# Mxmlc compiler trouble

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mxmlc-compiler-trouble/241760>\
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**Created:** [October 17, 2007, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mxmlc-compiler-trouble/241760 "2007-10-17T20:44:23Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 17, 2007, 8:44pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/mxmlc-compiler-trouble/241760/1 "2007-10-17T20:44:23Z")

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I’ve been working with mxmlc for the past couple of weeks, and I’ve hit a roadblock. Any time that I specify the package definition, like this,

```auto
package some.arbitrary.definition {
...
}

```

mxmlc throws an error:

> [FONT=“Courier New”][COLOR=“Red”]Error: A file found in a source-path must have the same package structure ‘’, as the definition’s package, ‘some.arbitrary.definition’.[/COLOR][/FONT]

I get the premise of this error: my class needs to be in a folder at **./some/arbitrary/definition**. But no matter what directory structure I use, I can’t get mxmlc to compile the file.

What exactly do I need to do to get mxmlc to behave? Is there a configuration variable that deals with this?

Senocular? :}