I wrote up a little mini-howto at http://geoserver.org/display/GEOSDOC/Building+GeoServer+from+source+code . I don't think it's quite ready for prime time, but it is ready for feedback. Hit me with comments (or just edit the page)!
-Eric Thus spake Justin Deoliveira ([email protected]): > Hi Eric, > > Glad you got it to work. And I apologize for our lack of good > documentation for developers. It is something we are working on, slowly > but surely. > > Anything you wanted to contribute about your findings woudl be great. I > would suggest signing up for our wiki: > > http://geoserver.org/signup.action > > And adding a new page detailing your experiences. > > -Justin > > > Eric W Anderson wrote: > > Hi Justin, > > > > OK, that looks like a success. I thought I built it with the "-P release" > > flag > > before, but evidently not. Thanks for all of your help. > > > > The whole process has been decidedly unintuitive, at least for someone with > > my > > background. This list has been extraordinarily helpful, but I burned a > > whole > > lot of time trying to figure everything out before joining the mailing > > list. > > > > Is there anywhere I can contribute to the web documentation to make this > > process easier for the next guy? > > > > Thanks for everything, > > Eric > > > > Thus spake Justin Deoliveira ([email protected]): > > > >> Hi Eric, > >> > >> (If you could keep responses on the public list that would be > >> appreciated, thanks). > >> > >> What it looks like to me is that the release directory was not built > >> properly. Are you sure you built with the "-P release" switch? Again the > >> commands should be: > >> > >> mvn -P release clean install > >> mvn assembly:attached > >> > >> The "-P release" part actives the build of the release directory, which > >> contains all the jetty jars. The exception tells me that the jetty jars > >> are missing. > >> > >> Also, just to ensure, you are running the startup.sh or startup.bat file? > >> > >> -Justin > >> > >> Eric W Anderson wrote: > >>> Hi again, > >>> > >>> Thanks for all your help -- it's getting closer to working. When I unzip > >>> the > >>> geoserver-1.7.3-SNAPSHOT-bin.zip "release," I get a directory tree that > >>> looks > >>> very much like the pre-compiled version I dowloaded. When I try to run > >>> it, > >>> though, I get an error which I did not get with the official release: > >>> > >>> java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.mortbay.xml.XmlConfiguration > >>> at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:200) > >>> at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) > >>> at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:188) > >>> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306) > >>> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:251) > >>> at org.mortbay.start.Main.invokeMain(Main.java:166) > >>> at org.mortbay.start.Main.start(Main.java:497) > >>> at org.mortbay.start.Main.main(Main.java:115) > >>> > >>> Any thoughts? I don't see any .java, .class, or .jar files which are > >>> obviously > >>> relevent in either version. > >>> > >>> Thank you so much for all your installation & debugging help! > >>> > >>> -Eric > >>> > >>> > >>> Thus spake Justin Deoliveira ([email protected]): > >>> > >>>> Hi Eric, > >>>> > >>>> Glad it is working. So basically what you have to do is build the > >>>> release artifacts. You will get the binary and war artifact, one of > >>>> which you can deploy to your server. > >>>> > >>>> The entire release process is documented in detail here: > >>>> > >>>> http://gridlock.openplans.org/geoserver/1.7.x/doc/developer/release-guide.html > >>>> > >>>> But you probably will only care about this section: > >>>> > >>>> http://gridlock.openplans.org/geoserver/1.7.x/doc/developer/release-guide.html#build-release-artifacts > >>>> > >>>> To sum up: > >>>> > >>>> From the root: > >>>> > >>>> 1) mvn -P release clean install > >>>> 2) mvn assembly:attached > >>>> > >>>> If you want to include a custom data directory you need to specify the > >>>> configId and configDirectory flags in step 1. Example: > >>>> > >>>> mvn -DconfigId=myDataDirectory > >>>> -DconfigDirectory=/location/where/i/keep/data/directories > >>>> -P release clean install > >>>> > >>>> Hope that helps. > >>>> > >>>> -Justin > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Eric W Anderson wrote: > >>>>> Hi Justin, > >>>>> > >>>>> Thanks for your help! It seems to be building perfectly now, but that > >>>>> brings > >>>>> me to another maven and/or web services newbie question: How do I move > >>>>> geoserver from being installed in my local maven repository (looks like > >>>>> a > >>>>> directory tree under ~/.m2/repository/) to being installed on my web > >>>>> server? > >>>>> Is there a tar/jar/war/zip somewhere that I can copy to the appropriate > >>>>> machine > >>>>> and directory? > >>>>> > >>>>> Thanks again, > >>>>> Eric > >>>>> > >>>>> Thus spake Justin Deoliveira ([email protected]): > >>>>> > >>>>>> Hi Eric, > >>>>>> > >>>>>> You actually have to do an "install" rather than "compile". The reason > >>>>>> > >>>>>> being that there are modules that depend on other modules for test > >>>>>> code, > >>>>>> in addition to just regular code. "compile" just complies the regular > >>>>>> source code (non-tests). Whereas install will compile both regular > >>>>>> code > >>>>>> and test code, and install it in your local maven repository. