Package import issue.

[Kelvin Okornoe]

Hello Ranchers, I have a base folder on my Desktop called access modifers in that folder I have two sub folders called building and library, folder building have a public class  FlatHouse defined as

package building;
import library.TextBook; 
public class FlatHouse {}

and folder library have a public class TextBook defined as

package library;
import building.FlatHouse;
public class TextBook {}

The issue is, if I try to compile any of the class, for example the class in the package building
I get error package library does not exist.
Please I do not know what I am over looking, or doing wrongly, I need some help!!!

[Liutauras Vilda]

Hi,

In short, you need to specify the classpath where Java supposed to look for imported classes. As you see error message suggests, that it can't find TextBook. It is because it doesn't know how to find a package "library".

Give a shot yourself first after researching a bit how to set the classpath during the compile and later run. If there are more locations to specify, classpath separators differ from OS to OS, or more precisely, from Windows to UNIX-like OS.

[Roel De Nijs]

Kelvin Okornoe wrote:Please I do not know what I am over looking, or doing wrongly, I need some help!!!

An excellent explanation about how to compile classes within different packages can be found in this thread. Definitely worth reading!