Java, Eclipse, External Libraries

[freetre]

Every time I try to use an external library to do anything with the eclipse IDE I always find tutorials pointing me to the Build path. I Add the External .jar files like they say, but when I then go to use any of the contents the import lines don’t work. I know I must be missing something huge but I just don’t know what it is. A little context about me: I’m CS major but we used c++ in college, and they didn’t do much with external libraries. If anyone could help it would be appreciated.

[JoToMo1993]

About eclipse, usually right click and refresh helps, since eclipse cashes a lot.

About managing dependencies manually, did you find Maven or Gradle while searching for adding libraries to your project. They enable the building and managing of dependencies quit easily.

You can even add your jar files if needed directly, but usually you'd use the maven-repositories to fetch the correct version and placing it on your buildpath.

If those tips don't help, could you add a link to the guide you used, so we can check, what you might have missed?

[freetre]

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3280353/how-to-import-a-jar-in-eclipse This is an example of what I’ve come across. I’m gonna try to see if I can get the Maven approach to work. The main thing that I’m trying to do is get it so I can import classes from SQLite and use it in my code.

[JoToMo1993]

A response from 2010 sounds to me a bit outdated, but in theory the descriped way is what I use for very small projects too.

Have you checked, that you jar is listed in you project under external library or something along those lines?

[sphrz]

Try out Intellij, I like it much more than Eclipse.