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Chip Davis-2

Installation woes...

Various things have changed on my system since the last time I ran a NetRexx
program and it had stopped working. Rather than try to figure out what had
changed, I simply downloaded a fresh copy of the zip file from IBM. Turns out
it was the same as the one I had, but I was unable to successfully install it.

It appears that some things have changed on the Java-front, not the least of
which is that I do not seem to have a 'tools.jar' file.

There is a daemon that periodically downloads the latest JRE for me, and what I
have is C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\lib" (and \bin), reported to be at the level
"Version 6 Update 15 (build 1.6.0_15-b03).

I seem to recall that in the past I had the JDK installed as well, but the
NetRexx installation instructions do not indicate that the development kit is
necessary.

I've tried moving the NetRexx files to the specified directories, updating the
PATH and CLASSPATH, and any other variants I could think of, but I still get:

C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin>java COM.ibm.netrexx.process.NetRexxC hello
NetRexx portable processor, version 2.05
Copyright (c) IBM Corporation, 2005. All rights reserved.
Program hello.nrx
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: sun/tools/javac/Main
at COM.ibm.netrexx.process.RxTranslator.compile(RxTranslator.nrx:660)
at COM.ibm.netrexx.process.NetRexxC.process(NetRexxC.nrx:183)
at COM.ibm.netrexx.process.NetRexxC.main2(NetRexxC.nrx:123)
at COM.ibm.netrexx.process.NetRexxC.main(NetRexxC.nrx:82)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: sun.tools.javac.Main
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
at sun.misc.Launcher$ExtClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(Unknown Source)
... 4 more

Suggestions?

-Chip-

Thomas.Schneider.Wien

Installation woes...

Hello Chip,
the tools.jar file is in the ...\JRE\subdirectory. You probaly
hand-moved it to your
NetRexx directory, or moved NetRexx to the proper Java ... \JRE\...
Directory.

When you like, I could look up in detail in my NetRexx installation, but
when you would like
me to do, please send me a private mail to [hidden email].

I do NOT want to bother the group/REXXLA with all those details ...

Kind regards, Tom.

(PS: By the way, the CURRENT Rexx2Nrx.zip file on www.Rexx2Nrx.com
SHOULD contain
a valid copy of NetRexx as well ...)

PPS: I did somewhere recognize a release version 2.05 of netRexx (I
think from Kermit Kiser,
or at the IBM home-pages, I am NOT sure), but as I am be off from
ibm-netrexx
for more than 2 years, I am NOT sure what the most recent version is.

I'm still using NetRexx 2.02 without any problems, by the way.

=============================================================
Chip Davis schrieb:

> Various things have changed on my system since the last time I ran a
> NetRexx
> program and it had stopped working. Rather than try to figure out
> what had
> changed, I simply downloaded a fresh copy of the zip file from IBM.
> Turns out
> it was the same as the one I had, but I was unable to successfully
> install it.
>
> It appears that some things have changed on the Java-front, not the
> least of
> which is that I do not seem to have a 'tools.jar' file.
>
> There is a daemon that periodically downloads the latest JRE for me,
> and what I
> have is C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\lib" (and \bin), reported to be at
> the level
> "Version 6 Update 15 (build 1.6.0_15-b03).
>
> I seem to recall that in the past I had the JDK installed as well, but
> the
> NetRexx installation instructions do not indicate that the development
> kit is
> necessary.
>
> I've tried moving the NetRexx files to the specified directories,
> updating the
> PATH and CLASSPATH, and any other variants I could think of, but I
> still get:
>
> C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin>java COM.ibm.netrexx.process.NetRexxC
> hello
> NetRexx portable processor, version 2.05
> Copyright (c) IBM Corporation, 2005. All rights reserved.
> Program hello.nrx
> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
> sun/tools/javac/Main
> at
> COM.ibm.netrexx.process.RxTranslator.compile(RxTranslator.nrx:660)
> at COM.ibm.netrexx.process.NetRexxC.process(NetRexxC.nrx:183)
> at COM.ibm.netrexx.process.NetRexxC.main2(NetRexxC.nrx:123)
> at COM.ibm.netrexx.process.NetRexxC.main(NetRexxC.nrx:82)
> Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: sun.tools.javac.Main
> at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
> at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
> at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
> at sun.misc.Launcher$ExtClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(Unknown Source)
> ... 4 more
>
> Suggestions?
>
> -Chip-
> _______________________________________________
> Ibm-netrexx mailing list
> [hidden email]
>
>

Tom. (ths@db-123.com)

Chip Davis-2

Installation woes...

Thanks for the prompt reply, Tom.

Yes, NetRexx 2.05 is the current distribution and what I attempted to install.

I did an exhaustive search of the entire drive and the only "tools.jar" file on
it is a Mozilla "hdrtools.jar" file used with Chrome.

My best guess is that somewhere along the line my JDK was replaced (probably by
one of those too-smart automated downloads) with just the JRE.

I was not aware that the only way to get 'tools.jar' was via the JDK. If true
(and that is indeed my problem) then at the very least we need to make a
notation in the Users Guide and installation ReadMe.

And while I'm asking, can anyone confirm that it is possible to compile and run
NetRexx apps without having to move any NetRexx files into Java directories, but
with appropriate entries in the PATH and CLASSPATH environment variables?

I don't want to have to move NetRexx files each time I get an updated version of
Java.

