You must define env variable in environment setting and not in dos session. I develop and use Maven on Win XP and it works fine.
Emmanuel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Federico Spinazzi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Maven Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2003 2:24 PM Subject: Problems with maven 1.0 rc1 on windows XP/2003 > Hy, > I think this problem should have been noted by someone else so maybe it > has been already discussed even if I have not found any reference in the > mailing list archives. > > I'll give a sample of a session on a clean windows machine, no previous > maven installation. > > I've downloaded maven-1.0-rc1.tar.gz an decommpressed to > c:\java\maven-1.0-rc1. > Then I do the following in a command box: > > C:\cd federico\eom > C:\federico\eom>set MAVEN_HOME=c:\java\maven-1.0-rc1 > C:\federico\eom>set PATH=%MAVEN_HOME%\bin > Next I invoke Maven: > C:\federico\eom>maven > __ __ > | \/ |__ _Apache__ ___ > | |\/| / _` \ V / -_) ' \ ~ intelligent projects ~ > |_| |_\__,_|\_/\___|_||_| v. 1.0-rc1-SNAPSHOT > > Directory c:javamaven-1.0-rc1\repository doesn't exists. Attempting to > create. > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > Downloading ant-1.5.3-1.jar. > [...] > > Two things: > - maven can't find c:\java\maven-1.0-rc1\repository, even if it exists > - maven creates the directory C:\federico\eom\javamaven-1.0-rc1, so > backslashes are lost > > Trying to use c:/java/maven-1.0-rc1 (forward slashes) for MAVEN_HOME > fails as the check for existence in maven.bat fails; > > C:\federico\eom>set MAVEN_HOME=c:/java/maven-1.0-rc1 > C:\federico\eom>maven > ERROR: MAVEN_HOME is set to an invalid directory. > MAVEN_HOME = c:/java/maven-1.0-rc1 > Please set the MAVEN_HOME variable in your environment to match the > location of the Maven installation > > beta-9 works fine, but I've some probelms with plugins so I tried to > switch to rc1. > > Thank you very much > Federico > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
