Hallo newsgroup, I am getting the error

com.sun.tools.javac.Main is not on the classpath.
Perhaps JAVA_HOME does not point to the JDK

JAVA_HOME does point to my JDK. My Tomcat works with no problem. My
Apache2 works with no problem. But I cannot compile. I am logged onto a
free Debian 3.1 system as root. You can see at the bottom I am using
Java 1.4 and both java and javac can be run from the command line
without problem. Searching in Google there are lots of talk on
tools.jar but I dont think this is for me as my Tomcat & Apache2 work.

What shall I look for now? What shall I do?
Thank you

Michelle

deb31Test:~/t9/v876/samples/jpetstore#echo $JAVA_HOME
/usr/local/lib/jdk
deb31Test:~/t9/v876/samples/jpetstore#
deb31Test:~/t9/v876/samples/jpetstore# ls /usr/local/lib -l
total 16
drwxrwxr-x 9 root src   4096 Aug 27 01:51 j2sdk1.4.2_08
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root staff   28 Aug 27 01:55 jdk ->
/usr/local/lib/j2sdk1.4.2_08
drwxrwsr-x 3 root staff 4096 Jan 16 08:56 python2.3
drwxrwsr-x 3 root staff 4096 Jan  6 11:27 site_ruby
deb31Test:~/t9/v876/samples/jpetstore#
deb31Test:~/t9/v876/samples/jpetstore#
deb31Test:~/t9/v876/samples/jpetstore# find / -name tools.jar -print
/usr/lib/j2se/1.4/lib/tools.jar
/usr/local/lib/j2sdk1.4.2_08/lib/tools.jar
deb31Test:~/t9/v876/samples/jpetstore#
deb31Test:~/t9/v876/samples/jpetstore# ls -la
/usr/local/lib/j2sdk1.4.2_08/lib/tools.jar
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5092686 Jan 11 15:19
/usr/local/lib/j2sdk1.4.2_08/lib/tools.jar
deb31Test:~/t9/v876/samples/jpetstore#
deb31Test:~/t9/v876/samples/jpetstore#
deb31Test:~/t9/v876/samples/jpetstore# ant build
Buildfile: build.xml

build:
   [javac] Compiling 73 source files to
/t9/v876/samples/jpetstore/.classes

BUILD FAILED
/t9/v876/samples/jpetstore/build.xml:76: Unable to find a javac
compiler;
com.sun.tools.javac.Main is not on the classpath.
Perhaps JAVA_HOME does not point to the JDK

Total time: 4 seconds

deb31Test:~/t9/v876/samples/jpetstore#
deb31Test:~/t9/v876/samples/jpetstore#
deb31Test:~/t9/v876/samples/jpetstore# java -version
java version "1.4.2_08"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.2_08-b03)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.2_08-b03, mixed mode)

deb31Test:~/t9/v876/samples/jpetstore#
deb31Test:~/t9/v876/samples/jpetstore#
deb31Test:~/t9/v876/samples/jpetstore# javac
Usage: javac <options> <source files>
where possible options include:
 -g                        Generate all debugging info
 -g:none                   Generate no debugging info
 -g:{lines,vars,source}    Generate only some debugging info
 -nowarn                   Generate no warnings
 -verbose                  Output messages about what the compiler is
doing
 -deprecation              Output source locations where deprecated
APIs are used
 -classpath <path>         Specify where to find user class files
 -sourcepath <path>        Specify where to find input source files
 -bootclasspath <path>     Override location of bootstrap class files
 -extdirs <dirs>           Override location of installed extensions
 -d <directory>            Specify where to place generated class
files
 -encoding <encoding>      Specify character encoding used by source
files
 -source <release>         Provide source compatibility with specified
release
 -target <release>         Generate class files for specific VM
version
 -help                     Print a synopsis of standard options

The line in my build.xml says

<mkdir dir="${build.dir}"/>
<javac destdir="${build.dir}" source="1.4" target="1.4" debug="true"
          deprecation="false" optimize="false" failonerror="true">
       <src path="${src.dir}"/>
    <classpath refid="master-classpath"/>
</javac>