-Chip-

On 1/31/10 18:47 Thomas Schneider said:

> Hello Chip,
> the tools.jar file is in the ...\JRE\subdirectory. You probaly
> hand-moved it to your
> NetRexx directory, or moved NetRexx to the proper Java ... \JRE\...
> Directory.
>
> When you like, I could look up in detail in my NetRexx installation, but
> when you would like
> me to do, please send me a private mail to [hidden email].
>
> I do NOT want to bother the group/REXXLA with all those details ...
>
> Kind regards, Tom.
>
> (PS: By the way, the CURRENT Rexx2Nrx.zip file on www.Rexx2Nrx.com
> SHOULD contain
> a valid copy of NetRexx as well ...)
>
> PPS: I did somewhere recognize a release version 2.05 of netRexx (I
> think from Kermit Kiser,
> or at the IBM home-pages, I am NOT sure), but as I am be off from
> ibm-netrexx
> for more than 2 years, I am NOT sure what the most recent version is.
>
> I'm still using NetRexx 2.02 without any problems, by the way.
>
> =============================================================
> Chip Davis schrieb:
>> Various things have changed on my system since the last time I ran a
>> NetRexx
>> program and it had stopped working. Rather than try to figure out
>> what had
>> changed, I simply downloaded a fresh copy of the zip file from IBM.
>> Turns out
>> it was the same as the one I had, but I was unable to successfully
>> install it.
>>
>> It appears that some things have changed on the Java-front, not the
>> least of
>> which is that I do not seem to have a 'tools.jar' file.
>>
>> There is a daemon that periodically downloads the latest JRE for me,
>> and what I
>> have is C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\lib" (and \bin), reported to be at
>> the level
>> "Version 6 Update 15 (build 1.6.0_15-b03).
>>
>> I seem to recall that in the past I had the JDK installed as well, but
>> the
>> NetRexx installation instructions do not indicate that the development
>> kit is
>> necessary.
>>
>> I've tried moving the NetRexx files to the specified directories,
>> updating the
>> PATH and CLASSPATH, and any other variants I could think of, but I
>> still get:
>>
>> C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin>java COM.ibm.netrexx.process.NetRexxC
>> hello
>> NetRexx portable processor, version 2.05
>> Copyright (c) IBM Corporation, 2005. All rights reserved.
>> Program hello.nrx
>> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
>> sun/tools/javac/Main
>> at
>> COM.ibm.netrexx.process.RxTranslator.compile(RxTranslator.nrx:660)
>> at COM.ibm.netrexx.process.NetRexxC.process(NetRexxC.nrx:183)
>> at COM.ibm.netrexx.process.NetRexxC.main2(NetRexxC.nrx:123)
>> at COM.ibm.netrexx.process.NetRexxC.main(NetRexxC.nrx:82)
>> Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: sun.tools.javac.Main
>> at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
>> at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
>> at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
>> at sun.misc.Launcher$ExtClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
>> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
>> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
>> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(Unknown Source)
>> ... 4 more
>>
>> Suggestions?
>>
>> -Chip-
>> _______________________________________________
>> Ibm-netrexx mailing list
>> [hidden email]
>>
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
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> [hidden email]
>
>

KP Kirchdörfer

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Am Sonntag, 31. Januar 2010 20:41:29 schrieb Chip Davis:

> Thanks for the prompt reply, Tom.
>
> Yes, NetRexx 2.05 is the current distribution and what I attempted to
> install.
>
> I did an exhaustive search of the entire drive and the only "tools.jar"
> file on it is a Mozilla "hdrtools.jar" file used with Chrome.
>
> My best guess is that somewhere along the line my JDK was replaced
> (probably by one of those too-smart automated downloads) with just the JRE.
>
> I was not aware that the only way to get 'tools.jar' was via the JDK. If
> true (and that is indeed my problem) then at the very least we need to make
> a notation in the Users Guide and installation ReadMe.
>
> And while I'm asking, can anyone confirm that it is possible to compile and
> run NetRexx apps without having to move any NetRexx files into Java
> directories, but with appropriate entries in the PATH and CLASSPATH
> environment variables?

I can confirm that it is possible (though I've used to compile from within
jedit with the NetRexx plugin)

It's just a matter of the CLASSPATH setting as you said, on a linux box I have
added the current directory in the CLASSPATH with a dot

CLASSPATH=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/lib:/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/lib/tools.jar:.

and it works pretty well
kapeka@stalker:~/NetRexx/user2mailzu$ java mailuser
Start at: Sun Jan 31 21:06:18 CET 2010
Finished at: Sun Jan 31 21:06:22 CET 2010
kapeka@stalker:~/NetRexx/user2mailzu$

(Note that I did have problems with tools.jar as well, and added it to
CLASSPATH to have a solution - I'm not shure, it may be an error in my linux
distribution)

Also I point in my PATH setting to the java binary
PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun/bin

Thats all AFAIR

regards kp

Kermit Kiser

Installation woes...

In reply to this post by Chip Davis-2

Hi Chip ;

The NetRexx user guide says that the JDK is required if you want to
compile NetRexx programs with the SUN compiler. Note that the guide
calls the JDK a "toolkit":

Note that to run any of the samples, or use the NetRexx translator,
you must have
already installed the Java runtime (and toolkit, if you want to
compile NetRexx programs
using the default compiler).

The section on using the translator as a compiler says this:

The installation instructions for the NetRexx translator describe
how to use the package
to compile and run a simple NetRexx program (hello.nrx). When using
the translator
in this way (as a compiler), the translator parses and checks the
NetRexx source code,
and if no errors were found then generates Java source code. This
Java code (which is
known to be correct) is then compiled into bytecodes (.class files)
using a Java compiler.
By default, the javac compiler in the Java toolkit is used.

From the troubleshooting section:

The compiler appears to work, but towards the end fails with
Exception ...
NoClassDefFoundError: sun/tools/javac/Main. This indicates that you
are running Java
1.2 or later but did not add the Java tools to your CLASSPATH (hence
Java could
not find the javac compiler). See the Installing for Java 1.2+
section (see page 8) for
more details, and an alternative action.

You have only the Java runtime installed, and not the toolkit. If
the toolkit is
installed, you should have a program called javac on your computer.
You can check
whether javac is available and working by issuing the javac command
at a command
prompt; it should respond with usage information.

I don't think you need the JDK if you use NetRexx as an interpreter.

