title: running java application from command line
body: <p>I have an eclipse project which I want to run from the command line in ubuntu. After searching on the internet I am trying the following command.</p>
  
  <pre><code>java -cp . com.abc.utils.MyClassName
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I issue this command from the directory that eclipse is using to store all the class files. But I get this error:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: com/abc/utils/MyClassName</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>what am I doing wrong and how to run the application from the command line ?</p>