How to run Java program in terminal with external library JAR

Question

This should be simple but I have never done it before and didn t find any solution   I am currently using Eclipse to code my program  which imports some external JAR library such as google data api library  I can use Eclipse to compile build run the program   But now I want to run it in terminal  so where should I put those JAR files  and how to build and run the program   Thanks

User · Answer

For compiling the java file having dependency on a jar     javac -cp path of the jar jarName jar className java   For executing the class file     java -cp   path of the jar jarName jar className

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You can do    1  javac -cp  path to jar file Myprogram java  2  java -cp    path to jar file Myprogram  So  lets suppose your current working directory in terminal is src Report   javac -cp src external myfile jar Reporter java  java -cp   src external myfile jar Reporter   Take a look here to setup Classpath

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you can set your classpath in the in the environment variabl CLASSPATH  in linux  you can add like CLASSPATH    full path to the Jars  for example           src external and just run in side       src Report    Javac Reporter java  java Reporter  Similarily  you can set it in windows environment variables  for example  in Win7  Right click Start-- Computer then Properties-- Advanced System Setting --  Advanced -- Environment Variables in the user variables  click classPath  and Edit and add the full path of jars at the end  voila

[java] How to run Java program in terminal with external library JAR

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