Hi Eric, Thanks a lot for taking the time to write this up. It will be very helpful. One of the things that has been on my TODO list for a while now is updating the maven and eclipse quickstarts in the developer guide. I will definitely incorporate your write up into that.
Thanks again. -Justin Eric W Anderson wrote: > 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 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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. 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