Re: JDK Linux installation help!
congo76@gmail.com wrote:
Hello,
I'm pulling my hair out with the Sun JDK installation on Fedora 7.
Recently, I decided to explore java and downloaded their product,
followed all the directions (used the rpm.bin installation since I'm
to lazy to compile softaware). Downloaded their "HelloWorld" app and
tried to run it and am getting the apparently very common error below:
(did javac HelloWorld.java 1st to creat the HelloWorld.class file)
[congo@localhost java]$ java HelloWorldApp
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ClassFormatError: HelloWorldApp
(unrecognized class file version)
at java.lang.VMClassLoader.defineClass(libgcj.so.8rh)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(libgcj.so.8rh)> at
java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(libgcj.so.8rh)
at gnu.java.lang.MainThread.run(libgcj.so.8rh)
All documentation on Sun's website and posts I found in this newsgroup
at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(libgcj.so.8rh)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(libgcj.so.8rh)
at gnu.gcj.runtime.SystemClassLoader.findClass(libgcj.so.8rh)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(libgcj.so.8rh)
point to updating the CLASSPATH. So I did that in my .bash_profile
file, get the same error. Found the below documentation in the
newsgroup circa 2003:
set JAVA_HOME=/usr/java
set CLASSPATH .;/usr/java/jdk1.6.0_02
export JAVA_HOME CLASSPATH
Did this as root thinking I'd be smart and set the CLASSPATH system
wide even though I'm the only user. At the bottom of that 2003 thread
another guy said that CLASSPATH hasn't been used for years and that I
should just set the PATH in /etc/profile. That's when I stopped and
posted this message. There's a lot of great info/help on how to fix
this problem, but it seems to be taking me further and further into
the forest where I am now lost. Can anyone assist?
My guess is the following:
You installed a recent JDK, and that's where you're running javac from.
There was already a JRE on the machine, and that's where you're running java
from. This JRE is an older version than the JDK you ust installed, so it
can't read the class files that the JDK produces.
You should be able to verify this using "which" (or "whence"). Just ensure
that the java executable you're running comes from the JDK (i.e. from the
same bin directory thata javac lives in), and you shouild be fine.
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