-- Kermit

Chip Davis wrote:

> Thanks for the prompt reply, Tom.
>
> Yes, NetRexx 2.05 is the current distribution and what I attempted to
> install.
>
> I did an exhaustive search of the entire drive and the only
> "tools.jar" file on it is a Mozilla "hdrtools.jar" file used with Chrome.
>
> My best guess is that somewhere along the line my JDK was replaced
> (probably by one of those too-smart automated downloads) with just the
> JRE.
>
> I was not aware that the only way to get 'tools.jar' was via the JDK.
> If true (and that is indeed my problem) then at the very least we need
> to make a notation in the Users Guide and installation ReadMe.
>
> And while I'm asking, can anyone confirm that it is possible to
> compile and run NetRexx apps without having to move any NetRexx files
> into Java directories, but with appropriate entries in the PATH and
> CLASSPATH environment variables?
>
> I don't want to have to move NetRexx files each time I get an updated
> version of Java.
>
> -Chip-
>
> On 1/31/10 18:47 Thomas Schneider said:
>> Hello Chip,
>> the tools.jar file is in the ...\JRE\subdirectory. You probaly
>> hand-moved it to your
>> NetRexx directory, or moved NetRexx to the proper Java ... \JRE\...
>> Directory.
>>
>> When you like, I could look up in detail in my NetRexx installation,
>> but when you would like
>> me to do, please send me a private mail to [hidden email].
>>
>> I do NOT want to bother the group/REXXLA with all those details ...
>>
>> Kind regards, Tom.
>>
>> (PS: By the way, the CURRENT Rexx2Nrx.zip file on www.Rexx2Nrx.com
>> SHOULD contain
>> a valid copy of NetRexx as well ...)
>>
>> PPS: I did somewhere recognize a release version 2.05 of netRexx (I
>> think from Kermit Kiser,
>> or at the IBM home-pages, I am NOT sure), but as I am be off from
>> ibm-netrexx
>> for more than 2 years, I am NOT sure what the most recent version is.
>>
>> I'm still using NetRexx 2.02 without any problems, by the way.
>>
>> =============================================================
>> Chip Davis schrieb:
>>> Various things have changed on my system since the last time I ran a
>>> NetRexx
>>> program and it had stopped working. Rather than try to figure out
>>> what had
>>> changed, I simply downloaded a fresh copy of the zip file from IBM.
>>> Turns out
>>> it was the same as the one I had, but I was unable to successfully
>>> install it.
>>>
>>> It appears that some things have changed on the Java-front, not the
>>> least of
>>> which is that I do not seem to have a 'tools.jar' file.
>>>
>>> There is a daemon that periodically downloads the latest JRE for me,
>>> and what I
>>> have is C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\lib" (and \bin), reported to be
>>> at the level
>>> "Version 6 Update 15 (build 1.6.0_15-b03).
>>>
>>> I seem to recall that in the past I had the JDK installed as well,
>>> but the
>>> NetRexx installation instructions do not indicate that the
>>> development kit is
>>> necessary.
>>>
>>> I've tried moving the NetRexx files to the specified directories,
>>> updating the
>>> PATH and CLASSPATH, and any other variants I could think of, but I
>>> still get:
>>>
>>> C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin>java COM.ibm.netrexx.process.NetRexxC
>>> hello
>>> NetRexx portable processor, version 2.05
>>> Copyright (c) IBM Corporation, 2005. All rights reserved.
>>> Program hello.nrx
>>> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
>>> sun/tools/javac/Main
>>> at
>>> COM.ibm.netrexx.process.RxTranslator.compile(RxTranslator.nrx:660)
>>> at COM.ibm.netrexx.process.NetRexxC.process(NetRexxC.nrx:183)
>>> at COM.ibm.netrexx.process.NetRexxC.main2(NetRexxC.nrx:123)
>>> at COM.ibm.netrexx.process.NetRexxC.main(NetRexxC.nrx:82)
>>> Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: sun.tools.javac.Main
>>> at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
>>> at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
>>> at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
>>> at sun.misc.Launcher$ExtClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
>>> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
>>> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
>>> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(Unknown Source)
>>> ... 4 more
>>>
>>> Suggestions?
>>>
>>> -Chip-
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Ibm-netrexx mailing list
>>> [hidden email]
>>>
>>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Ibm-netrexx mailing list
>> [hidden email]
>>
>>
> _______________________________________________
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> [hidden email]
>
>
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Chip Davis-2

Installation woes...

Thanks Kermit! That's all I wanted to hear.

I have found that the simpler the problem seems to be, the greater the
likelihood that I've misunderstood something. :-) I just wanted to make sure
that all I needed to do was install the JDK.

Then maybe I'll take a crack at updating the installation ReadMe to reflect the
fact that SUN has changed (again) the directory naming conventions, and to make
explicit the option of not moving the .jar files and the references to the JDK.
If the JDK is truly optional, the installation verification procedure
(compiling hello.nrx) is not really appropriate, imho.

-Chip-

On 1/31/10 20:27 Kermit Kiser said:

