Installing older Java app on Linux I was wondering how to install an older Java application: < I downloaded the package for Linux, unzipped and launched `alchemy.jar` inside the package. The original installation notes couldn't be clearer to understand. _The problem_ I get an error message saying that `alchemy.jar` isn't able to find its modules (tools) so of course the app cannot start. The point is, the modules are there where they belong -inside their default folder, the same folder where executable is. Some ideas please? Linux:Elementary Juno

Java can't find other jar files in the same directory without you explicitly telling it to. If you were running alchemy with:


java -jar alchemy.jar


Then you need to set the classpath to tell it where the other jar files are. Eg, if your "tools" are `foo.jar` and `bar.jar` run:


java -classpath "foo.jar:bar.jar" -jar alchemy.jar


If you need to add an entire directory (`tools`) you can:


java -classpath "tools/*" -jar alchemy.jar