problems running code

[AKIN Ojo]

i have just started to read the head first java i use a mac os x,
and since the sdk files are supposed to be included with
mac os x, i thought i should discover how to get my java codes
running, and so i haveused the following example in the book

public class abc {

private static void main (String[] args) {
System.out.print("i rule!");
System.out.print("the world!");

}
}

thank you all
[ September 28, 2005: Message edited by: AKIN Ojo ]

[Phil Dixon]

Akin,

Could you post your code as well.

[Norm Radder]

Here's one way to get that message. The file asdf does not exist in the current directory
>java asdf
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: asdf

Check where the class file is.

When having runtime errors, please post all the console including what you entered.

[Jesper de Jong]

> private static void main (String[] args) { ...

The main method should be public, not private.