> Hi Chip ;
>
> The NetRexx user guide says that the JDK is required if you want to
> compile NetRexx programs with the SUN compiler. Note that the guide
> calls the JDK a "toolkit":
>
> Note that to run any of the samples, or use the NetRexx translator,
> you must have
> already installed the Java runtime (and toolkit, if you want to
> compile NetRexx programs
> using the default compiler).
>
> The section on using the translator as a compiler says this:
>
> The installation instructions for the NetRexx translator describe
> how to use the package
> to compile and run a simple NetRexx program (hello.nrx). When using
> the translator
> in this way (as a compiler), the translator parses and checks the
> NetRexx source code,
> and if no errors were found then generates Java source code. This
> Java code (which is
> known to be correct) is then compiled into bytecodes (.class files)
> using a Java compiler.
> By default, the javac compiler in the Java toolkit is used.
>
> >From the troubleshooting section:
>
> The compiler appears to work, but towards the end fails with
> Exception ...
> NoClassDefFoundError: sun/tools/javac/Main. This indicates that you
> are running Java
> 1.2 or later but did not add the Java tools to your CLASSPATH (hence
> Java could
> not find the javac compiler). See the Installing for Java 1.2+
> section (see page 8) for
> more details, and an alternative action.
>
> You have only the Java runtime installed, and not the toolkit. If
> the toolkit is
> installed, you should have a program called javac on your computer.
> You can check
> whether javac is available and working by issuing the javac command
> at a command
> prompt; it should respond with usage information.
>
> I don't think you need the JDK if you use NetRexx as an interpreter.
>
> -- Kermit
>
>
> Chip Davis wrote:
>> Thanks for the prompt reply, Tom.
>>
>> Yes, NetRexx 2.05 is the current distribution and what I attempted to
>> install.
>>
>> I did an exhaustive search of the entire drive and the only
>> "tools.jar" file on it is a Mozilla "hdrtools.jar" file used with Chrome.
>>
>> My best guess is that somewhere along the line my JDK was replaced
>> (probably by one of those too-smart automated downloads) with just the
>> JRE.
>>
>> I was not aware that the only way to get 'tools.jar' was via the JDK.
>> If true (and that is indeed my problem) then at the very least we need
>> to make a notation in the Users Guide and installation ReadMe.
>>
>> And while I'm asking, can anyone confirm that it is possible to
>> compile and run NetRexx apps without having to move any NetRexx files
>> into Java directories, but with appropriate entries in the PATH and
>> CLASSPATH environment variables?
>>
>> I don't want to have to move NetRexx files each time I get an updated
>> version of Java.
>>
>> -Chip-
>>
>> On 1/31/10 18:47 Thomas Schneider said:
>>> Hello Chip,
>>> the tools.jar file is in the ...\JRE\subdirectory. You probaly
>>> hand-moved it to your
>>> NetRexx directory, or moved NetRexx to the proper Java ... \JRE\...
>>> Directory.
>>>
>>> When you like, I could look up in detail in my NetRexx installation,
>>> but when you would like
>>> me to do, please send me a private mail to [hidden email].
>>>
>>> I do NOT want to bother the group/REXXLA with all those details ...
>>>
>>> Kind regards, Tom.
>>>
>>> (PS: By the way, the CURRENT Rexx2Nrx.zip file on www.Rexx2Nrx.com
>>> SHOULD contain
>>> a valid copy of NetRexx as well ...)
>>>
>>> PPS: I did somewhere recognize a release version 2.05 of netRexx (I
>>> think from Kermit Kiser,
>>> or at the IBM home-pages, I am NOT sure), but as I am be off from
>>> ibm-netrexx
>>> for more than 2 years, I am NOT sure what the most recent version is.
>>>
>>> I'm still using NetRexx 2.02 without any problems, by the way.
>>>
>>> =============================================================
>>> Chip Davis schrieb:
>>>> Various things have changed on my system since the last time I ran a
>>>> NetRexx
>>>> program and it had stopped working. Rather than try to figure out
>>>> what had
>>>> changed, I simply downloaded a fresh copy of the zip file from IBM.
>>>> Turns out
>>>> it was the same as the one I had, but I was unable to successfully
>>>> install it.
>>>>
>>>> It appears that some things have changed on the Java-front, not the
>>>> least of
>>>> which is that I do not seem to have a 'tools.jar' file.
>>>>
>>>> There is a daemon that periodically downloads the latest JRE for me,
>>>> and what I
>>>> have is C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\lib" (and \bin), reported to be
>>>> at the level
>>>> "Version 6 Update 15 (build 1.6.0_15-b03).
>>>>
>>>> I seem to recall that in the past I had the JDK installed as well,
>>>> but the
>>>> NetRexx installation instructions do not indicate that the
>>>> development kit is
>>>> necessary.
>>>>
>>>> I've tried moving the NetRexx files to the specified directories,
>>>> updating the
>>>> PATH and CLASSPATH, and any other variants I could think of, but I
>>>> still get:
>>>>
>>>> C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin>java COM.ibm.netrexx.process.NetRexxC
>>>> hello
>>>> NetRexx portable processor, version 2.05
>>>> Copyright (c) IBM Corporation, 2005. All rights reserved.
>>>> Program hello.nrx
>>>> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
>>>> sun/tools/javac/Main
>>>> at
>>>> COM.ibm.netrexx.process.RxTranslator.compile(RxTranslator.nrx:660)
>>>> at COM.ibm.netrexx.process.NetRexxC.process(NetRexxC.nrx:183)
>>>> at COM.ibm.netrexx.process.NetRexxC.main2(NetRexxC.nrx:123)
>>>> at COM.ibm.netrexx.process.NetRexxC.main(NetRexxC.nrx:82)
>>>> Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: sun.tools.javac.Main
>>>> at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
>>>> at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
>>>> at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
>>>> at sun.misc.Launcher$ExtClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
>>>> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
>>>> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
>>>> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(Unknown Source)
>>>> ... 4 more
>>>>
>>>> Suggestions?
>>>>
>>>> -Chip-
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> Ibm-netrexx mailing list
>>>> [hidden email]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Ibm-netrexx mailing list
>>> [hidden email]
>>>
>>>
>> _______________________________________________
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>> [hidden email]
>>
>>
>>
>
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Thomas.Schneider.Wien

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Hello Chip,
it *is* **certainly** true that you can compile NetRexx Files witout
moving anything around....

That's actually what I'm doing since years (when not decades) ...

When you like, I could look in detail into this (long time ago, sorry, I
cannot recall it by brain) ...
.. and all my PATH, CLASSPATH, etc entries and mail it to you..

I currently have NetRexx 2.02, and JRE 1.6, however, installed....

And it might well be that the tools.jar file of Java is no longer needed
at all...

I will have to check this, when you like....
Tom.
)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))
Chip Davis schrieb:

Tom. (ths@db-123.com)

Thomas.Schneider.Wien

Installation woes...

In reply to this post by Chip Davis-2

Whoops, Chip, Kermit,

that is really NEW for me as well.

Great idea to update the README File where appropiate.

Please send to me at [hidden email] when done, so that I could update
www.rexx2Nrx.com doc's and behaviour as well...

