novice javac problem

[Glynn Clements]

Tony Kimball writes:

 > ; javac HelloWorldApp.java
 > HelloWorldApp.java:1: Superclass java.lang.Object of class HelloWorldApp not found.
 > class HelloWorldApp {
 >       ^
 > 1 error
 > 
 > Can anyone diagnose or suggest how I should myself go about diagnosing
 > this problem?

CLASSPATH isn't set properly. Make sure that it contains the pathname
of classes.zip.

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Glynn Clements <glynn at sensei.co.uk>