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> The command I usually build with is "mvn clean install". > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Let us know if that does not work for you. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> -Justin > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Eric W Anderson wrote: > >>>>>>> Hi all, > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> I'm trying to build geoserver from source so that I'll have a > >>>>>>> starting point > >>>>>>> for writing a plugin. Let me say from the outset that this is > >>>>>>> unfamiliar > >>>>>>> territory: I've never used maven, jetty, or any of the associated > >>>>>>> paraphernalia > >>>>>>> before. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> What I'm doing seems like it should be simple, but things keep going > >>>>>>> wrong. I > >>>>>>> checked out the source with: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> svn co http://svn.codehaus.org/geoserver/branches/1.7.x > >>>>>>> geoserver-1.7.x > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> I'm trying to compile with: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> cd geoserver-1.7.x/src > >>>>>>> mvn compile > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> I end up with the following error: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> [INFO] > >>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>>>>>> [ERROR] BUILD ERROR > >>>>>>> [INFO] > >>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>>>>>> [INFO] Failed to resolve artifact. > >>>>>>> Missing: > >>>>>>> ---------- > >>>>>>> 1) org.geoserver:ows:jar:tests:1.7.3-SNAPSHOT > >>>>>>> Try downloading the file manually from the project website. > >>>>>>> Then, install it using the command: mvn > >>>>>>> install:install-file -DgroupId=org.geoserver -DartifactId=ows > >>>>>>> -Dversion=1.7.3-SNAPSHOT -Dclassifier=tests -Dpackaging=jar > >>>>>>> -Dfile=/path/to/file > >>>>>>> Alternatively, if you host your own repository you can deploy > >>>>>>> the > >>>>>>> file there: mvn deploy:deploy-file -DgroupId=org.geoserver > >>>>>>> -DartifactId=ows -Dversion=1.7.3-SNAPSHOT -Dclassifier=tests > >>>>>>> -Dpackaging=jar -Dfile=/path/to/file -Durl=[url] -DrepositoryId=[id] > >>>>>>> Path to dependency: 1) > >>>>>>> org.geoserver:wms:jar:1.7.3-SNAPSHOT > >>>>>>> 2) org.geoserver:ows:jar:tests:1.7.3-SNAPSHOT > >>>>>>> ---------- > >>>>>>> 1 required artifact is missing. > >>>>>>> for artifact: org.geoserver:wms:jar:1.7.3-SNAPSHOT > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> What am I doing wrong? I can see from the hudson server that this > >>>>>>> code branch > >>>>>>> passes automated build tests. I've tried manually finding the > >>>>>>> missing jar file > >>>>>>> on-line and installing it as described in the error message, but then > >>>>>>> I run > >>>>>>> into another missing artifact and another, ad infinitum. What am I > >>>>>>> missing? > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Any help would be greatly appreciated! > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> -Eric > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>>>>>> This SF.net email is sponsored by: > >>>>>>> High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. > >>>>>>> Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! > >>>>>>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>>>> Geoserver-users mailing list > >>>>>>> [email protected] > >>>>>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-users > >>>>>> -- > >>>>>> Justin Deoliveira > >>>>>> OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org > >>>>>> Enterprise support for open source geospatial. > >>>> -- > >>>> Justin Deoliveira > >>>> OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org > >>>> Enterprise support for open source geospatial. > >>>> > >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>>> This SF.net email is sponsored by: > >>>> High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. > >>>> Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! > >>>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> Geoserver-users mailing list > >>>> [email protected] > >>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-users > >> > >> -- > >> Justin Deoliveira > >> OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org > >> Enterprise support for open source geospatial. > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> This SF.net email is sponsored by: > >> High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. > >> Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! > >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Geoserver-devel mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-devel > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: > > High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. > > Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Geoserver-devel mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-devel > > > -- > Justin Deoliveira > OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org > Enterprise support for open source geospatial. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > This SF.net email is sponsored by: > High Quality Requirements in a Collaborative Environment. > Download a free trial of Rational Requirements Composer Now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/www-ibm-com > _______________________________________________ > Geoserver-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/geoserver-devel -- Eric W. 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