The following works on my Windows machine, but I've adapted the shell commands for linux formatting (colons vs. semi-colons):
Set up a directory structure as such:
/HelloWorld.java /lib/jwjgl.jar /lib/jinput.jar /lib/jwjgl_util.jar /native/linux/... (all your native files)
Compile:
From your shell, navigate to the parent directory containing HelloWorld.java, and type the following:
javac -cp .:lib/* HelloWorld.java
-cp specifies that the .java and .class files to compile your program can be found within both . (the current directory) and any jar file under lib/. Note that you could manually specify the .jar files, i.e. -cp .:lib/lwjgl.jar:lib/jinput.jar etc, but * (java 1.6+ only, I believe) is a shortcut to specify all jars in a directory.
Run:
Now run the following command from the parent directory:
java -cp .:lib/* -Djava.library.path=native/linux HelloWorld
Again, -cp specifies that your compiled .class files can be found in the current directory and within any jars under the /lib directory. -Djava.library.path= specifies where your native files can be found. Note that you did not put a leading / in front of native. By omitting the leading /, you're telling java that the native directory is a subdirectory relative to the current working directory. If you accidentally include the /, it will treat native as an absolute directory, which is probably not what you want.
It's perfectly acceptable to specify a location for the native files outside of the current working directory. To do so, you'll have to provide the absolute location, which on Windows would be, for example:
-Djava.library.path=C:\jwjgl-2.8.4\native\windows
That should be all you need to get up-and-running without an IDE or build script!
Final Note
The HelloWorld.java, as written, behaves poorly (the screen locks up and you must force-close the process). Try the following code (adapted from multiple source across the web, with minor modifications to suit this example, but primarily not of my own effort), as a replacement for HelloWorld.java. Enjoy!
import org.lwjgl.LWJGLException; import org.lwjgl.opengl.Display; import org.lwjgl.opengl.DisplayMode; import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL11; import org.lwjgl.input.Keyboard; public class HelloWorld{ public void start() { try { Display.setDisplayMode(new DisplayMode(640, 480)); Display.create(); } catch (LWJGLException e) { e.printStackTrace(); System.exit(0); } // Init OpenGL GL11.glMatrixMode(GL11.GL_PROJECTION); GL11.glLoadIdentity(); GL11.glOrtho(-3.2, 3.2, -2.4, 2.4, -1, 1); GL11.glMatrixMode(GL11.GL_MODELVIEW); boolean quit = false; while (!quit) { // Clear the screen. GL11.glClear(GL11.GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT | GL11.GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT); // Begin drawing GL11.glBegin(GL11.GL_TRIANGLES); // Top & Red GL11.glColor3f(1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f); GL11.glVertex2f(0.0f, 1.0f); // Right & Green GL11.glColor3f(0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f); GL11.glVertex2f(1.0f, 1.0f); // Left & Blue GL11.glColor3f(0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f); GL11.glVertex2f(1.0f, -1.0f); GL11.glEnd(); Display.update(); if (Display.isCloseRequested() || Keyboard.isKeyDown(Keyboard.KEY_ESCAPE)) quit = true; } Display.destroy(); } public static void main(String args[]) { HelloWorld application = new HelloWorld(); application.start(); } }
