Thanks for following this up. I have to somehow get past this hurdle to do more interesting things. I run Java 1.2.2 right now. Pl let me know if 1.3.1 would help resolve this. thanks again.
Thomas Down wrote: > Hi, and sorry you're having trouble compiling -- we've found > ant pretty reliable in the past. > > The message you point to looks rather different to the > problem you seem to be having. From the log you originally > posted, it looks like the (classic) compiler is being started > successfully, but then throwing up some errors during compilation. > My suspicion is that Michael is right and switching to the > modern compiler will help. > > What version of Java do you have installed? > > Thomas. > > On Mon, Jan 21, 2002 at 01:58:27PM -0800, Geetha Vasudevan wrote: > > I see that installing ant has been a problem for a few others apart from me! > > it gives problem even with 1.3 and 1.4. > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/ant-user@jakarta.apache.org/msg11048.html > > > > "Michael E. Smoot" wrote: > > > > > Geetha, > > > > > > My only guess at this point is that the compiler you're using might be the > > > problem since its 1.2.? instead of 1.3 or 1.4. There is a note here: > > > http://biojava.org/docs/started.html about problems with 1.2. > > > > > > If you can't compile the code or get a new vm, you might try just > > > downloading and using the binaries. > > > > > > Mike > > > > > > On Mon, 21 Jan 2002, Geetha Vasudevan wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Biojava-l mailing list - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://biojava.org/mailman/listinfo/biojava-l > > -- > We wish to thank the many Firewall vendors who have supported our > work to re-enable the innovation that made the Internet great, > without giving up the cellophane fig leaf of security that a Firewall > provides. -- Gaynor & Bradner, RFC3093 _______________________________________________ Biojava-l mailing list - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://biojava.org/mailman/listinfo/biojava-l