Importing 3rd party libraries into java?

Question

Hey, just wondering, if I want to use a library outside of the core java libraries, how do I import them?

I downloaded Googles Guava libraries from github and I see the whole com.google.common.net; package that i want to use within the file structure of the zip folder I downloaded, but then it cant resolve all of the dependencies and whatnot when I try using it in eclipse. I’m sure i just have to place the package somewhere within my projects file sructure, or point my IDE to the package, but I’m unsure how.

I know there must be a method to doing this but I’ve never learned how and haven’t found anything online to help out. I figured a community of coders would be able to help.

Answer 1

I'd recommend to use a build management tool like Apache Maven which can manage the dependencies.
But if you don't want to use a tool add the file to the classpath. IDEs have forms in the preferences to achieve that easily, but maybe you want to do it manually for a better understanding what's going on:
https://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/technotes/tools/windows/classpath.html

Answer 2

Awesome thanks so much, yes I would prefer to do it manually to understand whats going on because I like programming without an IDE sometimes too in linux and compile using javac from a terminal. This looks like exactly what I needed thank you again!