The ready-to-drop-in-Tomcat-and-go example war files are included. But the source and build files are not.
On 9/25/06, Will Glass-Husain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Are the examples files included with the binary? We should change the tutorial to skip this step if we can. WILL On 9/25/06, Nathan Bubna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ah. You downloaded, the binary. You need to download the source > distribution. > > http://apache.gr-linux.com/jakarta/velocity-tools/source/velocity-tools-1.2-src.zip > > I believe the tutorial says to get the source, though it probably just > mentioned it in passing, rather than making it clear. > > On 9/25/06, Brenton Strine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > There is no file called "build.xml" in > > velocity-tools-1.2.zip anywhere. I even did a search. I > > *have* typed the ant commands in the root directory of > > the velocity tools. Maybe I'm confused about what the > > root directory is. I unzipped velocity tools into > > "C:\vtools". (So that inside C:\vtools is a folder called > > "velocity-tools-1.2".)I then opened the shell, navigated > > to "C:\vtools", and typed the commands. I also navigated > > to "C:\vtools\velocity-tools-1.2" and typed the ant > > commands. > > > > I also have tried doing this with the velocity tools > > unzipped in the same directory as I have velocity itself > > in. > > > > Brenton > > > > By the way, this is the zip I've been downloading. > > Perhaps I have the wrong file?? > > http://apache.gr-linux.com/jakarta/velocity-tools/binarie > > s/velocity-tools-1.2.zip > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Nathan Bubna [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, September 25, 2006 12:49 PM > > To: Velocity Users List > > Subject: Re: Installing velocity > > > > Where is the build.xml? Your command prompt should be > > working in the directory where the build.xml file is for > > ant to find it. So, after you unzipped the > > velocity-tools distribution, go to the root directory of > > it and then type the ant command(s). > > > > On 9/25/06, Brenton Strine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > Yes, I've looked through that tutorial, but I can't get > > through it. > > > > > > It says "Build the Velocity Tools jar and the "simple" > > > example by typing: ant example.simple" and in the > > readme file it says > > > "To build the project, start ant in the root directory > > of the project: > > > > ant". > > > > > > However, when I do either of these, all I ever get is > > > "Buildfile: build.xml does not exist! Build failed". > > > > > > I'm typing these commands in cmd.exe and I've tried it > > in the > > > directory velocity-tools-1.2, > > velocity-tools-1.2\examples, and a few > > > other things. > > > > > > My velocity-tools-1.2 directory is inside the velocity > > directory. Is > > > that bad? What's the problem? > > > > > > Brenton > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Will > > Glass-Husain > > > Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2006 8:37 PM > > > To: Velocity Users List > > > Subject: Re: Installing velocity > > > > > > Have you read the tutorial on webapps I linked to in > > the previous > > > email? > > > > > > Download the subproject "Velocity Tools". Look for the > > tutorial on > > > using ""VelocityViewServlet" and follow that. > > > > > > WILL > > > > > > On 9/23/06, Brenton Strine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > wrote: > > > > Perhaps actually, what I mean to ask is what I need > > to > > > do to *use* > > > > Velocity. Because I'm pretty sure I have Velocity > > > installed. I did the > > > > whole ant thing, and I also did ant test, and > > > everything seems fine. > > > > But if it's installed, then why aren't .vm files > > > executed as velocity? > > > > What do I have to do so that I can write some > > velocity > > > code and see > > > > the output? > > > > > > > > Brenton > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Brenton Strine > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Saturday, September 23, 2006 5:43 PM > > > > To: Velocity Users List > > > > Subject: Installing velocity > > > > > > > > I've downloaded the tomcat windows exectutable > > (5.5.17) > > > and ran it. It > > > > seems to have installed perfectly, and furthermore, > > is > > > somehow > > > > integrated with apache! > > > > > > > > I have velocity downloaded (not to mention jdk and > > ant > > > installed)... > > > > But I don't know how to install velocity. I assume > > I've > > > got everything > > > > I need. 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