You can't *install* Maven from the source code, only build it.

Why do you need to build Maven from source? If you want to install Maven
you should download the official distro:
http://maven.apache.org/download.cgi

/Anders


On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 3:36 PM, Ed Mansky <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I am trying to install Maven from source code on a PowerMac G4 PPC 7450
> running 10.4.11 and with
> Java JDK 1.5 and Ant 1.6.5 installed.
>
> I am getting an error from line #236 of build.xml 
> (java.io.FileNotFoundException:
> ...full path to pom.properties file)
>
> Apparently the pom.properties file that is expected to be the bootstrap
> area for that target (compile-boot) to run, is missing.
>
> The missing file "pom.properties" is indeed located in the source code
> tree in:
>
> maven-core/src/test/resources/META-INF/maven/org.apache.maven/maven-core
>
> I am new to Maven, but it appears that an entry in 
> maven-core/src/main/mdo/toolchains.mdo
> for this file in META-INF is needed in order to get it copied over to the
> bootstrap area during the building of the target "generate-sources".
>
> My environment variables are set as follows:
>
> JAVA_HOME = /Library/Java/Home
> ANT_HOME   = /Developer/Java/Ant
> M2_HOME     = /usr/local/maven-3.0.4
>
> I also set M3_HOME = /usr/local/maven-3.0.4  in case that was needed
> instead of M2_HOME
>
> I do not have CLASSPATH defined at all.
>
> What am I missing here to get Maven to build?  Any tips or hints would be
> greatly appreciated!
>
> Thanks,
>
> --Ed
> --
> E. J. Mansky II
> Eikonal Research Institute
> Bend, Oregon
>
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