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
You installed the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) only, which does not provide javac. For javac, you have to install the OpenJDK Development Environment. You can install java-devel or java-11-devel, which both include javac.
By the way: you can find out which package provides javac with a yum search, e.g.
su -c 'yum provides javac'
on more recent releases of CentOS e.g. 6 the command changes to
su -c 'yum provides */javac'