it is assumed you already installed the JDK for your operating system first..then set JAVA_HOME to the folder you installed
without the JDK installation..any distro of ANT wont work http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp Martin Gainty ______________________________________________ Disclaimer and confidentiality note Everything in this e-mail and any attachments relates to the official business of Sender. This transmission is of a confidential nature and Sender does not endorse distribution to any party other than intended recipient. Sender does not necessarily endorse content contained within this transmission. > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [email protected] > Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 20:14:47 +0000 > Subject: RE: what does ant really use? > > Yes I am aware that there are symlinks, so I followed them to the point that > I am almost 100% sure there was neither javac nor gcj on the system disk. So > how can ant still compile? Does it have a "bundled" gcj ? > > -----Original Message----- > From: John5342 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 11:58 AM > To: Ant Users List > Subject: Re: what does ant really use? > > If you changed the name of gcj and javac in /usr/bin they are not the actualy > executables. They are only links to the real ones which in fedora (and > probably RH) located in /usr/share/jvm/<java implementation>/bin/. In fedora > (and again probably in RH) there is an "alternatives" application which > allows you to choose which installed version of java you are using rather > than renaming binaries. Should also warn you that although RH is supported > longer than most and in general rock stable the software is often quite old > because i happen to know that more recent versions of gcj support java 1.5. > Hope this all helps you in the right direction. > > 2008/10/8 Pareti, Joseph <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > > As a disclaimer, I am a true ant (and java) novice. Having said that, > > I am confronted with a weird problem in a j2ee project which fails at > > run time with a jndi error. After several investigations, I am now > > almost convinced it has to do with the build process. > > > > I have jdk 1.5.0_02 installed on my system, x86/RHEL 3, kernel 2.4; I > > am also using ant 1.5.2_23 > > > > My build log file shows, for each compile target the following message: > > > > [javac] Using gcj compiler > > > > Just for kicks, I then deleted gcj as well as javac (here I mean the > > javac compiler executable) from my disk i.e. I renamed both of them to > > something else, and ant still worked and still claimed it's using gcj, > > which leaves me totally confused. > > > > Perhaps one hint; at the top of the log file I see the comment > > "detected java version 1.4 in /usr". > > > > I know this is not what I want/need (it should be 1.5), so where does > > it come from? > > > > I then went ahead setting the following property in my build.xml: > > > > <property name="build.compiler" value="modern"/> > > > > but this was quickly discarded: > > > > "Override ignored for property build.compiler" > > which basically produced the same results as described above. I am > > running out of ideas here. > > > > Thanks for any insights. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ Stay up to date on your PC, the Web, and your mobile phone with Windows Live. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/msnnkwxp1020093185mrt/direct/01/
