merlin tutorial build problem - no goal avalon:meta

[Filip Defoort <fi...@cirquedigital.com>]

Hi,

Finally got around to trying out merlin. Downloaded the 3.0 binaries from
http://www.apache.org/~mcconnel/dist/avalon/merlin.
Set the environment variable and added to path; merlin -version seems to
run fine.

On to the tutorials: typed 'maven' in the tutorial directory (using 
maven b10);
starts to download a bunch of things and then complains about
'no goal [avalon:meta]'..

I vaguely remember someone posting something about this, but cannot seem
to find the post back...

Anybody any idea what I'm doing wrong?

Thanks a lot,
- Filip


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Re: merlin tutorial build problem - no goal avalon:meta

[Stephen McConnell <mc...@apache.org>]

Filip Defoort wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Finally got around to trying out merlin. Downloaded the 3.0 binaries from
> http://www.apache.org/~mcconnel/dist/avalon/merlin.
> Set the environment variable and added to path; merlin -version seems to
> run fine.
>
> On to the tutorials: typed 'maven' in the tutorial directory (using 
> maven b10);
> starts to download a bunch of things and then complains about
> 'no goal [avalon:meta]'..
>
> I vaguely remember someone posting something about this, but cannot seem
> to find the post back...
>
> Anybody any idea what I'm doing wrong?


Yep - by guess is that your attempting to build a concrete artifact from 
an abstract concept ;-)

The tutorials directory is just a directory of tutorials - nothing 
buildable in and of itself.  If you drop down into any of the 18 other 
turorial projects containing a project.xml - should should get a more 
concrete result - start of with "hello" and take at the on-line tutorial 
docs.  If you want to be recorded in the merlin halls of fame - note 
down any and all obsticles - even the itty bitty little ones that are 
perhaps annoying but none the less agrivating - get past them (if they 
exist), have a god time, enjoy the documentation, and post the a frank 
assement back to the list. 

Good, bad, or ugly - feedback is so important - mundane or otherwise. If 
we can ehance and improve the material it means that between 60 and 120 
people behind you will not experience the same problem and that means 
that the 430 new users in October are getting home runs every time.  Now 
... isn't that what open-souce is all about?

Cheers, Steve.

-- 

Stephen J. McConnell
mailto:mcconnell@apache.org




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