Thanks in advance,
Tom.
=======================================
Chip Davis schrieb:

> Thanks Kermit! That's all I wanted to hear.
>
> I have found that the simpler the problem seems to be, the greater the
> likelihood that I've misunderstood something. :-) I just wanted to
> make sure that all I needed to do was install the JDK.
>
> Then maybe I'll take a crack at updating the installation ReadMe to
> reflect the fact that SUN has changed (again) the directory naming
> conventions, and to make explicit the option of not moving the .jar
> files and the references to the JDK. If the JDK is truly optional,
> the installation verification procedure (compiling hello.nrx) is not
> really appropriate, imho.
>
> -Chip-
>
> On 1/31/10 20:27 Kermit Kiser said:
>> Hi Chip ;
>>
>> The NetRexx user guide says that the JDK is required if you want to
>> compile NetRexx programs with the SUN compiler. Note that the guide
>> calls the JDK a "toolkit":
>>
>> Note that to run any of the samples, or use the NetRexx translator,
>> you must have
>> already installed the Java runtime (and toolkit, if you want to
>> compile NetRexx programs
>> using the default compiler).
>>
>> The section on using the translator as a compiler says this:
>>
>> The installation instructions for the NetRexx translator describe
>> how to use the package
>> to compile and run a simple NetRexx program (hello.nrx). When using
>> the translator
>> in this way (as a compiler), the translator parses and checks the
>> NetRexx source code,
>> and if no errors were found then generates Java source code. This
>> Java code (which is
>> known to be correct) is then compiled into bytecodes (.class files)
>> using a Java compiler.
>> By default, the javac compiler in the Java toolkit is used.
>>
>> >From the troubleshooting section:
>>
>> The compiler appears to work, but towards the end fails with
>> Exception ...
>> NoClassDefFoundError: sun/tools/javac/Main. This indicates that you
>> are running Java
>> 1.2 or later but did not add the Java tools to your CLASSPATH (hence
>> Java could
>> not find the javac compiler). See the Installing for Java 1.2+
>> section (see page 8) for
>> more details, and an alternative action.
>>
>> You have only the Java runtime installed, and not the toolkit. If
>> the toolkit is
>> installed, you should have a program called javac on your computer.
>> You can check
>> whether javac is available and working by issuing the javac command
>> at a command
>> prompt; it should respond with usage information.
>>
>> I don't think you need the JDK if you use NetRexx as an interpreter.
>>
>> -- Kermit
>>
>>
>> Chip Davis wrote:
>>> Thanks for the prompt reply, Tom.
>>>
>>> Yes, NetRexx 2.05 is the current distribution and what I attempted
>>> to install.
>>>
>>> I did an exhaustive search of the entire drive and the only
>>> "tools.jar" file on it is a Mozilla "hdrtools.jar" file used with
>>> Chrome.
>>>
>>> My best guess is that somewhere along the line my JDK was replaced
>>> (probably by one of those too-smart automated downloads) with just
>>> the JRE.
>>>
>>> I was not aware that the only way to get 'tools.jar' was via the
>>> JDK. If true (and that is indeed my problem) then at the very least
>>> we need to make a notation in the Users Guide and installation ReadMe.
>>>
>>> And while I'm asking, can anyone confirm that it is possible to
>>> compile and run NetRexx apps without having to move any NetRexx
>>> files into Java directories, but with appropriate entries in the
>>> PATH and CLASSPATH environment variables?
>>>
>>> I don't want to have to move NetRexx files each time I get an
>>> updated version of Java.
>>>
>>> -Chip-
>>>
>>> On 1/31/10 18:47 Thomas Schneider said:
>>>> Hello Chip,
>>>> the tools.jar file is in the ...\JRE\subdirectory. You probaly
>>>> hand-moved it to your
>>>> NetRexx directory, or moved NetRexx to the proper Java ... \JRE\...
>>>> Directory.
>>>>
>>>> When you like, I could look up in detail in my NetRexx
>>>> installation, but when you would like
>>>> me to do, please send me a private mail to [hidden email].
>>>>
>>>> I do NOT want to bother the group/REXXLA with all those details ...
>>>>
>>>> Kind regards, Tom.
>>>>
>>>> (PS: By the way, the CURRENT Rexx2Nrx.zip file on www.Rexx2Nrx.com
>>>> SHOULD contain
>>>> a valid copy of NetRexx as well ...)
>>>>
>>>> PPS: I did somewhere recognize a release version 2.05 of netRexx (I
>>>> think from Kermit Kiser,
>>>> or at the IBM home-pages, I am NOT sure), but as I am be off from
>>>> ibm-netrexx
>>>> for more than 2 years, I am NOT sure what the most recent version is.
>>>>
>>>> I'm still using NetRexx 2.02 without any problems, by the way.
>>>>
>>>> =============================================================
>>>> Chip Davis schrieb:
>>>>> Various things have changed on my system since the last time I ran
>>>>> a NetRexx
>>>>> program and it had stopped working. Rather than try to figure out
>>>>> what had
>>>>> changed, I simply downloaded a fresh copy of the zip file from
>>>>> IBM. Turns out
>>>>> it was the same as the one I had, but I was unable to successfully
>>>>> install it.
>>>>>
>>>>> It appears that some things have changed on the Java-front, not
>>>>> the least of
>>>>> which is that I do not seem to have a 'tools.jar' file.
>>>>>
>>>>> There is a daemon that periodically downloads the latest JRE for
>>>>> me, and what I
>>>>> have is C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\lib" (and \bin), reported to be
>>>>> at the level
>>>>> "Version 6 Update 15 (build 1.6.0_15-b03).
>>>>>
>>>>> I seem to recall that in the past I had the JDK installed as well,
>>>>> but the
>>>>> NetRexx installation instructions do not indicate that the
>>>>> development kit is
>>>>> necessary.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've tried moving the NetRexx files to the specified directories,
>>>>> updating the
>>>>> PATH and CLASSPATH, and any other variants I could think of, but I
>>>>> still get:
>>>>>
>>>>> C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin>java
>>>>> COM.ibm.netrexx.process.NetRexxC hello
>>>>> NetRexx portable processor, version 2.05
>>>>> Copyright (c) IBM Corporation, 2005. All rights reserved.
>>>>> Program hello.nrx
>>>>> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
>>>>> sun/tools/javac/Main
>>>>> at
>>>>> COM.ibm.netrexx.process.RxTranslator.compile(RxTranslator.nrx:660)
>>>>> at COM.ibm.netrexx.process.NetRexxC.process(NetRexxC.nrx:183)
>>>>> at COM.ibm.netrexx.process.NetRexxC.main2(NetRexxC.nrx:123)
>>>>> at COM.ibm.netrexx.process.NetRexxC.main(NetRexxC.nrx:82)
>>>>> Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: sun.tools.javac.Main
>>>>> at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
>>>>> at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
>>>>> at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
>>>>> at sun.misc.Launcher$ExtClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
>>>>> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
>>>>> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
>>>>> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(Unknown Source)
>>>>> ... 4 more
>>>>>
>>>>> Suggestions?
>>>>>
>>>>> -Chip-
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> Ibm-netrexx mailing list
>>>>> [hidden email]
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> Ibm-netrexx mailing list
>>>> [hidden email]
>>>>
>>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Ibm-netrexx mailing list
>>> [hidden email]
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
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>>
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Tom. (ths@db-123.com)

Rupp Peter - prupp

Installation woes...

