del wrote:
Hi,
I checked around and apparently I need 'javac' to compile programs/
applets.
Yes.
I went to sun.com, dnloaded jdk-6u10-rc-bin-b28-windows-
amd64-21_jul_2008.exe (I am running Vista64), installed it, rebooted,
but there is no 'javac' available (I checked the disk) anywhere.
What am I doing wrong?
When you installed the JDK ("Java Development Kit"), the
installation added a whole bunch of files to your disk. They're
probably under "Program Files" somewhere, but might be elsewhere
if you specified a different location during installation. In
that tree you'll find a directory named ...\bin, and in that
directory you'll find javac.exe and other things, too.
If you don't find them, the installation was botched in
some way or other. (The "rebooted" surprises me; as far as I
can see there's no need for a reboot after installing the JDK.
But you never know -- As somebody said, "Mouse moved: Reboot
Windows for this change to take effect" ...)
identified by their suffix, typically .exe, and not by a permission bit. So
one's first instinct should be to search for "foo.exe". That is just basic
Windows truth.