Thanks Greg but.. when I do that it can't find tools.jar which is in /usr/lib/jvm/java/lib
-----Original Message----- From: Greg Roodt <gro...@gmail.com> Reply-to: "Ant Users List" <user@ant.apache.org> To: Ant Users List <user@ant.apache.org>, kerry.sc...@talktalk.net Subject: Re: path problems in build.xml Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 22:19:00 +0100 Hi I think you've answered your own question. Its looking for a JDK, but your JAVA_HOME references the JRE. Try setting JAVA_HOME to /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0 Greg On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 10:20 PM, Kerry Scott <kerry.sc...@talktalk.net>wrote: > Hi > I have problems running Ant and I am sure that it is somehow a PATH > problem but I have wrestled it to my death for 48 hours and would love > some ideas. > Platform - Mandriva Linux 2009 which has an Ant RPM - I have deleted it > and tried to use the version downloaded - it didn't come with Ant but > Ant.bat, Ant.cmd were included so I copied the Ant shell program from > the Mandriva RPM release > Symptoms: if I don't set ANT_HOME it cannot find the standard Java class > libraries so the compile dies on java.lang.Object cannot be resolved. > If I do set ANT_HOME I get the error: Unable to find a javac compiler; > com.sun.tools.javac.Main is not on the classpath. > Perhaps JAVA_HOME does not point to the JDK. > It is currently set to "/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0/jre" > > Any ideas > > Cheers > > Kerry > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@ant.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@ant.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@ant.apache.org