Hello,

The JDK (as opposed to the JRE) is optional in the case where you want
to simply run your java application (.class) files. To run a java
.class file, all that is required is the JRE (runtime) and any other
required 3rd-party java classes called from your application. For most
NetRexx applications that are using the Rexx class, you would then need
to include the Rexx java classes in your processe's CLASSPATH
environment variable, so java has access to them.

On the other hand, the process of converting NetRexx source into java
class ultimately requires the javac compiler which is only available in
the JDK (Java Development Kit) versions of Java

The Unix scripts used as a front-end to the Netrexx compile process
might need to be modified in the case where Java libraries are located
in a different location than originally coded for in the script. This
would likely include both your PATH, CLASSPATH variables.

I hope that helps clarify some of the confusion...

-----Original Message-----
From: [hidden email]
[mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Thomas
Schneider
Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 6:52 PM
To: IBM Netrexx
Subject: Re: [Ibm-netrexx] Installation woes...

Whoops, Chip, Kermit,

that is really NEW for me as well.

Great idea to update the README File where appropiate.

Please send to me at [hidden email] when done, so that I could update
www.rexx2Nrx.com doc's and behaviour as well...

Thanks in advance,
Tom.
=======================================
Chip Davis schrieb:
> Thanks Kermit! That's all I wanted to hear.
>
> I have found that the simpler the problem seems to be, the greater the

> likelihood that I've misunderstood something. :-) I just wanted to
> make sure that all I needed to do was install the JDK.
>
> Then maybe I'll take a crack at updating the installation ReadMe to
> reflect the fact that SUN has changed (again) the directory naming
> conventions, and to make explicit the option of not moving the .jar
> files and the references to the JDK. If the JDK is truly optional,
> the installation verification procedure (compiling hello.nrx) is not
> really appropriate, imho.
>
> -Chip-
>
> On 1/31/10 20:27 Kermit Kiser said:
>> Hi Chip ;
>>
>> The NetRexx user guide says that the JDK is required if you want to
>> compile NetRexx programs with the SUN compiler. Note that the guide
>> calls the JDK a "toolkit":
>>
>> Note that to run any of the samples, or use the NetRexx

translator,

>> you must have
>> already installed the Java runtime (and toolkit, if you want to
>> compile NetRexx programs
>> using the default compiler).
>>
>> The section on using the translator as a compiler says this:
>>
>> The installation instructions for the NetRexx translator describe
>> how to use the package
>> to compile and run a simple NetRexx program (hello.nrx). When

using
>> the translator
>> in this way (as a compiler), the translator parses and checks the
>> NetRexx source code,
>> and if no errors were found then generates Java source code. This
>> Java code (which is
>> known to be correct) is then compiled into bytecodes (.class
files)
>> using a Java compiler.
>> By default, the javac compiler in the Java toolkit is used.
>>
>> >From the troubleshooting section:
>>
>> The compiler appears to work, but towards the end fails with
>> Exception ...
>> NoClassDefFoundError: sun/tools/javac/Main. This indicates that
you
>> are running Java
>> 1.2 or later but did not add the Java tools to your CLASSPATH
(hence
>> Java could
>> not find the javac compiler). See the Installing for Java 1.2+
>> section (see page 8) for
>> more details, and an alternative action.
>>
>> You have only the Java runtime installed, and not the toolkit. If
>> the toolkit is
>> installed, you should have a program called javac on your
computer.
>> You can check
>> whether javac is available and working by issuing the javac
command

>> at a command
>> prompt; it should respond with usage information.
>>
>> I don't think you need the JDK if you use NetRexx as an interpreter.
>>
>> -- Kermit
>>
>>
>> Chip Davis wrote:
>>> Thanks for the prompt reply, Tom.
>>>
>>> Yes, NetRexx 2.05 is the current distribution and what I attempted
>>> to install.
>>>
>>> I did an exhaustive search of the entire drive and the only
>>> "tools.jar" file on it is a Mozilla "hdrtools.jar" file used with
>>> Chrome.
>>>
>>> My best guess is that somewhere along the line my JDK was replaced
>>> (probably by one of those too-smart automated downloads) with just
>>> the JRE.
>>>
>>> I was not aware that the only way to get 'tools.jar' was via the
>>> JDK. If true (and that is indeed my problem) then at the very least

>>> we need to make a notation in the Users Guide and installation
ReadMe.

>>>
>>> And while I'm asking, can anyone confirm that it is possible to
>>> compile and run NetRexx apps without having to move any NetRexx
>>> files into Java directories, but with appropriate entries in the
>>> PATH and CLASSPATH environment variables?
>>>
>>> I don't want to have to move NetRexx files each time I get an
>>> updated version of Java.
>>>
>>> -Chip-
>>>
>>> On 1/31/10 18:47 Thomas Schneider said:
>>>> Hello Chip,
>>>> the tools.jar file is in the ...\JRE\subdirectory. You probaly
>>>> hand-moved it to your
>>>> NetRexx directory, or moved NetRexx to the proper Java ... \JRE\...

