Re: Getting started (update)

[Gary Bickford <ga...@fxt.com>]

Folks,
I've found the examples directory in the slide source distribution.  But
I've forgotten something about running ant - I keep getting this error
running ant anywhere:  I found a way around it last night but I forgot what
it was.
garyb@twobit:/usr/local/jakarta/jakarta-ant > ant -buildfile lib/build.xml
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
org/apache/tools/ant/Main

I've also crossposted to slide-dev - sorry for the distraction.

Which brings to mind - can I just copy the src directory from the source
distribution to the correct place in the binary that I downloaded earlier?
 I don't want to replace the binary - I don't have Catalina so I don't
think I can build the whole slide package from source yet.

Any suggestions/hints/tirades about idiots? :O)

Gary Bickford wrote:

> Folks,
> I've been putting together all the pieces needed to use Slide for the
> first time.  This is how far I've gotten:
>
>   1. J2SE version 1.3 runs
>   2. Ant runs
>   3. Tomcat 3.2B4 runs & includes the slide and ant jars in its
>      classpath (and a bunch of other stuff), as it should.
>
> I couldn't get Avalon working yet, so I'm going to try to do this under
> Tomcat for now.
>
> It appears the next thing is to get Slide running, but I don't seem to
> get the idea of just what to do - I looked at the (old) docs that come
> with it, but they don't seem to have much in common with what's actually
> in the nightly build I downloaded - there's no examples directory,
> there's no "build.sh", nor "example.sh" anywhere.  My thinking is that I
> need to figure out how or what to put under the Tomcat hierarchy in
> order to invoke Slide, and/or figure out how to run Slide from the
> command line.  I seem to be at a dead end of cluelessness.  Or is this
> nightly build not complete?
>
> Yet I must be close - it's right around the corner here somewhere, I
> know!!
>
> Does anyone have a clue for me?  In the meantime, I'll take another look
> at the slide release distribution.
> Thanks in advance,
> GB
>
> --
> "We feel that this change will be sufficient to discourage "hackers",
> although it is obviously insufficient to protect a node against a
> determined and malicious attack."
> - RFC521 (ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc521.txt), 1973
>
> Gary E Bickford, mailto:garyb-at-fxt.com.
> Web and content/asset management systems, PHP, XML, Apache, SQL
> FXT Corp, http://www.fxt.com, tel. 541-383-2749

--
"We feel that this change will be sufficient to discourage "hackers",
although it is obviously insufficient to protect a node against a
determined and malicious attack."
- RFC521 (ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc521.txt), 1973

Gary E Bickford, mailto:garyb-at-fxt.com.
Web and content/asset management systems, PHP, XML, Apache, SQL
FXT Corp, http://www.fxt.com, tel. 541-383-2749

Re: Getting started (update)

[Remy Maucherat <re...@apache.org>]

> Folks,
> I've found the examples directory in the slide source distribution.  But
> I've forgotten something about running ant - I keep getting this error
> running ant anywhere:  I found a way around it last night but I forgot
what
> it was.
> garyb@twobit:/usr/local/jakarta/jakarta-ant > ant -buildfile lib/build.xml
> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
> org/apache/tools/ant/Main

The best example is probably the WebDAV servlet. The other one is just a
small test case.

> I've also crossposted to slide-dev - sorry for the distraction.
>
> Which brings to mind - can I just copy the src directory from the source
> distribution to the correct place in the binary that I downloaded earlier?

Yes, that's a good idea.
I just checked, and the source distribution contains the entire CVS
repository.

>  I don't want to replace the binary - I don't have Catalina so I don't
> think I can build the whole slide package from source yet.

You need Catalina only for some of the targets.

Remy