run Java in ubuntu
Running Java in Ubuntu can encounter issues as following: 1. NoClassDefFoundError issue If you got NoClassDefFoundError like below: Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/example/test/TestException Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.example.test.TestException at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:217) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:205) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:321) at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:294) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:266) Could not find the main class: TestClass. Program will exit. It is most properly that the java $CLASSPATH is not correctly set. Like setting the "Java build path" in eclipse. You can check the $CLASSPATH first: ~$ echo $CLASSPATH solution 1: ~$ export CLASSPATH=$CLASSPATH:/path/to/external/lib:/...