Thanks to Michael Smoot's suggestions! I got past the 'ant'!! 'ant javadoc' in biojava-live dir succeeded. But 'ant package' failed mid-way. Thanks for your time.
[254]% ant package Buildfile: build.xml init: prepare: [mkdir] Created dir: HOME/JAVA/biojava-live/ant-build prepare-src: [mkdir] Created dir: HOME/JAVA/biojava-live/ant-build/src/main [mkdir] Created dir: HOME/JAVA/biojava-live/ant-build/classes/main [mkdir] Created dir: HOME/JAVA/biojava-live/ant-build/src/tests [mkdir] Created dir: HOME/JAVA/biojava-live/ant-build/classes/tests [mkdir] Created dir: HOME/JAVA/biojava-live/reports/tests [copy] Copying 783 files to HOME/JAVA/biojava-live/ant-build/src/main [copy] Copying 54 files to HOME/JAVA/biojava-live/ant-build/src/tests [copy] Copying 1 file to HOME/JAVA/biojava-live/ant-build/src/main [copy] Copying 7 files to HOME/JAVA/biojava-live/ant-build/classes/main compile: [javac] Modern compiler is not available - using classic compiler [javac] Compiling 717 source files to HOME/JAVA/biojava-live/ant-build/classes/main [javac] HOME/JAVA/biojava-live/ant-build/src/main/org/biojava/bio/seq/io/CharacterTokenization.java:55: The method org.biojava.bio.seq.io.TokenType getTokenType() declared in class org.biojava.bio.seq.io.CharacterTokenization cannot override the method of the same signature declared in interface org.biojava.bio.seq.io.SymbolTokenization. They must have the same return type. [javac] public TokenType getTokenType() { [javac] ^ [javac] HOME/JAVA/biojava-live/ant-build/src/main/org/biojava/bio/seq/io/WordTokenization.java:52: The method org.biojava.bio.seq.io.TokenType getTokenType() declared in class org.biojava.bio.seq.io.WordTokenization cannot override the method of the same signature declared in interface org.biojava.bio.seq.io.SymbolTokenization. They must have the same return type. [javac] public TokenType getTokenType() { [javac] ^ [javac] HOME/JAVA/biojava-live/ant-build/src/main/org/biojava/bio/seq/FramedFeature.java:52: The method org.biojava.bio.seq.Strand getStrand() declared in interface org.biojava.bio.seq.FramedFeature cannot override the method of the same signature declared in interface org.biojava.bio.seq.StrandedFeature. They must have the same return type. [javac] Strand getStrand(); [javac] ^ [javac] HOME/JAVA/biojava-live/ant-build/src/main/org/biojava/bio/seq/impl/SimpleFramedFeature.java:41: The method org.biojava.bio.seq.StrandedFeature.Strand getStrand() declared in class org.biojava.bio.seq.impl.SimpleStrandedFeature cannot override the method of the same signature declared in interface org.biojava.bio.seq.FramedFeature. They must have the same return type. [javac] public class SimpleFramedFeature extends SimpleStrandedFeature implements FramedFeature, Frame { [javac] ^ [javac] HOME/JAVA/biojava-live/ant-build/src/main/org/biojava/bio/seq/impl/SimpleFramedFeature.java:56: The method org.biojava.bio.seq.impl.ReadingFrame getReadingFrame() declared in class org.biojava.bio.seq.impl.SimpleFramedFeature cannot override the method of the same signature declared in interface org.biojava.bio.seq.FramedFeature. They must have the same return type. [javac] public ReadingFrame getReadingFrame() { [javac] ^ [javac] HOME/JAVA/biojava-live/ant-build/src/main/org/biojava/bio/program/blast2html/HTMLRenderer.java:273: class org.biojava.bio.program.blast2html.HitSummary is defined in Blast2HTMLHandler.java. Because it is used outside of its source file, it should be defined in a file called "HitSummary.java". [javac] void startSummaryTable( HitSummary oHitSummary ) { [javac] ^ [javac] HOME/JAVA/biojava-live/ant-build/src/main/org/biojava/bio/program/blast2html/HTMLRenderer.java:475: class org.biojava.bio.program.blast2html.DetailHit is defined in Blast2HTMLHandler.java. Because it is used outside of its source file, it should be defined in a file called "DetailHit.java". [javac] void writeCurrentDetail( DetailHit oDetailHit ) { [javac] ^ [javac] HOME/JAVA/biojava-live/ant-build/src/main/org/biojava/bio/program/blast2html/HTMLRenderer.java:543: class org.biojava.bio.program.blast2html.BlastLikeAlignment is defined in Blast2HTMLHandler.java. Because it is used outside of its source file, it should be defined in a file called "BlastLikeAlignment.java". [javac] void writeCurrentHSP( HSPSummary oHSPSummary, BlastLikeAlignment oAlignment ) { [javac] ^ [javac] HOME/JAVA/biojava-live/ant-build/src/main/org/biojava/bio/program/blast2html/HTMLRenderer.java:543: class org.biojava.bio.program.blast2html.HSPSummary is defined in Blast2HTMLHandler.java. Because it is used outside of its source file, it should be defined in a file called "HSPSummary.java". [javac] void writeCurrentHSP( HSPSummary oHSPSummary, BlastLikeAlignment oAlignment ) { [javac] ^ [javac] HOME/JAVA/biojava-live/ant-build/src/main/org/biojava/bio/gui/sequence/PairwiseFilteringRenderer.java:436: No method matching hasListeners() found in class org.biojava.bio.gui.sequence.PairwiseFilteringRenderer. [javac] if (hasListeners()) [javac] ^ [javac] Note: 2 files use or override a deprecated API. Recompile with "-deprecation" for details. [javac] 6 errors, 5 warnings BUILD FAILED HOME/JAVA/biojava-live/build.xml:140: Compile failed, messages should have been provided. Total time: 3 minutes 5 seconds _______________________________________________ Biojava-l mailing list - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://biojava.org/mailman/listinfo/biojava-l