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Trouble Understanding/Locating a Jar file (JIDT package) needed for Octave to Java Array Conversion

In this previous question, I was trying to rework some Matlab code and figure out a package called javaplex to be compatible with Octave; it uses Java, but is tooled for Matlab, hence that issue. Now in an interval of time, I was busy/running simulations, and hadn't gotten around to a final step - actually using the package, with most all of the difficulties worked out. It turns out that another step exists: I need to convert an Octave array to a Java array (although I'm not sure why this issue didn't come up in Matlab).
To do so, I have turned to this script, in which the comments indicate that when using it, it
Assumes the JIDT [Java Information Dynamics Toolkit] jar is already on the java classpath - you will get a java classpath error if this is not the case.
So I go to the JIDT GitHub page and download this package. Now I am not a very avid user of java, so I believe I am failing to see something fairly straightforward: I am not sure where the "JIDT jar" is that is referenced in the above block quote! I can't find such a particular jar file to put in Octave's java classpath. In this tutorial for JIDT, they say you need the "infodynamics.jar" file in the classpath (page 9). I'm not sure what jar file I should be looking for, and where. Any help understanding the nature, name and location of this jar file (within the infodynamics toolkit folder) would be appreciated!
As an inevitable follow-up question, because this will come up upon resolving this issue, I would like to clarify the following procedure is how to add a jar file to the Octave (static) java classpath (following this answer here, I wasn't sure if I was implementing correctly):
I create a file called "javaclasspath.txt" inside of the directory I use in Octave.
I enter the name of files as follows: "./path/to/your-file.jar"
I suppose my main issue here is where do I start the path (all the way back with "C:/..."?), and do I put this "javaclasspath.txt" file in the directory folder I will be using most of the time in Octave?
Edit: I cannot find "infodynamics.jar" as shown here:

The JIDT jar is named infodynamics.jar and it is located in the root of the downloads infodynamics-dist-1.4.zip file.

"Could Not Find or Load Main Class..."

I am new to Java and I got this book to help me start.
I have successfully compiled Hello.java using "javac Hello.java".
Now it says to type in "java Hello" and I am getting "Could not load of find main class Hello". I have tried to find out how to fix it before but all the answers are complicated and confusing. If someone could explain how to fix this, that would be awesome.

The problem appears to be of CLASSPATH.
Solution 1
Add the path of your directory where you have compiled your class to the CLASSPATH variable in Environment Variables.
Solution 2
Every time you run the program add the current folder and libraries you are referencing in the classpath using -classpath. eg:
java -classpath .;lib/referenced-libs.jar my.package.MainClass

Make sure the main method with exactly this syntax is present in the Hello.java file:
public static void main(String[] args) {
// your code will go here...
}

you should check if the hello.class file is present in the folder. java runs these .class files. These files are created on successful compilation.

Matlab doesn't see .jar file

Ok, I'm stumped here. I'm using Matlab version 2013b with a Java RTE of 1.7.0_11 and I'm trying to run a simple piece of code to see if Matlab is able to read the .jar file and nothing seems to be working.
Here is the Java code, which is compiled to a .jar named JavaOCT.jar, which is placed in the Matlab working directory:
package VTK;
public class vtkVolumeView{
public int Test(){
return 10;
}
}
That is it, no other dependencies, nothing fancy. In Matlab, I try:
javaaddpath('\JavaOCT.jar'); %<-Directory and name are 100% correct
import VTK.*; %<-Package name from above
methodsview VTK.vtkVolumeView; %<-Can't find the class, argh!
Matlab kicks back that it can't find the class.
Things I've done to try and solve the problem:
Reverted to the exact same JDK as the Matlab RTE
Tried an older 1.6 JDK
Done lots of stack overflow research to try and solve it 1 2 3 4
Tried used javaclasspath and pointing to the compiled class instead
Read the Matlab documentation 5
Using clear -java after the javaaddpath
Any help would be appreciated, it is driving me nuts!
Update: Daniel R suggested just javaaddpath('JavaOCT.jar') which doesn't work either.
Final update: It finally works! I wasn't building the .jar properly. In IntelliJ, click on the project and hit F4. This brings up the Project Structure, then go to Artifacts and click the green + button and add DirectoryContent and then point to the out\production. Once this is done, as mentioned by others, it should show up in Matlab as an expandable .jar.

