org.apache.batik.transcoder.TranscoderException: null and SAXParser not found

[Greg Rossel <gr...@gmail.com>]

Many thanks in advance...

I am trying to set up a batik application on a new 64 bit gentoo
system. When I run the batik-rasterizer.jar I get the following error:

org.apache.batik.transcoder.TranscoderException: null
Enclosed Exception:
SAX2 driver class org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser not found
       at org.apache.batik.transcoder.XMLAbstractTranscoder.transcode(Unknown
Source)
       at org.apache.batik.transcoder.SVGAbstractTranscoder.transcode(Unknown
Source)
       at org.apache.batik.apps.rasterizer.SVGConverter.transcode(Unknown
Source)
       at org.apache.batik.apps.rasterizer.SVGConverter.execute(Unknown
Source)
       at org.apache.batik.apps.rasterizer.Main.execute (Unknown Source)
       at org.apache.batik.apps.rasterizer.Main.main(Unknown Source)
... error (SVGConverter.error.while.rasterizing.file)
Converting 282.svg to ./444/282.png ... java.io.IOException: SAX2 driver
class org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser not found
       at org.apache.batik.dom.util.SAXDocumentFactory.createDocument(Unknown
Source)
       at org.apache.batik.dom.util.SAXDocumentFactory.createDocument(Unknown
Source)
       at org.apache.batik.dom.svg.SAXSVGDocumentFactory.createDocument(Unknown
Source)
       at org.apache.batik.dom.svg.SAXSVGDocumentFactory.createDocument(Unknown
Source)
       at org.apache.batik.transcoder.XMLAbstractTranscoder.transcode(Unknown
Source)
       at org.apache.batik.transcoder.SVGAbstractTranscoder.transcode(Unknown
Source)
       at org.apache.batik.apps.rasterizer.SVGConverter.transcode(Unknown
Source)
       at org.apache.batik.apps.rasterizer.SVGConverter.execute (Unknown
Source)
       at org.apache.batik.apps.rasterizer.Main.execute(Unknown Source)
       at org.apache.batik.apps.rasterizer.Main.main(Unknown Source)

I have emerged: xerces, sun-jdk-1.5.0.12, X and  batik-1.6 (the binary
version).

I have also tried using: java -Djava.awt.headless=true but that simply
returns a list of java options.

My $CLASSPATH= "."

Does any one have any ideas on what I can do to make this work?


Greg