javac: directory not found: bin Usage: javac <options> <source files> ubuntu

Question

javac: directory not found: bin
Usage: javac <options> <source files>
use -help for a list of possible options

when i try to run

javac -sourcepath src Downloads//Runner.java -d bin

i get error.

those are my paths

  vegan@vegan:~$ echo $PATH
/home/vegan/bin:/home/vegan/.local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games:/usr/local/games:/snap/bin:/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle/bin:/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle/db/bin:/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle/jre/bin:/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle/bin
vegan@vegan:~$ echo $JAVA_HOME
/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle
vegan@vegan:~$ 

because in doc it says

ACME has a utility which generates audit reports - lists of files owned by

users. Substitute JAVA_HOME with your JVM installation and you can build & run the utility like this:

export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle
$JAVA_HOME/bin/javac -sourcepath src src/com/reengen/utils/auditreporter/Runner.java -d bin

Answer 1

Create the bin directory first. Run mkdir bin and try again.