I had searched for Ant answers, but didn't find what I needed until now... I added "Redhat" and found this chap who had the same problem.
http://www.jasonsimms.com/archives/2004/06/000085-apache_ant_mystery_error_s olved.html I renamed /usr/share/ant to /usr/share/ant-old and now ant version 1.6.2 works great. :-) I'm betting the Ant script that runs ant was pulling in the old jars and that made the fubar state. Cheers, Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Colson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, August 21, 2004 10:53 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [jug-discussion] ANT Install failing > > I don't get it... I've "installed" ant in hundreds of > places... and never > had this kind of grief. This is Red Hat linux... java is > happy. env vars are > set. Ant won't run. :-( > > Ideas? > > Timo > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] opt]$ java -version > java version "1.4.2" > Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.2-b28) > Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.2-b28, mixed mode) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] opt]$ > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] tcolson]$ ant -version > Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: > org/apache/tools/ant/launch/Launcher > [EMAIL PROTECTED] tcolson]$ echo $JAVA_HOME > /opt/jdk > [EMAIL PROTECTED] tcolson]$ echo $ANT_HOME > /opt/ant > [EMAIL PROTECTED] tcolson]$ echo $PATH > /opt/jdk/bin:/opt/ant/bin:/usr/kerberos/bin:/usr/local/bin:/bi > n:/usr/bin:/us > r/X11R6/bin:/home/tcolson/bin > [EMAIL PROTECTED] tcolson]$ cd /opt > [EMAIL PROTECTED] opt]$ ls -l > total 33944 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 tcolson tcolson 16 Aug 20 23:56 ant -> > apache-ant-1.6.2 > drwxr-xr-x 6 trudkin trudkin 4096 Aug 3 11:45 > apache-ant-1.6.1 > drwxrwxr-x 6 tcolson tcolson 4096 Aug 21 00:07 > apache-ant-1.6.2 > drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 Aug 10 08:00 j2sdk1.4.2 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 trudkin trudkin 34653233 Aug 10 07:38 > j2sdk-1_4_2-linux-i586.rpm > lrwxrwxrwx 1 trudkin trudkin 10 Aug 10 08:28 jdk > -> j2sdk1.4.2 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
