On 5/31/2013 4:17 AM, Shalin Shekhar Mangar wrote: > The "trunk" requires Java7 but the 4.x releases are cut from branch_4x > which is on Java6. There are some bugs in Java8 which cause test failures > on our build machines so just avoid it for now. I use IntelliJ so I cannot > comment on the problems you faced with eclipse but plenty of other > developers use eclipse with lucene/solr so it is indeed supported. Oracle > Java is the way to go. > > We may be able to help you more if you specify the errors you saw while > running the tests. > > Just for reference, here's what I use: > IDE: IntelliJ Ultimate (the community edition also runs fine) > Java: Oracle Java 1.7.0_17 > Ant: 1.8.4 > > Steps to get started: > 1. Checkout trunk from svn > 2. ant ivy-bootstrap > 3. ant idea > 4. Open project in IntelliJ Idea, goto "Project Structure" and choose the > installed JVM (sometimes it does not happen automatically)
Shalin has given you all the important info. I'd just like to add one thought: On some systems, particularly those with Redhat DNA (RHEL, CentOS, Fedora, Scientific), the packaged ant is broken. For those, you should download the latest ant 1.8.x from ant.apache.org, extract it somewhere, and either modify your path so it gets found before the packaged ant, or set an environment variable to point at the right location: export ANT_HOME=/usr/local/apache-ant-1.8.4 The packaged ant on Debian seems to work fine, so Ubuntu and other derivatives probably also work. I have not tried ant 1.9.x, so I don't know whether that would work. Lucene/Solr 3.x required ant 1.7.x, it would not work with 1.8.x. Based on that historical information, I would not try ant 1.9.x until it has been officially blessed by the project. Thanks, Shawn
