How to compile a Java file with dependencies in a Windows command prompt window?

Question

I am using a jar file that is dependent to a GitHub source file, available here: Java Stream Player (Library) . The jar file is named musicplayer-1.0.0.jar . The jar file has the following manifest ( MANIFEST.MF ):

Manifest-Version: 1.0
Created-By: Maven Jar Plugin 3.2.0
Build-Jdk-Spec: 17
Class-Path: lib/slf4j-api-1.7.31.jar lib/logback-classic-1.2.3.jar lib/l
 ogback-core-1.2.3.jar lib/java-stream-player-10.0.0.jar lib/mp3spi-1.9.
 5.4.jar lib/jlayer-1.0.1.4.jar lib/junit-3.8.2.jar lib/jflac-codec-1.5.
 2.jar lib/vorbis-support-1.1.0.jar lib/tritonus-all-0.3.7.2.jar lib/jor
 bis-0.0.17-2.jar lib/jaudiotagger-2.2.7.jar lib/commons-io-2.6.jar
Implementation-Title: musicplayer
Implementation-Version: 1.0.0
Main-Class: gr.hua.dit.oop2.musicplayer.MusicPlayerApp

The build file is the following in Maven :

<repositories>
    <repository>
            <id>jitpack.io</id>
            <url>https://jitpack.io</url>
    </repository>
</repositories>

And the dependency is defined with:

    <dependency>
        <groupId>com.github.goxr3plus</groupId>
        <artifactId>java-stream-player</artifactId>
        <version>Tag</version>
    </dependency>

How can I compile my code in cmd with simple commands without using Maven (or any other tool)?

The commands I use are:

javac -classpath musicplayer-1.0.0.jar Jukebox.java
java Jukebox Vivaldi-Storm.mp3

musicplayer-1.0.0.jar is the jar file that uses the GitHub source code, Jukebox.java is my java file and Vivaldi-Storm.mp3 is an argument needed by my class.

The second command results in the error exception:

java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.goxr3plus.streamplayer.stream.StreamPlayerListener

I can't use a simple import leading to the external source code like:

import com.goxr3plus.streamplayer.stream.*;

Answer 1

When you execute your JukeBox using the second command, you need to use the -classpath option, too. However, when executing java you need to specify musicplayer-1.0.0.jar and all its dependencies in the classpath value. Eg you need to download the goxr3plus java-stream-player and add that to your classpath as well. Then you need to do that for all the other dependencies of musicplayer as well.