do you have tools.jar on your classpath?
c:\jdk1.3\lib\tools.jar
Kevin Jones
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anil [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 28 March 2001 10:23
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: problems building the tomcat Source
>
>
> I have been trying to build the Source for Tomcat but an error creeps up.
>
> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
> sun/tools/javac/Main
> at
> org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Javac.doClassicCompile(Javac.java:218)
> at org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Javac.execute(Target.java:120)
>
>
> I have downloaded and installed
> >> jdk1.3
> >>tomcat source 3.1.1
> >>jakarta-ant
> >>jakarta-tools
> all in the same directory.
> running on Win98 system
>
>
> Anybody has any Idea what the problem could be. Any help would will be
> appreciated
>
> Thanks
>
> Anil Oommen
> Technical Member
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>