getting started with Classpath

[Andrew Haley]

Leston Buell writes:
 > Hi. I am very new to all of this, so please go easy on me.

OK.

 > I have not been successful in finding what i need to do to compile
 > my java programs to native code using Classpath. I am using
 > Mandrake 10 and have both gcj and the latest Classpath installed. I
 > can compile my programs using gcj if i don't alter the CLASSPATH
 > variable. When i tried to use Classpath, i did this:
 > 
 >   set CLASSPATH=/usr/local/classpath/share/classpath/glibj.zip
 >   export CLASSPATH
 > 
 > Then i used the same compilation command as i did without Classpath:
 > 
 >   gcj -c -g -O Hello.java
 > 
 > But i get the following error:
 > 
 >   Hello.java: In class `Hello':
 >   Hello.java: In method `Hello.main(java.lang.String[])':
 >   Hello.java:6: internal compiler error: in size_binop, at
 >   fold-const.c:1459
 > 
 > How do i fix this?

You can't.  gcj comes with its own class library, and that's what you
must use.

Andrew.