Could not find or load main class - for any program

Question

I'm having a problem where the 'java' command - no matter what I am trying to run, says that it 'Could not find or load main class'.

Everything is fine when compiling with javac, .class files are created. So when I run:

javac HelloWorld.java

on

public class HelloWorld{

    public static void main(String[] args){

        System.out.println("Hello World");

    }

}

everything compiles fine, a HelloWorld.class file is created along side the HelloWorld.java file. However when I then go to run:

java HelloWorld

1) the most telling sign is that when I press tab to autofill 'HelloWorld' nothing comes up.

2) when I do run it, I get the 'Error: Could not find or load main class HelloWorld' despite it being in the same directory, not being part of a package, compiling fine with a .class file, the program having a main class.

For reference running Fedora 23 64bit, openjdk version "1.8.0_111"

Any help appreciated, this is doing my head in.

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Answer 1

Try using java -cp . HelloWorld

Some good reading: http://www.sergiy.ca/how-to-compile-and-launch-java-code-from-command-line/

Could not find or load main class - for any program

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