package com.google.protobuf does not exist on OS X Maverick

osx-mavericks, protocol-buffers

Solution

Met the same problem and finally got it working. Here's what I did(using version 2.6.0) on OSX 10.9:

Do everything `java/README.txt` tells you to

if `maven package` succeed, you'll get a `protobuf-java-2.6.0.jar` under `target` folder, for me it's `/Users/laike9m/Dev/protobuf-2.6.0/java/target/protobuf-java-2.6.0.jar`.

create `~/Library/Java/Extensions` folder, note: this is platform specific operation, for OS other than OSX it should be `$JAVA_HOME/lib/ext`

copy `protobuf-java-2.6.0.jar` to `~/Library/Java/Extensions`

Then you should be able to run `make java` successfully.

Problem

I am on OS X Mavericks and starting learning about protobuf, i download the example from https://code.google.com/p/protobuf/downloads/list I am successfully able to create the .java file from the proto but while compiling the existing java code using make java, i am getting following error ``` com/example/tutorial/AddressBookProtos.java:91: package com.google.protobuf does not exist com.google.protobuf.GeneratedMessage ^ com/example/tutorial/AddressBookProtos.java:12: package com.google.protobuf does not exist extends com.google.protobuf.MessageOrBuilder { ^ com/example/tutorial/AddressBookProtos.java:9: package com.google.protobuf does not exist com.google.protobuf.ExtensionRegistry registry) { ^ com/example/tutorial/AddressBookProtos.java:2495: package com.google.protobuf.Descriptors does not exist private static com.google.protobuf.Descriptors.Descriptor ^ com/example/tutorial/AddressBookProtos.java:2498: package com.google.protobuf.GeneratedMessage does not exist com.google.protobuf.GeneratedMessage.FieldAccessorTable .... .... ``` Any resolution to this? Thanks

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