Thanks for all your suggestions guys. As you can see in the trace below I tried them all but it still doesn't work. Do you think this is something I should discuss on a Ruby list instead?
Kind regards, Mark ---------- C:\Users\Mark Robert Coleman\Eclipse Workspace\Michel>gem uninstall rjb Select gem to uninstall: 1. rjb-1.3.2-x86-mswin32-60 2. rjb-1.3.8-x86-mswin32-60 3. All versions > 3 You have requested to uninstall the gem: rjb-1.3.2-x86-mswin32-60 atoulme-Antwrap-0.7.1 depends on [rjb (>= 1.0.3)] buildr-1.4.6 depends on [rjb (= 1.3.2)] If you remove this gems, one or more dependencies will not be met. Continue with Uninstall? [Yn] Y Successfully uninstalled rjb-1.3.2-x86-mswin32-60 Successfully uninstalled rjb-1.3.8-x86-mswin32-60 C:\Users\Mark Robert Coleman\Eclipse Workspace\Michel>gem uninstall buildr Remove executables: buildr in addition to the gem? [Yn] Y Removing buildr Successfully uninstalled buildr-1.4.6-x86-mswin32 C:\Users\Mark Robert Coleman\Eclipse Workspace\Michel>gem install jrb --platform mswin32 Successfully installed tilt-1.3.3 Successfully installed jrb-0.2.0 2 gems installed Installing ri documentation for tilt-1.3.3... Installing ri documentation for jrb-0.2.0... Installing RDoc documentation for tilt-1.3.3... Installing RDoc documentation for jrb-0.2.0... C:\Users\Mark Robert Coleman\Eclipse Workspace\Michel>gem install buildr --platform mswin32 To get started run buildr --help Successfully installed rjb-1.3.2-x86-mswin32-60 Successfully installed buildr-1.4.6-x86-mswin32 2 gems installed Installing ri documentation for rjb-1.3.2-x86-mswin32-60... Installing ri documentation for buildr-1.4.6-x86-mswin32... Installing RDoc documentation for rjb-1.3.2-x86-mswin32-60... Installing RDoc documentation for buildr-1.4.6-x86-mswin32... C:\Users\Mark Robert Coleman\Eclipse Workspace\Michel>java -version java version "1.6.0_27" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_27-b07) Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 20.2-b06, mixed mode) C:\Users\Mark Robert Coleman\Eclipse Workspace\Michel>ruby --version ruby 1.8.6 (2010-02-04 patchlevel 398) [i386-mingw32] C:\Users\Mark Robert Coleman\Eclipse Workspace\Michel>buildr compile --trace C:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/buildr-1.4.6-x86-mswin32/lib/buildr/java/packaging.rb:62: warning: parenthesize argument(s) for future version (in C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/Eclipse Workspace/Michel, development) ** Invoke Jamie's Robot (first_time) ** Execute Jamie's Robot ** Invoke Jamie's Robot ** Invoke compile (first_time) ** Execute compile Compiling Jamie's Robot Compile needed because source file C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/Eclipse Workspace/Michel/src/Mock.java has no corresponding C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/Eclipse Workspace/Michel/bin/classes/Mock.class ** Invoke Jamie's Robot:compile (first_time) ** Invoke Jamie's Robot:resources (first_time) ** Execute Jamie's Robot:resources ** Invoke C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/.m2/repository/org/apache/ant/ant/1.8.0/ant-1.8.0.jar (first_time, not_needed) ** Invoke C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/.m2/repository/local/bsh-core-2.0b4.jar/unknown/bsh-core-2.0b4.jar-unknown.jar (first_time, not_needed) ** Invoke C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/Eclipse Workspace/Michel/lib/bsh-core-2.0b4.jar (first_time, not_needed) ** Invoke C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/.m2/repository/local/cglib-2.1_3-src.jar/unknown/cglib-2.1_3-src.jar-unknown.jar (first_time, not_needed) ** Invoke C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/Eclipse Workspace/Michel/lib/cglib-2.1_3-src.jar (first_time, not_needed) ** Invoke C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/.m2/repository/local/cglib-nodep-2.1_3.jar/unknown/cglib-nodep-2.1_3.jar-unknown.jar (first_time, not_needed) ** Invoke C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/Eclipse Workspace/Michel/lib/cglib-nodep-2.1_3.jar (first_time, not_needed) ** Invoke C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/.m2/repository/local/commons-collections-3.2.1-javadoc.jar/unknown/commons-collections-3.2.1-javadoc.jar-unknown.jar (first_time, not_needed) ** Invoke C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/Eclipse Workspace/Michel/lib/commons-collections-3.2.1-javadoc.jar (first_time, not_needed) ** Invoke C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/.m2/repository/local/commons-collections-3.2.1-sources.jar/unknown/commons-collections-3.2.1-sources.jar-unknown.jar (first_time, not_needed) ** Invoke C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/Eclipse Workspace/Michel/lib/commons-collections-3.2.1-sources.jar (first_time, not_needed) ** Invoke C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/.m2/repository/local/commons-collections-3.2.1.jar/unknown/commons-collections-3.2.1.jar-unknown.jar (first_time, not_needed) ** Invoke C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/Eclipse Workspace/Michel/lib/commons-collections-3.2.1.jar (first_time, not_needed) ** Invoke C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/.m2/repository/local/commons-io-2.1-javadoc.jar/unknown/commons-io-2.1-javadoc.jar-unknown.jar (first_time, not_needed) ** Invoke C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/Eclipse Workspace/Michel/lib/commons-io-2.1-javadoc.jar (first_time, not_needed) ** Invoke C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/.m2/repository/local/commons-io-2.1-sources.jar/unknown/commons-io-2.1-sources.jar-unknown.jar (first_time, not_needed) ** Invoke C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/Eclipse Workspace/Michel/lib/commons-io-2.1-sources.jar (first_time, not_needed) ** Invoke C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/.m2/repository/local/commons-io-2.1.jar/unknown/commons-io-2.1.jar-unknown.jar (first_time, not_needed) ** Invoke C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/Eclipse Workspace/Michel/lib/commons-io-2.1.jar (first_time, not_needed) ** Invoke C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/.m2/repository/local/commons-lang3-3.0.1.jar/unknown/commons-lang3-3.0.1.jar-unknown.jar (first_time, not_needed) ** Invoke C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/Eclipse Workspace/Michel/lib/commons-lang3-3.0.1.jar (first_time, not_needed) ** Invoke C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/.m2/repository/local/hamcrest-core-1.1.jar/unknown/hamcrest-core-1.1.jar-unknown.jar (first_time, not_needed) ** Invoke C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/Eclipse Workspace/Michel/lib/hamcrest-core-1.1.jar (first_time, not_needed) ** Invoke C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/.m2/repository/local/hamcrest-library-1.1.jar/unknown/hamcrest-library-1.1.jar-unknown.jar (first_time, not_needed) ** Invoke C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/Eclipse Workspace/Michel/lib/hamcrest-library-1.1.jar (first_time, not_needed) ** Invoke C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/.m2/repository/local/jmock-2.5.1.jar/unknown/jmock-2.5.1.jar-unknown.jar (first_time, not_needed) ** Invoke C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/Eclipse Workspace/Michel/lib/jmock-2.5.1.jar (first_time, not_needed) ** Invoke C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/.m2/repository/local/jmock-junit3-2.5.1.jar/unknown/jmock-junit3-2.5.1.jar-unknown.jar (first_time, not_needed) ** Invoke C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/Eclipse Workspace/Michel/lib/jmock-junit3-2.5.1.jar (first_time, not_needed) ** Invoke C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/.m2/repository/local/jmock-junit4-2.5.1.jar/unknown/jmock-junit4-2.5.1.jar-unknown.jar (first_time, not_needed) ** Invoke C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/Eclipse Workspace/Michel/lib/jmock-junit4-2.5.1.jar (first_time, not_needed) ** Invoke C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/.m2/repository/local/jmock-legacy-2.5.1.jar/unknown/jmock-legacy-2.5.1.jar-unknown.jar (first_time, not_needed) ** Invoke C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/Eclipse Workspace/Michel/lib/jmock-legacy-2.5.1.jar (first_time, not_needed) ** Invoke C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/.m2/repository/local/jmock-script-2.5.1.jar/unknown/jmock-script-2.5.1.jar-unknown.jar (first_time, not_needed) ** Invoke C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/Eclipse Workspace/Michel/lib/jmock-script-2.5.1.jar (first_time, not_needed) ** Invoke C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/.m2/repository/local/jxfilewatcher-1.0.1.jar/unknown/jxfilewatcher-1.0.1.jar-unknown.jar (first_time, not_needed) ** Invoke C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/Eclipse Workspace/Michel/lib/jxfilewatcher-1.0.1.jar (first_time, not_needed) ** Invoke C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/.m2/repository/local/objenesis-1.0.jar/unknown/objenesis-1.0.jar-unknown.jar (first_time, not_needed) ** Invoke C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/Eclipse Workspace/Michel/lib/objenesis-1.0.jar (first_time, not_needed) ** Invoke C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/Eclipse Workspace/Michel/src (first_time, not_needed) Compile needed because source file C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/Eclipse Workspace/Michel/src/Mock.java has no corresponding C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/Eclipse Workspace/Michel/bin/classes/Mock.class ** Execute Jamie's Robot:compile mkdir -p C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/Eclipse Workspace/Michel/bin/classes Compiling Jamie's Robot into C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/Eclipse Workspace/Michel/bin/classes javac -classpath C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/.m2/repository/org/apache/ant/ant/1.8.0/ant-1.8.0.jar;C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/.m2/repository/local/bsh-core-2.0b4.jar/unknown/bsh-core-2.0b4.jar-unknown.jar;C:/Users/Mark Robert .jar-unknown.jar;C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/.m2/repository/local/cglib-nodep-2.1_3.jar/unknown/cglib-nodep-2.1_3.jar-unknown.jar;C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/.m2/repository/local/commons-collections-3.2.1-javadoc.jar/unknown/co eman/.m2/repository/local/commons-collections-3.2.1-sources.jar/unknown/commons-collections-3.2.1-sources.jar-unknown.jar;C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/.m2/repository/local/commons-collections-3.2.1.jar/unknown/commons-collections /commons-io-2.1-javadoc.jar/unknown/commons-io-2.1-javadoc.jar-unknown.jar;C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/.m2/repository/local/commons-io-2.1-sources.jar/unknown/commons-io-2.1-sources.jar-unknown.jar;C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/. n.jar;C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/.m2/repository/local/commons-lang3-3.0.1.jar/unknown/commons-lang3-3.0.1.jar-unknown.jar;C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/.m2/repository/local/hamcrest-core-1.1.jar/unknown/hamcrest-core-1.1.jar-unk ary-1.1.jar/unknown/hamcrest-library-1.1.jar-unknown.jar;C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/.m2/repository/local/jmock-2.5.1.jar/unknown/jmock-2.5.1.jar-unknown.jar;C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/.m2/repository/local/jmock-junit3-2.5.1.j an/.m2/repository/local/jmock-junit4-2.5.1.jar/unknown/jmock-junit4-2.5.1.jar-unknown.jar;C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/.m2/repository/local/jmock-legacy-2.5.1.jar/unknown/jmock-legacy-2.5.1.jar-unknown.jar;C:/Users/Mark Robert Co .5.1.jar-unknown.jar;C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/.m2/repository/local/jxfilewatcher-1.0.1.jar/unknown/jxfilewatcher-1.0.1.jar-unknown.jar;C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/.m2/repository/local/objenesis-1.0.jar/unknown/objenesis-1.0. ce/Michel/src -d C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/Eclipse Workspace/Michel/bin/classes -nowarn -g C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/Eclipse Workspace/Michel/src/com/ud/robots/assertions/FileAsserts.java C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/Eclips k Robert Coleman/Eclipse Workspace/Michel/src/com/ud/robots/carriers/RecorderBuilder.java C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/Eclipse Workspace/Michel/src/com/ud/robots/carriers/Result.java C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/Eclipse Workspace s/Mark Robert Coleman/Eclipse Workspace/Michel/src/com/ud/robots/filewatcher/WatcherWrapper.java C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/Eclipse Workspace/Michel/src/com/ud/robots/Michelle.java C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/Eclipse Workspace ers/Mark Robert Coleman/Eclipse Workspace/Michel/src/com/ud/robots/Robot.java C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/Eclipse Workspace/Michel/src/com/ud/robots/trigger/DirectoryWatcher.java C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/Eclipse Workspace/Mi k Robert Coleman/Eclipse Workspace/Michel/src/com/ud/robots/trigger/Trigger.java C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/Eclipse Workspace/Michel/src/com/ud/robots/utils/ApacheFileUtilitiesWrapper.java C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/Eclipse W Robert Coleman/Eclipse Workspace/Michel/src/com/ud/robots/utils/FileUtils.java C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/Eclipse Workspace/Michel/src/Mock.java ** Invoke C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/.m2/repository/org/apache/ant/ant/1.8.0/ant-1.8.0.jar (not_needed) ** Invoke C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/.m2/repository/org/apache/ant/ant-launcher/1.8.0/ant-launcher-1.8.0.jar (first_time, not_needed) ** Invoke C:/Users/Mark Robert Coleman/.m2/repository/org/apache/ant/ant-trax/1.8.0/ant-trax-1.8.0.jar (first_time, not_needed) ** Invoke C:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/buildr-1.4.6-x86-mswin32/lib/buildr/java (first_time, not_needed) Buildr aborted! RuntimeError : can't create Java VM C:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/buildr-1.4.6-x86-mswin32/lib/buildr/java/rjb.rb:114:in `load' C:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/buildr-1.4.6-x86-mswin32/lib/buildr/java/rjb.rb:114:in `load' C:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/buildr-1.4.6-x86-mswin32/lib/buildr/java/compiler.rb:68:in `compile' C:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/buildr-1.4.6-x86-mswin32/lib/buildr/core/compile.rb:262:in `initialize' C:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:634:in `call' C:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:634:in `execute' C:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:631:in `each' C:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:631:in `execute' C:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/buildr-1.4.6-x86-mswin32/lib/buildr/core/application.rb:674:in `invoke_with_call_chain' C:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/1.8/monitor.rb:242:in `synchronize' C:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/buildr-1.4.6-x86-mswin32/lib/buildr/core/application.rb:660:in `invoke_with_call_chain' C:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/buildr-1.4.6-x86-mswin32/lib/buildr/core/application.rb:655:in `invoke' C:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/buildr-1.4.6-x86-mswin32/lib/buildr/core/project.rb:326:in `local_task' C:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/buildr-1.4.6-x86-mswin32/lib/buildr/core/project.rb:351:in `[]' C:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/buildr-1.4.6-x86-mswin32/lib/buildr/core/project.rb:351:in `local_projects' C:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/buildr-1.4.6-x86-mswin32/lib/buildr/core/project.rb:351:in `each' C:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/buildr-1.4.6-x86-mswin32/lib/buildr/core/project.rb:351:in `local_projects' C:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/buildr-1.4.6-x86-mswin32/lib/buildr/core/project.rb:324:in `local_task' C:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:636:in `call' C:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:636:in `execute' C:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:631:in `each' C:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:631:in `execute' C:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/buildr-1.4.6-x86-mswin32/lib/buildr/core/application.rb:674:in `invoke_with_call_chain' C:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/1.8/monitor.rb:242:in `synchronize' C:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/buildr-1.4.6-x86-mswin32/lib/buildr/core/application.rb:660:in `invoke_with_call_chain' C:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/buildr-1.4.6-x86-mswin32/lib/buildr/core/application.rb:655:in `invoke' C:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rake-0.8.7/lib/rake.rb:2051:in `invoke_task' C:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/buildr-1.4.6-x86-mswin32/lib/buildr/core/application.rb:246:in `top_level' C:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/buildr-1.4.6-x86-mswin32/lib/buildr/core/application.rb:246:in `each' C:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/buildr-1.4.6-x86-mswin32/lib/buildr/core/application.rb:246:in `top_level' C:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/buildr-1.4.6-x86-mswin32/lib/buildr/core/application.rb:535:in `standard_exception_handling' C:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/buildr-1.4.6-x86-mswin32/lib/buildr/core/application.rb:237:in `top_level' C:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/buildr-1.4.6-x86-mswin32/lib/buildr/core/application.rb:138:in `run' C:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/buildr-1.4.6-x86-mswin32/lib/buildr/core/application.rb:535:in `standard_exception_handling' C:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/buildr-1.4.6-x86-mswin32/lib/buildr/core/application.rb:135:in `run' C:/Ruby186/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/buildr-1.4.6-x86-mswin32/bin/buildr:19 C:/Ruby186/bin/buildr:19:in `load' C:/Ruby186/bin/buildr:19 --------- On 27 January 2012 20:36, Antoine Toulme <anto...@lunar-ocean.com> wrote: > It also looks like you use a beta build of JDK7. I would use JDK6 with rjb > unless you get a hint from the rjb website that they now support jdk7. > > If all fails, jruby should be pretty fast with JDK7 ! > > On Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 11:32, Rhett Sutphin <rh...@detailedbalance.net > >wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > On Jan 27, 2012, at 12:33 PM, Christopher Tiwald wrote: > > > > > On Jan 27, 2012, at 1:19 PM, Mark - Mixtup wrote: > > > > > >> After getting buildr running on my Windows XP 32-bit laptop, I'm now > > having > > >> trouble running it on my Windows 7 64-bit home machine. I read > somewhere > > >> that running 64-bit Java against 32-bit Ruby would not work so I > > updated my > > >> JAVA_HOME variable to point to a 32-bit installation but the problem > > >> persists. > > > > > > Hey Mark, > > > > > > Your issue is way beyond my knowledge of buildr, but have you tried > > simply reinstalling it after updating the JAVA_HOME variable? Something > like > > > > > > $ gem uninstall buildr > > > > > > then following the windows installation instructions here > > https://buildr.apache.org/installing.html#windows? > > > > > > Just a thought. I use OSX myself, so I'm not familiar with the Windows > > installation method. All the same it seems like a quick and dirty way to > > avoid some debugging pain. > > > > This is what I would recommend also, except that the gem I would suggest > > you should reinstall after changing JAVA_HOME is rjb. This is the > low-level > > library that enables invoking java code from C ruby. > > > > Rhett > > > > > > > > -- > > > Christopher Tiwald > > > > > > Reliability Architect > > > Salsa Labs, Inc. > > > > > -- --- Mark Coleman - +31(0)652134960 - Mixtup <http://www.mixtup.nl> [image: Facebook]<http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Mixtup-Project/161049465955>[image: Youtube] <http://www.youtube.com/user/MixTupMovies>[image: Vimeo]<http://vimeo.com/user4061445/videos>