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Posted to user@ant.apache.org by Jason Barker <ja...@phonedir.com> on 2007/06/26 23:18:04 UTC

Ant on Mac OS X

I have been trying to get Ant working on my Mac. The problem I am  
running into is whenever I type 'ant' from the command line, I get  
the following error:
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/tools/ant/launch/AntMain
         at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method)
         at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:620)
         at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass 
(SecureClassLoader.java:124)
         at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:260)
         at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader.java:56)
         at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:195)
         at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
         at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:188)
         at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306)
         at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:299)
         at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java: 
268)
         at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:299)
         at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:251)
         at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.run(Launcher.java:244)
         at org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:67)

I have cleared out my CLASSPATH. Ant is currently installed at: / 
Developer/Java/Ant. I have set ANT_HOME to /Developer/Java/Ant. I  
have added $ANT_HOME/bin to my PATH, too. What gives?

I am running 10.4.10. I have tried running 'ant -version' but I still  
get the same error. Can someone clue me in on what I am doing wrong?


Thanks,
Jason

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Re: Ant on Mac OS X (Solved)

Posted by Jason Barker <ja...@phonedir.com>.
I have figured it out. I have a jar file (selenium-server.jar) in my  
Extensions folder (/Library/Java/Extensions) which also contained the  
class files for Ant. As soon as I removed the jar file from that  
folder, I was able to run Ant without any problems. What's more is  
that it seems like Ant can be run from the command line without  
having to set ANT_HOME and JAVA_HOME.

Thanks!



On Jun 26, 2007, at 3:42 PM, Jason Barker wrote:

> On Jun 26, 2007, at 3:34 PM, Jack J. Woehr wrote:
>
>>
>> On Jun 26, 2007, at 3:18 PM, Jason Barker wrote:
>>
>>> I have cleared out my CLASSPATH. Ant is currently installed at: / 
>>> Developer/Java/Ant. I have set ANT_HOME to /Developer/Java/Ant. I  
>>> have added $ANT_HOME/bin to my PATH, too. What gives?
>>
>> You must not have the Ant jar in $ANT_HOME/lib. Or something. You  
>> are receiving the
>> classic error meaning the Ant classes were not found by Java itself.
>
> From the command line, when I type:
> 	% ls $ANT_HOME/lib
> I get the following output:
> README                  ant-apache-resolver.jar ant- 
> jmf.jar             ant-stylebook.jar       ant-xslp.jar
> ant-antlr.jar           ant-commons-logging.jar ant- 
> jsch.jar            ant-swing.jar           ant.jar
> ant-apache-bcel.jar     ant-commons-net.jar     ant- 
> junit.jar           ant-trax.jar            junit-4.1.jar
> ant-apache-bsf.jar      ant-icontract.jar       ant- 
> launcher.jar        ant-vaj.jar             xercesImpl.jar
> ant-apache-log4j.jar    ant-jai.jar             ant- 
> netrexx.jar         ant-weblogic.jar        xml-apis.jar
> ant-apache-oro.jar      ant-javamail.jar        ant- 
> nodeps.jar          ant-xalan1.jar
> ant-apache-regexp.jar   ant-jdepend.jar         ant- 
> starteam.jar        ant-xalan2.jar
>
> Also, I have tried setting JAVA_HOME to /System/Library/Frameworks/ 
> JavaVM.framework/Home and also leaving it empty. It does not seem  
> to have an effect.
>
> Any other ideas?
>
>
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Re: Ant on Mac OS X

Posted by Jason Barker <ja...@phonedir.com>.
On Jun 26, 2007, at 3:34 PM, Jack J. Woehr wrote:

>
> On Jun 26, 2007, at 3:18 PM, Jason Barker wrote:
>
>> I have cleared out my CLASSPATH. Ant is currently installed at: / 
>> Developer/Java/Ant. I have set ANT_HOME to /Developer/Java/Ant. I  
>> have added $ANT_HOME/bin to my PATH, too. What gives?
>
> You must not have the Ant jar in $ANT_HOME/lib. Or something. You  
> are receiving the
> classic error meaning the Ant classes were not found by Java itself.

 From the command line, when I type:
	% ls $ANT_HOME/lib
I get the following output:
README                  ant-apache-resolver.jar ant- 
jmf.jar             ant-stylebook.jar       ant-xslp.jar
ant-antlr.jar           ant-commons-logging.jar ant- 
jsch.jar            ant-swing.jar           ant.jar
ant-apache-bcel.jar     ant-commons-net.jar     ant- 
junit.jar           ant-trax.jar            junit-4.1.jar
ant-apache-bsf.jar      ant-icontract.jar       ant- 
launcher.jar        ant-vaj.jar             xercesImpl.jar
ant-apache-log4j.jar    ant-jai.jar             ant- 
netrexx.jar         ant-weblogic.jar        xml-apis.jar
ant-apache-oro.jar      ant-javamail.jar        ant- 
nodeps.jar          ant-xalan1.jar
ant-apache-regexp.jar   ant-jdepend.jar         ant- 
starteam.jar        ant-xalan2.jar

Also, I have tried setting JAVA_HOME to /System/Library/Frameworks/ 
JavaVM.framework/Home and also leaving it empty. It does not seem to  
have an effect.

Any other ideas?


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Re: Ant on Mac OS X

Posted by "Jack J. Woehr" <jw...@absolute-performance.com>.
On Jun 26, 2007, at 3:18 PM, Jason Barker wrote:

> I have cleared out my CLASSPATH. Ant is currently installed at: / 
> Developer/Java/Ant. I have set ANT_HOME to /Developer/Java/Ant. I  
> have added $ANT_HOME/bin to my PATH, too. What gives?

You must not have the Ant jar in $ANT_HOME/lib. Or something. You are  
receiving the
classic error meaning the Ant classes were not found by Java itself.

-- 
Jack J. Woehr
Director of Development
Absolute Performance, Inc.
jwoehr@absolute-performance.com
303-443-7000 ext. 527