I don't know which operating system you are using, but the ./ seems invalid.
Try javaaddpath('JavaOCT.jar'); or javaaddpath(fullfile(pwd,'JavaOCT.jar'));.
What does exist(fullfile(pwd,'JavaOCT.jar')) return?

Some things to try:
Add the class file. When using a package, you need to add the class file in at the host of the package. For example, if your code is here:
\\full\path\to\code\VTK\vtkVolumeView.class
Then use:
javaaddpath('\\full\path\to\code')
I'm still suspicious of your *.jar path. You should usually use absolute paths when adding jar files. Try adding the results of which('JavaOCT.jar')
How did you make your jar file? Does it contain the appropriate directory structure implied by your package declaration?

Having trouble compiling a Java program, I am new to it. Can't figure out what to do with directories

I have been searching the web trying to find the answer to my question, but everywhere I look seems to have too complex of a solution for a beginner like me. I have been working on this project, and just now realized that I should've made a package, or something like that. The thing is though, my program was working fine until I started dabbling with it, and now it won't work at all. I am getting this error:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: BubbleSort. class
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: BubbleSort.class
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:434)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:672)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:358)
at ``java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:638)
Could not find the main class: BubbleSort.class. Program will exit.
Here's how my "path" looks, if I am not mistaken. I am connected to my school's Z: drive through a remote connection, and from there I have a folder called myFirstname_Lastname_A4,
which then leads me to another folder called sortingzz which I believe is supposed to have only my source files, but it also ended up with my class files in there whenever I compiled. So here's what I am doing to compile.
cd myFirstname_Lastname_A4/sortingzz
javac *.java (Works fine, this is where I end up with my Class files inside of my sortingzz folder)
java * (This is where I get the error)
I am pretty sure I am just trying to run the program wrong. Before I started messing around with stuff I wasn't ready for, I used to just run the file with my main function in it, like this
javac SortingImplementation.java
java SortingImplementation
And that for the most part worked fine, but I started having trouble calling certain classes from other classes, so thats when I found out I was suppose to do the packaging and importing stuff.
In case that is the issue, I have on the top line of every source file:
package sortingzz;
and I am importing like this:
import sortingzz.*;
This is correct, right?
UPDATE:
I decided to give up on class pathing and trying to package everything, because as usual, I am getting responses that are way over my head, and to be honest I don't think it is necessary.
After removing package and importing from everything, and once again compiling using javac *., it actually compiles this time. However whenever I try to run my class with the main in it, SortingImplementation, it tells me that
Could not find the main class: SortingImplementation. Program will exit.
I don't get it, I am looking at the SortingImplementation.class right now, with all the other classes and java files, so I am not sure what it's trying to do.

javac *.java is fine. This will compile your files. However, you only need to run the file with your main method in it: java MainClass

You say that you are using packages to organize the classes. In this case you need to set the class path using the -cp flag.
javac -cp /path/to/parent/of/package classname.java
and
java classname
Also, your main class should be declared public and should have a main()

NoClassDefFoundError occures when a class was recognised in compile time but was not available during runtime.
So the JVM can't find your class in the classpath.
using -cp flag to specify where your package is should work.

the commanc javac *.java compiles all found java files to corresponding .class files. If you all your classfiles are in the same folder, which they should, you just run your regular java SortingImplementation command.
java * would, a bit depending on your OS, yield in an undesired command. For instance, on Linux it would be expanded by the OS to java SortingImplementation.java SortingImplementation.class BubbleSort. The last one is a directory, which ofcourse is not an executable class.

