Hi list. I've run into the well known "Unable to locate tools.jar." System is XP SP3. Tested with ant-1.8.0RC1 and ant-1.6.5. Installed Java Runtime Plugin 1.4.2_04 and JDK 1.4.2_04
here're some snippets ***************************** C:\>echo %JAVA_HOME% C:\Program Files\j2sdk1.4.2_04 ***************************** C:\>dir "%JAVA_HOME%"\lib Datenträger in Laufwerk C: ist WINDOWS Volumeseriennummer: F4DF-4BF0 Verzeichnis von C:\Program Files\j2sdk1.4.2_04\lib 18.01.2010 22:57 <DIR> . 18.01.2010 22:57 <DIR> .. 22.02.2004 23:34 139.037 dt.jar 22.02.2004 23:44 1.214.157 htmlconverter.jar 19.05.2005 12:29 18.381 ir.idl 22.02.2004 23:29 1.916 jawt.lib 22.02.2004 23:29 218.250 jvm.lib 19.05.2005 12:29 429 orb.idl 22.02.2004 23:48 5.082.203 tools.jar ****************************** Error message when running ant: C:\>ant Unable to locate tools.jar. Expected to find it in C:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.2_04\lib\tools.jar ****************************** I've also tried to use the 8.3 style for the variable name, still no luck. See ugly-cut "ant -diagnostics" below. Regards, Stephan C:\PROGRA~1\J2SDK1~1.2_0>ant -diagnostics Unable to locate tools.jar. Expected to find it in C:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.2_04\li ------- Ant diagnostics report ------- Apache Ant version 1.6.5 compiled on June 2 2005 ------------------------------------------- Implementation Version (JDK1.2+ only) ------------------------------------------- core tasks : 1.6.5 optional tasks : 1.6.5 ------------------------------------------- ANT_HOME/lib jar listing ------------------------------------------- ant.home: C:\Documents and Settings\Stephan.Mueller\My Documents\downloads\apache-ant-1. ant-antlr.jar (5667 bytes) ant-apache-bcel.jar (8617 bytes) ant-apache-bsf.jar (12597 bytes) ant-apache-log4j.jar (3022 bytes) ant-apache-oro.jar (48034 bytes) ant-apache-regexp.jar (3724 bytes) ant-apache-resolver.jar (4082 bytes) ant-commons-logging.jar (3864 bytes) ant-commons-net.jar (35303 bytes) ant-icontract.jar (9721 bytes) ant-jai.jar (21359 bytes) ant-javamail.jar (6761 bytes) ant-jdepend.jar (8160 bytes) ant-jmf.jar (6605 bytes) ant-jsch.jar (22726 bytes) ant-junit.jar (74237 bytes) ant-launcher.jar (9180 bytes) ant-netrexx.jar (9998 bytes) ant-nodeps.jar (421008 bytes) ant-starteam.jar (35472 bytes) ant-stylebook.jar (2328 bytes) ant-swing.jar (6763 bytes) ant-trax.jar (68841 bytes) ant-vaj.jar (49742 bytes) ant-weblogic.jar (14363 bytes) ant-xalan1.jar (4465 bytes) ant-xslp.jar (2244 bytes) ant.jar (1034049 bytes) xercesImpl.jar (1010675 bytes) xml-apis.jar (124724 bytes) ------------------------------------------- Tasks availability ------------------------------------------- image : Missing dependency com.sun.media.jai.codec.FileSeekableStream sshexec : Missing dependency com.jcraft.jsch.UserInfo scp : Missing dependency com.jcraft.jsch.UserInfo jdepend : Missing dependency jdepend.xmlui.JDepend junit : Missing dependency junit.framework.Test ------------------------------------------- org.apache.env.Which diagnostics ------------------------------------------- Not available. Download it at http://xml.apache.org/commons/ ------------------------------------------- XML Parser information ------------------------------------------- XML Parser : org.apache.xerces.jaxp.SAXParserImpl XML Parser Location: C:\Documents and Settings\Stephan.Mueller\My Documents\downloads\ap ------------------------------------------- System properties ------------------------------------------- java.runtime.name : Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition sun.boot.library.path : C:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.2_04\bin java.vm.version : 1.4.2_04-b05 ant.library.dir : C:\Documents and Settings\Stephan.Mueller\My Documents\downloads\apach java.vm.vendor : Sun Microsystems Inc. java.vendor.url : http://java.sun.com/ path.separator : ; java.vm.name : Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM file.encoding.pkg : sun.io user.country : DE sun.os.patch.level : Service Pack 2 java.vm.specification.name : Java Virtual Machine Specification user.dir : C:\PROGRA~1\J2SDK1~1.2_0 java.runtime.version : 1.4.2_04-b05 java.awt.graphicsenv : sun.awt.Win32GraphicsEnvironment java.endorsed.dirs : C:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.2_04\lib\endorsed os.arch : x86 java.io.tmpdir : C:\DOCUME~1\STEPHA~1.MUE\LOCALS~1\Temp\ line.separator : java.vm.specification.vendor : Sun Microsystems Inc. user.variant : os.name : Windows XP ant.home : C:\Documents and Settings\Stephan.Mueller\My Documents\downloads\apache-ant-1 sun.java2d.fontpath : java.library.path : C:\PROGRA~1\J2SDK1~1.2_0\bin;.;C:\windows\system32;C:\windows;C:\Pro Solutions\UltraEdit-32\;C:\Program Files\QuickTime\QTSystem\;C:\Documents and Settings\S java.specification.name : Java Platform API Specification java.class.version : 48.0 java.util.prefs.PreferencesFactory : java.util.prefs.WindowsPreferencesFactory os.version : 5.1 user.home : C:\Documents and Settings\Stephan.Mueller user.timezone : Europe/Belgrade java.awt.printerjob : sun.awt.windows.WPrinterJob file.encoding : Cp1252 java.specification.version : 1.4 user.name : Stephan.Mueller java.class.path : C:\Documents and Settings\Stephan.Mueller\My Documents\downloads\apach ephan.Mueller\My Documents\downloads\apache-ant-1.6.5\lib\ant-apache-log4j.jar;C:\Docume nloads\apache-ant-1.6.5\lib\ant-commons-logging.jar;C:\Documents and Settings\Stephan.Mu ar;C:\Documents and Settings\Stephan.Mueller\My Documents\downloads\apache-ant-1.6.5\lib nloads\apache-ant-1.6.5\lib\ant-launcher.jar;C:\Documents and Settings\Stephan.Mueller\M cuments and Settings\Stephan.Mueller\My Documents\downloads\apache-ant-1.6.5\lib\ant-swi apache-ant-1.6.5\lib\ant-xalan1.jar;C:\Documents and Settings\Stephan.Mueller\My Documen java.vm.specification.version : 1.0 sun.arch.data.model : 32 java.home : C:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.2_04 java.specification.vendor : Sun Microsystems Inc. user.language : de awt.toolkit : sun.awt.windows.WToolkit java.vm.info : mixed mode java.version : 1.4.2_04 java.ext.dirs : C:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.2_04\lib\ext sun.boot.class.path : C:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.2_04\lib\rt.jar;C:\Program Files\Jav java.vendor : Sun Microsystems Inc. file.separator : \ java.vendor.url.bug : http://java.sun.com/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi sun.cpu.endian : little sun.io.unicode.encoding : UnicodeLittle sun.cpu.isalist : pentium i486 i386 -- Jetzt kostenlos herunterladen: Internet Explorer 8 und Mozilla Firefox 3.5 - sicherer, schneller und einfacher! http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/atbrowser --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@ant.apache.org