Please Help! Javac: command not found

Hi all,

I have installed the linux mandrake 10.2 in my laptop.

I am trying to execute some program in java. however i get the next error: javac: command not found.

I have tried to set the PATH in the .bash_profile file and in the profile file in /etc to PATH="$PATH:/usr/lib/jdk-1.4.2_07/jre/bin"

However i get the same error

And when I run "which java " command, I get a directory : usr/bin/java

and I think, this is not the directory that contain the jdk.

I have tried to look for this problem in internet, however i dont understand what is the problem

Can somebody help me, please?

Andrea

often you'll find a "fake" directory [i think they're called alias directories, or linking directories"] in unix/linux.
chances are, when you go to /usr/bin/java, it's the exact same as going to /usr/lib/jdk-whatever

What happens if you try using the full path to execute Javac?
/usr/lib/jdk-1.4.2_07/jre/bin/javac myfile.java