javac : command not found

java compilation centos javac
Bikash Barman picture Bikash Barman · Mar 23, 2011 · Viewed 263.5k times · Source

I have installed java in my CentOS release 5.5 machine using the command yum install java. But I am unable to compile a class using javac.

Do I need to install any other package?

I have tried to locate the javac executable but i am unable to locate it.

/usr/bin/java is linked as follows:
/usr/bin/java -> /etc/alternatives/java
/etc/alternatives/java -> /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/java

I have seen the following output by yum list installed |grep java:

java-1.6.0-openjdk.x86_64              1:1.6.0.0-1.16.b17.el5          installed
tzdata-java.x86_64                     2011b-1.el5                     installed

Answer

Justin Geeslin picture Justin Geeslin · Mar 1, 2012

Worked for me with this command: 

yum install java-devel

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