package javax servlet http does not exist

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I have the jre7 and jdk1 7 0 installed along with the Tomcat 7 0 but it shows this error  servlet http is not the only one that  does not exist   there are also other  servlet   components   Can anybody help me with this   UPDATE  This error occurs when I try the follow command  javac -classpath servlet-api jar WebTest java

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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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If you are using Ant and trying to build then you need to     Specify tomcat location by  lt property name  tomcat-home  value  C  xampp tomcat    gt  Add tomcat libs to your already defined path for jars by    lt path id  libs  gt                   lt fileset includes    jar  dir    WEB-INF  lib    gt                   lt fileset includes    jar  dir    tomcat-home  bin    gt                   lt fileset includes    jar  dir    tomcat-home  lib    gt               lt  path gt

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Your CLASSPATH variable does not point to the directory containing the javax classes  The CLASSPATH variable specifies where the java compiler should look for java class file resources  If it does not know to look in the javax directory  then it will never find the file s  you are after

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Try  javac -cp    quot C  Users User Name Tomcat apache-tomcat-7 0 108 lib servlet-api jar quot  HelloServlet java  using windows if there are spaces in your class path

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On  nix  try   javac -cp  CLASSPATH  CATALINA HOME lib servlet-api jar Filename java   Or on Windows  try   javac -cp  CLASSPATH   CATALINA HOME  lib servlet-api jar Filename java

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This error occurs when you compile a java program using classes that support the Servlet API   The compiler searches for the library  included in a  jar file  by using the CLASSPATH   You can specify this when you compile using -classpath or -cp options as noted in other responses  but you should set up your environment to define the classpath as needed   Set the CLASSPATH environment variable to reference the location of servlet-api jar  which depends on your setup  OS  how you installed  etc      Assuming you re using Tomcat and have installed it in one of 20 possible ways  the APIs used by servlets will be installed on your system  relative to wherever Tomcat is installed   For historical reasons  Tomcat is also known as  Catalina   so you can use the command  catalina  to run certain commands  and alone  it will report  amongst other things the CATALINA BASE   For example on my Mac using Tomcat installed using homebrew it s   Using CATALINA BASE     usr local Cellar tomcat 8 5 9 libexec   The location of the Tomcat servlet libraries is under this in the lib directory  Set CATALINA BASE  then set CLASSPATH using the base as a start  for example for Linux or OSX you might set this in  profile  or  bash profile like so   export CATALINA BASE  usr local Cellar tomcat 8 5 9 libexec export CLASSPATH  CATALINA BASE lib servlet-api jar  CLASSPATH   Exit the terminal shell and come back in to run the profile   You should be able to see that the variable is set by using the echo command  e g   echo  CLASSPATH   or in Windows  echo  CLASSPATH    If it displays the full path to the jar  javac WebTest java  compile your class   Other answers are correct -- set up your IDE  Eclipse  IntelliJ  to know about Tomcat or build with Maven and you ll save pain

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The solution that work for is were add the next dependency to my pom xml file    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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Got this error on linux because of weird file permissions in tomcat distro  Some files an directories are not readable for other users  I use separate CATALINA HOME and CATALINA BASE  so my tomcat is owned by root and is runned by restricted user   Fixing it like that     cd  usr local share tomcat9   amp  amp  for file in  find    -type d   -perm -o r   do echo   file   chmod o rx   file   done  amp  amp  for file in  find      -perm -o r   do echo   file   chmod o r   file   done   for file in  find  usr local share tomcat9    -perm -o x -name    sh    do echo   file   chmod o x   file   done

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All you gotta do is download the servlet-api jar package  load the package and reset the  reset the virtual machine

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If you use elcipse with tomcat server  you can open setting properties by right click project -  choose Properties  or Alt Enter   continue do same below picture  It will resolve your problem

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You must add the classpath for compile  In tomcat   classpath  C  Program Files Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 6 0 lib servlet-api jar     So the command is   javac -classpath  c  Program Files Apache Software Foundation Tomcat 6 0 lib servlet-api jar  yourfile java

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If you re using the command console to compile the servlet  then you should include Tomcat s  lib servlet-api jar in the compile classpath   javac -cp    path to tomcat lib servlet-api jar com example MyServlet java    use   instead of   as path separator in Windows   If you re using an IDE  then you should integrate Tomcat in the IDE and reference it as target runtime in the project  If you re using Eclipse as IDE  see also this for more detail  How do I import the javax servlet API in my Eclipse project

[java] package javax.servlet.http does not exist

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