The problem has been discussed on the mailing list about the documentation actually being too up to date - this reflects an unreleased version of Maven. The install_repo.sh step is there to save some downloading on your part, but it wasn't present in beta-10.
I've updated the JIRA issue to indicate we should get a consistent site for a release, and maintain previous release documentation too, as well as keeping other doucmentation up to date (like the FAQ, news and status, etc). - Brett > -----Original Message----- > From: Elias Sinderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, 17 September 2003 7:59 AM > To: Maven Users List > Subject: Re: uhmm... installation? > > > FYI, I did the same thing and have been able to build my > project without > any further difficulties. I did, however, enter a bug into Jira as to > the installation instructions being out of date ... > > > Cheers, > Elias > > > Lisa Kavanaugh wrote: > > >I ran into the same issue, and just skipped that step. I have been > >cruising along since & haven't missed it. > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Elias Sinderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 9:35 AM > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: uhmm... installation? > > > > > >Dear Maven Community, > > > >Do help me out with this one, I hope I'm not missing > something entirely > >obvious... (Don't you just love requests for help that > start off like > >this? ;-) > > > >I'm attempting to set up maven for the first time. I visited the web > >page, where I was able to download the latest distribution > >(1.0-beta-10) without difficulty. I untarred the file, set my > >environment variables, and attempted to run the command: > > > >$MAVEN_HOME/bin/install_repo.sh $HOME/.maven/repository > > > >as instructed on the installation page. Guess what? There is no > >'install_repo.sh' in the $MAVEN_HOME/bin directory! I thought I must > >have the wrong version, as the instructions clearly state > that they are > >for maven-1.0-beta-8, so I downloaded that version as well > and untarred > >it. Guess what? There is no 'install_repo.sh' included in that > >distribution either! Just in case, I also checked the > maven-1.0-beta-9 > >distribution as well, and no 'install_repo.sh' was to be found. In > >frustration, I downloaded and checked the .zip distributions > as well ... > >no 'install_repo.sh' to be found anywhere. > > > >So I checked the FAQ, no help there. I searched the mailing list > >archives for install_repo.sh, but no matches were found... > Believe me, I > >would really like to use this tool but the developers seem bent on > >making it unnecessarily difficult. I should think that > having up to date > >and accurate installation instructions would be a higher > priority than > >it appears to be. Please respond to this email on the list so that > >others facing the same issues might find a useful resource where no > >others appear to be. Until then, I'm off to file a bug in Jira about > >this glaring oversight... > > > > > >For the love of god, > >Elias > > > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