>>>> Directory.
>>>>
>>>> When you like, I could look up in detail in my NetRexx
>>>> installation, but when you would like
>>>> me to do, please send me a private mail to [hidden email].
>>>>
>>>> I do NOT want to bother the group/REXXLA with all those details ...
>>>>
>>>> Kind regards, Tom.
>>>>
>>>> (PS: By the way, the CURRENT Rexx2Nrx.zip file on www.Rexx2Nrx.com
>>>> SHOULD contain
>>>> a valid copy of NetRexx as well ...)
>>>>
>>>> PPS: I did somewhere recognize a release version 2.05 of netRexx (I

>>>> think from Kermit Kiser,
>>>> or at the IBM home-pages, I am NOT sure), but as I am be off from
>>>> ibm-netrexx
>>>> for more than 2 years, I am NOT sure what the most recent version
is.
>>>>
>>>> I'm still using NetRexx 2.02 without any problems, by the way.
>>>>
>>>> =============================================================
>>>> Chip Davis schrieb:
>>>>> Various things have changed on my system since the last time I ran

>>>>> a NetRexx
>>>>> program and it had stopped working. Rather than try to figure out

>>>>> what had
>>>>> changed, I simply downloaded a fresh copy of the zip file from
>>>>> IBM. Turns out
>>>>> it was the same as the one I had, but I was unable to successfully

>>>>> install it.
>>>>>
>>>>> It appears that some things have changed on the Java-front, not
>>>>> the least of
>>>>> which is that I do not seem to have a 'tools.jar' file.
>>>>>
>>>>> There is a daemon that periodically downloads the latest JRE for
>>>>> me, and what I
>>>>> have is C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\lib" (and \bin), reported to be

>>>>> at the level
>>>>> "Version 6 Update 15 (build 1.6.0_15-b03).
>>>>>
>>>>> I seem to recall that in the past I had the JDK installed as well,

>>>>> but the
>>>>> NetRexx installation instructions do not indicate that the
>>>>> development kit is
>>>>> necessary.
>>>>>
>>>>> I've tried moving the NetRexx files to the specified directories,
>>>>> updating the
>>>>> PATH and CLASSPATH, and any other variants I could think of, but I

>>>>> still get:
>>>>>
>>>>> C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin>java
>>>>> COM.ibm.netrexx.process.NetRexxC hello
>>>>> NetRexx portable processor, version 2.05
>>>>> Copyright (c) IBM Corporation, 2005. All rights reserved.
>>>>> Program hello.nrx
>>>>> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
>>>>> sun/tools/javac/Main
>>>>> at
>>>>> COM.ibm.netrexx.process.RxTranslator.compile(RxTranslator.nrx:660)
>>>>> at

COM.ibm.netrexx.process.NetRexxC.process(NetRexxC.nrx:183)
>>>>> at
COM.ibm.netrexx.process.NetRexxC.main2(NetRexxC.nrx:123)
>>>>> at COM.ibm.netrexx.process.NetRexxC.main(NetRexxC.nrx:82)
>>>>> Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: sun.tools.javac.Main
>>>>> at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
>>>>> at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native
Method)
>>>>> at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
>>>>> at sun.misc.Launcher$ExtClassLoader.findClass(Unknown
Source)

>>>>> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
>>>>> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
>>>>> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(Unknown Source)
>>>>> ... 4 more
>>>>>
>>>>> Suggestions?
>>>>>
>>>>> -Chip-
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> Ibm-netrexx mailing list
>>>>> [hidden email]
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> Ibm-netrexx mailing list
>>>> [hidden email]
>>>>
>>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
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>>> [hidden email]
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>

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README. :-)

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On 2/1/10 14:43 Rupp Peter - prupp said:

