Thanks Jon. My eyes are failing :( On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 5:51 PM, Joe Stein <crypt...@gmail.com> wrote:
> the problem is because you copied/pasted > > – > > which is a special character not to be confused with a hyphen which is - > > – != - > > mvn install:install-file -Dfile=kafka-0.7.1.jar -DgroupId=org.apache.kafka > -DartifactId=kafka-core -Dversion=0.7.1-incubating -Dpackaging=jar > -DgeneratePom=true > > works fine > > you had – infront of most of the params below, just use - and you are good > to go (you might also want to replace the - with an = > for -DgeneratePom-true to be -DgeneratePom=true or even leave that out... ) > > > On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 8:05 PM, Something Something < > mailinglist...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I would like to introduce Kafka into an existing application that uses > > Maven. I couldn't find a Maven repository. I tried installing it to my > > local repository as follows: > > > > mvn install:install-file –Dfile=kafka-0.7.1.jar > –DgroupId=org.apache.kafka > > –DartifactId=kafka-core –Dversion=0.7.1-incubating -Dpackaging=jar > > -DgeneratePom-true > > > > But I keep getting this error message: > > > > [ERROR] Failed to execute goal > > org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-install-plugin:2.3.1:install-file > > (default-cli) on project gurkha: The parameters 'file' for goal > > org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-install-plugin:2.3.1:install-file are > > missing or invalid -> [Help 1] > > > > > > Needless to say, I am NOT a Maven expert. Can someone help me integrate > > Kafka into an existing Maven project? > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > -- > > /* > Joe Stein > http://www.linkedin.com/in/charmalloc > Twitter: @allthingshadoop <http://www.twitter.com/allthingshadoop> > */ >
