Java – “Error: Could not find or load main class” Error

Question

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When I name the class file Main.class, java says it has the wrong name, and when I name it shop.Main.class it says that the main class can't be found. Can anyone help?

package shop;

import java.text.DecimalFormat;

public class Main
{  
    public static void main(String args[])
    {  
        Cart cart = new Cart(new Catalogue());
        printOrder(cart);
    }

    public static void printOrder(Cart cart)
    {
        DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat("0.00");
        System.out.println("Your order:");
        for(int itemIndex = 0; itemIndex < cart.itemsInCart.products.size(); 
            itemIndex++)
            if (cart.itemsInCart.products.get(itemIndex).quantity != 0)
                System.out.println(cart.itemsInCart.products.get(itemIndex).quantity 
                    + " " + cart.itemsInCart.products.get(itemIndex).name 
                    + " $"+ df.format(cart.itemsInCart.products.get(itemIndex).price) 
                    + " = $" + df.format
                    ((cart.itemsInCart.products.get(itemIndex).quantity 
                    * cart.itemsInCart.products.get(itemIndex).price)));

        double subtotal = 0;
        int taxPercent = 20;
        double tax;
        double total;

        for(int itemIndex = 0; itemIndex < cart.itemsInCart.products.size(); 
            itemIndex++)
            subtotal += cart.itemsInCart.products.get(itemIndex).quantity 
            * cart.itemsInCart.products.get(itemIndex).price;
        tax = subtotal * taxPercent / 100;
        total = subtotal + tax;


        System.out.print("Subtotal: $" + df.format(subtotal) 
            + " Tax @ " + taxPercent + "%: $" + df.format(tax) 
            + " Grand Total: $" + df.format(total));
    }  
}

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Answer 1

You should be careful to place classes in correct folders if compiling manually (package name equals folder name on disk). I recommend using an IDE (Eclipse and Netbeans are both good and free choices).

Your example will work if you place Main.class in folder called "shop" and then from project root folder execute "java shop/Main"

Answer 2

Execute these commands:

cd ..
java shop.Main

You can't run java code from inside a package you are trying to reference.

Answer 3

compile: ~/java> javac shop/Main.java

run: ~/java> java shop.Main

Answer 4

keep it Main.class and try java shop.Main from command line in java folder