> Hello,
>
> The JDK (as opposed to the JRE) is optional in the case where you want
> to simply run your java application (.class) files. To run a java
> .class file, all that is required is the JRE (runtime) and any other
> required 3rd-party java classes called from your application. For most
> NetRexx applications that are using the Rexx class, you would then need
> to include the Rexx java classes in your processe's CLASSPATH
> environment variable, so java has access to them.
>
> On the other hand, the process of converting NetRexx source into java
> class ultimately requires the javac compiler which is only available in
> the JDK (Java Development Kit) versions of Java
>
> The Unix scripts used as a front-end to the Netrexx compile process
> might need to be modified in the case where Java libraries are located
> in a different location than originally coded for in the script. This
> would likely include both your PATH, CLASSPATH variables.
>
> I hope that helps clarify some of the confusion...
>
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [hidden email]
> [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Thomas
> Schneider
> Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 6:52 PM
> To: IBM Netrexx
> Subject: Re: [Ibm-netrexx] Installation woes...
>
> Whoops, Chip, Kermit,
>
> that is really NEW for me as well.
>
> Great idea to update the README File where appropiate.
>
> Please send to me at [hidden email] when done, so that I could update
> www.rexx2Nrx.com doc's and behaviour as well...
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Tom.
> =======================================
> Chip Davis schrieb:
>> Thanks Kermit! That's all I wanted to hear.
>>
>> I have found that the simpler the problem seems to be, the greater the
>
>> likelihood that I've misunderstood something. :-) I just wanted to
>> make sure that all I needed to do was install the JDK.
>>
>> Then maybe I'll take a crack at updating the installation ReadMe to
>> reflect the fact that SUN has changed (again) the directory naming
>> conventions, and to make explicit the option of not moving the .jar
>> files and the references to the JDK. If the JDK is truly optional,
>> the installation verification procedure (compiling hello.nrx) is not
>> really appropriate, imho.
>>
>> -Chip-
>>
>> On 1/31/10 20:27 Kermit Kiser said:
>>> Hi Chip ;
>>>
>>> The NetRexx user guide says that the JDK is required if you want to
>>> compile NetRexx programs with the SUN compiler. Note that the guide
>>> calls the JDK a "toolkit":
>>>
>>> Note that to run any of the samples, or use the NetRexx
> translator,
>>> you must have
>>> already installed the Java runtime (and toolkit, if you want to
>>> compile NetRexx programs
>>> using the default compiler).
>>>
>>> The section on using the translator as a compiler says this:
>>>
>>> The installation instructions for the NetRexx translator describe
>>> how to use the package
>>> to compile and run a simple NetRexx program (hello.nrx). When
> using
>>> the translator
>>> in this way (as a compiler), the translator parses and checks the
>>> NetRexx source code,
>>> and if no errors were found then generates Java source code. This
>>> Java code (which is
>>> known to be correct) is then compiled into bytecodes (.class
> files)
>>> using a Java compiler.
>>> By default, the javac compiler in the Java toolkit is used.
>>>
>>> >From the troubleshooting section:
>>>
>>> The compiler appears to work, but towards the end fails with
>>> Exception ...
>>> NoClassDefFoundError: sun/tools/javac/Main. This indicates that
> you
>>> are running Java
>>> 1.2 or later but did not add the Java tools to your CLASSPATH
> (hence
>>> Java could
>>> not find the javac compiler). See the Installing for Java 1.2+
>>> section (see page 8) for
>>> more details, and an alternative action.
>>>
>>> You have only the Java runtime installed, and not the toolkit. If
>>> the toolkit is
>>> installed, you should have a program called javac on your
> computer.
>>> You can check
>>> whether javac is available and working by issuing the javac
> command
>>> at a command
>>> prompt; it should respond with usage information.
>>>
>>> I don't think you need the JDK if you use NetRexx as an interpreter.
>>>
>>> -- Kermit
>>>
>>>
>>> Chip Davis wrote:
>>>> Thanks for the prompt reply, Tom.
>>>>
>>>> Yes, NetRexx 2.05 is the current distribution and what I attempted
>>>> to install.
>>>>
>>>> I did an exhaustive search of the entire drive and the only
>>>> "tools.jar" file on it is a Mozilla "hdrtools.jar" file used with
>>>> Chrome.
>>>>
>>>> My best guess is that somewhere along the line my JDK was replaced
>>>> (probably by one of those too-smart automated downloads) with just
>>>> the JRE.
>>>>
>>>> I was not aware that the only way to get 'tools.jar' was via the
>>>> JDK. If true (and that is indeed my problem) then at the very least
>
>>>> we need to make a notation in the Users Guide and installation
> ReadMe.
>>>> And while I'm asking, can anyone confirm that it is possible to
>>>> compile and run NetRexx apps without having to move any NetRexx
>>>> files into Java directories, but with appropriate entries in the
>>>> PATH and CLASSPATH environment variables?
>>>>
>>>> I don't want to have to move NetRexx files each time I get an
>>>> updated version of Java.
>>>>
>>>> -Chip-
>>>>
>>>> On 1/31/10 18:47 Thomas Schneider said:
>>>>> Hello Chip,
>>>>> the tools.jar file is in the ...\JRE\subdirectory. You probaly
>>>>> hand-moved it to your
>>>>> NetRexx directory, or moved NetRexx to the proper Java ... \JRE\...
>
>>>>> Directory.
>>>>>
>>>>> When you like, I could look up in detail in my NetRexx
>>>>> installation, but when you would like
>>>>> me to do, please send me a private mail to [hidden email].
>>>>>
>>>>> I do NOT want to bother the group/REXXLA with all those details ...
>>>>>
>>>>> Kind regards, Tom.
>>>>>
>>>>> (PS: By the way, the CURRENT Rexx2Nrx.zip file on www.Rexx2Nrx.com
>>>>> SHOULD contain
>>>>> a valid copy of NetRexx as well ...)
>>>>>
>>>>> PPS: I did somewhere recognize a release version 2.05 of netRexx (I
>
>>>>> think from Kermit Kiser,
>>>>> or at the IBM home-pages, I am NOT sure), but as I am be off from
>>>>> ibm-netrexx
>>>>> for more than 2 years, I am NOT sure what the most recent version
> is.
>>>>> I'm still using NetRexx 2.02 without any problems, by the way.
>>>>>
>>>>> =============================================================
>>>>> Chip Davis schrieb:
>>>>>> Various things have changed on my system since the last time I ran
>
>>>>>> a NetRexx
>>>>>> program and it had stopped working. Rather than try to figure out
>
>>>>>> what had
>>>>>> changed, I simply downloaded a fresh copy of the zip file from
>>>>>> IBM. Turns out
>>>>>> it was the same as the one I had, but I was unable to successfully
>
>>>>>> install it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It appears that some things have changed on the Java-front, not
>>>>>> the least of
>>>>>> which is that I do not seem to have a 'tools.jar' file.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There is a daemon that periodically downloads the latest JRE for
>>>>>> me, and what I
>>>>>> have is C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\lib" (and \bin), reported to be
>
>>>>>> at the level
>>>>>> "Version 6 Update 15 (build 1.6.0_15-b03).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I seem to recall that in the past I had the JDK installed as well,
>
>>>>>> but the
>>>>>> NetRexx installation instructions do not indicate that the
>>>>>> development kit is
>>>>>> necessary.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've tried moving the NetRexx files to the specified directories,
>>>>>> updating the
>>>>>> PATH and CLASSPATH, and any other variants I could think of, but I
>
>>>>>> still get:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin>java
>>>>>> COM.ibm.netrexx.process.NetRexxC hello
>>>>>> NetRexx portable processor, version 2.05
>>>>>> Copyright (c) IBM Corporation, 2005. All rights reserved.
>>>>>> Program hello.nrx
>>>>>> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
>>>>>> sun/tools/javac/Main
>>>>>> at
>>>>>> COM.ibm.netrexx.process.RxTranslator.compile(RxTranslator.nrx:660)
>>>>>> at
> COM.ibm.netrexx.process.NetRexxC.process(NetRexxC.nrx:183)
>>>>>> at
> COM.ibm.netrexx.process.NetRexxC.main2(NetRexxC.nrx:123)
>>>>>> at COM.ibm.netrexx.process.NetRexxC.main(NetRexxC.nrx:82)
>>>>>> Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: sun.tools.javac.Main
>>>>>> at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(Unknown Source)
>>>>>> at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native
> Method)
>>>>>> at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(Unknown Source)
>>>>>> at sun.misc.Launcher$ExtClassLoader.findClass(Unknown
> Source)
>>>>>> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
>>>>>> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(Unknown Source)
>>>>>> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(Unknown Source)
>>>>>> ... 4 more
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Suggestions?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -Chip-
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