Could not find or load main class

I have Windows 7, installed jdk1.7.0 and its supporting jre7.
My problem is compilation part works perfectly, but while running the Java program I get this error saying:
"Could not find or load main class"
I am storing all my programs in javalab folder. I have set the path to it. Procedure looks like this:
C:\Users\user>cd\
C:\>cd javalab
C:\javalab>autoexec.bat
C:\javalab>set path=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0\bin
C:\javalab>javac p1.java
C:\javalab>java p1
Error: Could not find or load main class p1
C:\javalab>

I was having a similar issue with my very first java program.
I was issuing this command
java HelloWorld.class
Which resulted in the same error.
Turns out you need to exclude the .class
java HelloWorld

Try:
java -cp . p1
This worked for me when I had the same problem, using Fedora (linux)

Simple way to compile and execute java file.(HelloWorld.java doesn't includes any package)
set path="C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.7.0_45\bin"
javac "HelloWorld.java"
java -cp . HelloWorld
pause

javac should know where to search for classes. Try this:
javac -cp . p1.java
You shouldn't need to specify classpath. Are you sure the file p1.java exists?

I had almost the same problem, but with the following variation:
I've imported a ready-to-use maven project into Eclipse IDE from PC1 (project was working there perfectly) to another PC2
when was trying to run the project on PC 2 got the same error "Could not find or load main class"
I've checked PATH variable (it had many values in my case) and added JAVA_HOME variable (in my case it was JAVA_HOME = C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_03)
After restarting Ecplise it still didn't work
I've tried to run simple HelloWorld.java on PC2 (in another project) - it worked
So I've added HelloWorld class to the imported recently project, executed it there and - huh - my main class in that project started to run normally also.
That's quite odd behavour, I cannot completely understand it.
Hope It'll help somebody. too.

i guess that you have a different class name in p1.java

Check you class name first. It should be p1 as per your batch file instruction. And then check you package of that class, if it is inside any package, specify when you run.
If package is x.y
java x.y.p1

Here is my working env path variables after much troubleshooting
CLASSPATH
.;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre7\lib\ext\QTJava.zip;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.6.0_27\bin
PATH <---sometimes this PATH fills up with too many paths and you can't add a path(which was my case!)
bunchofpaths;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.6.0_27\bin
Additionally, when you try to use the cmd to execute the file...make sure your in the local directory as the file your trying to execute (which you did.)
Just a little checklist for people that have this problem still.

I've had similar problems. If you work with Eclipse, you need to go to the folder where you have your src/ folder... If you used a package - then you use
javac -cp . packageName/className
which means if you've had a package named def and main class with name TextFrame.java you'd write
javac -cp . def/TextFrame
omitting the trailing .java extension, and then you run it with the
java def/TextFrame
and if you have have arguments, then you need to supply it with arguments corresponding to your program.
I hope this helps a bit.

First, put your file *.class (e.g Hello.class) into 1 folder (e.g C:\java). Then you try command and type cd /d C:\java. Now you can type "java Hello" !

You might have the CLASSPATH environment variable already added!!
Use following to avoid further usage of -cp . in java -cp . CLASSFILE
Add . to CLASSPATH in system properties->environment variables or by cmd
set CLASSPATH=%CLASSPATH%;.;

I faced a similar problem in Eclipse. Whenever I clicked on the Run button it gave me the message, "Error: Could not find or load main class". But when I right click on the java file in the project explorer and Run As Java configuration, it works perfectly.
I think this is because it tries by default to run it in some other configuration which causes problems.
Hope this answer helps some.

If you have a single .java file to compile using command-line , then remove
topmost package parts from the code, the compile again, it will work.
This worked for me.

Sometimes what might be causing the issue has nothing to do with the main class. I had to find this out the hard way, it was a referenced library that I moved and it gave me the:
Could not find or load main class xxx Linux
I just delete that reference and added again and it worked fine again.

i had
':'
in my project name e.g 'HKUSTx:part-2'
renaming it 'HKUSTx-part-2' worked for me

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