I still cant set the path for java.

[Akhil Mishra]

hi everyone.

i read beginning java faq and did set the path for java. but still it does not work. kindly help.


when i type java-version or javac-version, it says:
java-version or javac-version is not recognized as internal or external command.

when i type java, the long list of statements come.

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i am new to programming and expect to get help.

thank you every one.

[Dave Tolls]

It's java -version, with a space between the 'a' and the '-'.

[Akhil Mishra]

thank you very much . its working now.

but still javac -version not working. Am i doing some thing wrong there also?

[Paweł Baczyński]

What do you mean by not working?
Are you getting 'javac' is not recognized as an internal or external command?

Try executing echo %PATH% and show us the result.

[Akhil Mishra]

i thought that it will also show some version.

[Akhil Mishra]

echo %path% shows :

%JAVA_HOME%\bin;C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath;%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\

is it ok?

[Paweł Baczyński]

Ok, now it's time for echo %JAVA_HOME%.

[Akhil Mishra]

BY TYPING echo %JAVA_HOME% it says

c:\program files\java\jdk1.8.-_72

[Paweł Baczyński]

Where do you have Java installed? Is it c:\program files\java\jdk1.8.-_72?
Please try dir "c:\program files\java\jdk1.8.-_72\bin".

[Akhil Mishra]

BY TYPING echo %JAVA_HOME% it says

c:\program files\java\jdk1.8.0_72

sorry i typed it wrong.

installed it in :c:\program files\java\jdk1.8.0_72\bin

[Paweł Baczyński]

Can you execute dir "c:\program files\java\jdk1.8.0_72\bin"?

[Akhil Mishra]

i did not understand that. does it mean getting in that folder in command line? sorry for the trouble.

[Paweł Baczyński]

It means typing exactly what I wrote.
dir "c:\program files\java\jdk1.8.0_72\bin"
This command will print the content of c:\program files\java\jdk1.8.0_72\bin directory.
Just to make sure the executables are where you expect them to be.

[Akhil Mishra]

yes . i was able to execute that.

c:\program files\java\jdk1.8.0_72\bin

i got into the folder in the command line.

java -version is being displayed.
but javac -version says: 'javac' is not recognized as an internal or external command?

[Paweł Baczyński]

And what about this one?
"c:\program files\java\jdk1.8.0_72\bin\javac" -version

[Knute Snortum]

Can you execute this?

"c:\program files\java\jdk1.8.0_72\bin\javac" -version

[Akhil Mishra]

yes. it says: java version "1.8.0_72"


here javac -version is also being displayed as : javac 1.8.0_72

[Akhil Mishra]

so does that mean it is all correctly set?

[Akhil Mishra]

Thank you very much. I appreciate your patience.