This is amazing, just doesn't understand where to find the jar files.

java classpath stupidity

server]# ls
AdminPortalServiceImpl.java  commons-configuration-1.6.jar  commons-logging-1.1.1.jar  ConfReader.java  README          User.java
commons-collections-3.2.jar  commons-lang-2.6.jar           ConfReader.class           global.xml       UCService.java  UserService.java
 server]# pwd
/root/workspace/Conf_Reader/server
 server]# javac ConfReader.java -cp commons-configuration-1.6.jar -cp commons-collections-3.2.jar -cp commons-lang-2.6.jar -cp commons-logging-1.1.1.jar
ConfReader.java:12: package org.apache.commons.configuration does not exist
import org.apache.commons.configuration.*;
^
ConfReader.java:13: package org.apache.commons.lang.exception does not exist
import org.apache.commons.lang.exception.*;
^
ConfReader.java:14: package org.apache.commons.configuration does not exist
import org.apache.commons.configuration.ConfigurationException;
                                       ^
ConfReader.java:82: cannot find symbol
symbol  : class XMLConfiguration
location: class ConfReader
    private XMLConfiguration readConfigFile() throws ConfigurationException{
            ^
ConfReader.java:82: cannot find symbol
symbol  : class ConfigurationException
location: class ConfReader
    private XMLConfiguration readConfigFile() throws ConfigurationException{
                                                     ^
ConfReader.java:83: cannot find symbol
symbol  : class XMLConfiguration
location: class ConfReader
                 XMLConfiguration config = new XMLConfiguration(this.filename);
                 ^
ConfReader.java:83: cannot find symbol
symbol  : class XMLConfiguration
location: class ConfReader
                 XMLConfiguration config = new XMLConfiguration(this.filename);
                                               ^
ConfReader.java:95: cannot find symbol
symbol  : class Test_XML
location: class ConfReader
           Test_XML tex = new Test_XML();
           ^
ConfReader.java:95: cannot find symbol
symbol  : class Test_XML
location: class ConfReader
           Test_XML tex = new Test_XML();
                              ^
9 errors

Fixed it by using -classpath somejar(s):.