have a softlink at  usr share tomacat7 lib servlet-api jar and using this as my classpath argument led to a failed compile with the same error  instead I had to use  usr share java tomcat-servlet-api-3 0 jar which is the file that the soft link pointed to

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JSP and Servlet are Server side Programming  As it comes as an built in package inside a Server like Tomcat   The path may be like wise    C  Program Files Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 6 0 lib jsp-api jar C  Program Files Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 6 0 lib servlet-api jar   Just you want to Do is Add this in the following way   Right Click gt  My Computer gt Advanced gt Environment Variables gt System variables  Do gt  New   gt  Variable name CLASSPATH            Variable value CLASSPATH   C  Program Files Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 6 0 lib servlet-api jar

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You need to add the path to Tomcat s  lib servlet-api jar file to the compile time classpath  javac -cp    path to Tomcat lib servlet-api jar com example MyServletClass java  The classpath is where Java needs to look for imported dependencies  It will otherwise default to the current folder which is included as   in the above example  The   is the path separator for Windows  if you re using an Unix based OS  then you need to use   instead  If you re still facing the same complation error  and you re actually using Tomcat 10 or newer  then you should be migrating the imports in your source code from javax   to jakarta    import jakarta servlet    import jakarta servlet http     See also   jakarta servlet ServletException  Class  com practice MyServlet  is not a Servlet

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Even after trying suggested solution  it was not solving my problem because there where many instance of java path were entered by me    I removed all java related path  different version java  from   Path  JAVA HOME  JRE HOME  and created from fresh  i have set  path may changes as per different installation  a  JAVA HOME as C  Program Files Java jdk1 8 0 191 b  JRE HOME as C  Program Files Java jdk1 8 0 191 jre lib c  add binary file path in path  C  Program Files Java jdk1 8 0 191 bin d  CLASSPATH as C  apache-tomcat-7 0 93 lib never try in the same command prompt if its already open while doing changes creting system user variables  close it and open new one     Reference Image

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Is it a JSP or Servlet   Well  these two packages aren   t actually built into Java like java io is  Instead  they come with the Servlet-capable Web server  e g  Tomcat   So before the Java compiler will be able to compile our Servlet  we need to let it know where to find the classes in these two packages   The classes required are normally stored in a file called servlet jar  The exact location of this file will depend on the particular Web server software you use  but in the case of Tomcat you can find it in the lib subdirectory of the main Tomcat installation directory  e g  d  Program Files Apache Group jakarta-tomcat-3 2 3 lib servlet jar   For the Java compiler to be able to compile Servlets  you need to add this file to your Java class path  By default  Java looks for classes in the current directory       only  Thus      is the default class path  If you change the class path to include the servlet jar file     d     lib servlet jar  under Windows      usr     lib servlet jar  in Unix   then the Servlet should compile just fine   You can specify a class path to use when you run javac exe as follows   d  javadev  javac -classpath    d  Program Files Apache Group  jakarta-tomcat-3 2 3 lib servlet jar  MyServlet java  Or in Linux javac uses   instead of    server1  javac -classpath      servlet servlet jar  MyServlet java

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place jakarta and delete javax if you download servlet api jar   NOTICE   this answer every time is not correct   can be javax in JEE    Correct  jakarta servlet     Incorrect  javax servlet    else   place jar files into JAVA HOME jre lib ext

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This is what I found  Adding  usr local apache-tomcat-7 0 64 lib servlet-api jar in my environment variable as CLASSPATH  OS is iOS   if using bash     bash profile  CLASSPATH  usr local apache-tomcat-7 0 64 lib servlet-api jar  if using zsh     zshrc export CLASSPATH  usr local apache-tomcat-7 0 64 lib servlet-api jar   Force it work right now  run source  bash profile  or  zshrc  or one can restart computer and it works for the current user

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This is what solved the problem for me    lt dependency gt       lt groupId gt javax servlet jsp lt  groupId gt       lt artifactId gt jsp-api lt  artifactId gt       lt version gt 2 2 lt  version gt       lt scope gt provided lt  scope gt   lt  dependency gt

[java] Compile error: package javax.servlet does not exist

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