Java in Linux

I am trying to install Java on my Linux box, Suse9.0 distro. I ran the RPM
installer, followed the directins for linking it in the Suse distro. When I
try to compile or execute any Java programs, I get errors

swiebel@slinux:~/Documents/hw5> javac Edge.java
Error occurred during initialization of VM
java/lang/NoClassDefFoundError: java/lang/Object
swiebel@slinux:~/Documents/hw5> java MST
Error occurred during initialization of VM
java/lang/NoClassDefFoundError: java/lang/Object
swiebel@slinux:~/Documents/hw5> java
Error occurred during initialization of VM
java/lang/NoClassDefFoundError: java/lang/Object
swiebel@slinux:~/Documents/hw5>

Any ideas of what I forgot to setup?
I had a similar problem on WindowsXP which was related to setting the "path"
and "class path" variables, is there a similar thing with Linux?

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