faulty fix for (javax.servlet does not exist)

[Jonathan Michael Nowacki <jnowacki indiana edu>]

> This website http://www.sitepoint.com/article/509/3 says all I have to do
> is put servlet.jar in my classpath to solve my problems.  Unfortunitally,
> it doesn't seem to work.
> 
> 
> This is my path
> ------------------
> $ echo $CLASSPATH
> /usr/java/j2sdkee1.4/lib/*.jar:/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.1_02/lib/*.jar:/var/tomcat4/server/lib/*.jar:/var/tomcat4/common/lib/*.jar
> 
> The classpath is set in the .bashrc, but that should effect the javac
> command right?!?  I've also done the classpath without the *.jar by
> explicitly naming each of the jar files.... talk about a pain.
> 
> 
> This is my error
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> $ javac MultiServlet.java 
> MultiServlet.java:1: package javax.servlet does not exist
> import javax.servlet.*;
> ^
> MultiServlet.java:2: package javax.servlet.http does not exist
> import javax.servlet.http.*;
> ^
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> 
> these are installed:
> ---------------------------------
> tomcat4-webapps-4.1.24-full.2jpp
> tomcat4-4.1.24-full.2jpp
> tomcat4-admin-webapps-4.1.24-full.2jpp
> j2re1.4.1_02
> j2sdk1.4.1_02
> j2sdkee1.4
> 
> 
> The tomcat lib jar files
> --------------------------------------
> classes $ ls /var/tomcat4/common/lib/
> activation.jar           commons-dbcp.jar         jasper-compiler.jar
> jndi.jar     naming-common.jar     servlet.jar
> ant.jar                  commons-logging-api.jar  jasper-runtime.jar
> jta.jar      naming-factory.jar
> commons-collections.jar  commons-pool.jar         jdbc2_0-stdext.jar
> mailapi.jar  naming-resources.jar
> 
> classes $ ls /var/tomcat4/server/lib/
> catalina-ant.jar        commons-logging.jar     mx4j.license
> servlets-manager.jar      tomcat-jk2.jar
> catalina.jar            commons-modeler.jar     servlets-cgi.renametojar
> servlets-ssi.renametojar  tomcat-jk.jar
> commons-beanutils.jar   jaas.jar                servlets-common.jar
> servlets-webdav.jar       tomcat-util.jar
> commons-digester.jar    jakarta-regexp-1.2.jar  servlets-default.jar
> tomcat-coyote.jar         tomcat-warp.jar
> commons-fileupload.jar  mx4j-jmx.jar            servlets-invoker.jar
> tomcat-http11.jar
> 
>