I am trying to learn how to use Avalon and Merlin using the latest versions built from the svn repository. However, when I run the tutorials I keep getting a message that the classloader could not be created due to an unknown artifact error.
Here is what I have done from scratch: 1. Installed Magic by downloading the setup.xml file from: http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/avalon/trunk/tools/magic/setup.xml Then in the directory containing this file: $ ant -buildfile setup.xml 2. Installed Avalon from svn $ svn co http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/avalon/trunk avalon $ cd avalon $ ant setup $ ant 3. Installed Merlin from the zip file just built in: avalon/runtime/merlin/cli/target/deliverables/dist/ ie. unziped the avalon-merlin-cli-SNAPSHOT.zip file to ~/opt/merlin/ 4. Set required environment variables $ export MERLIN_HOME="$HOME/opt/merlin" $ export PATH=/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:$ANT_HOME/bin:$MERLIN_HOME/bin Nb. I have Ant 1.6.1 installed and J2SDK 1.4.2_04 and I am running a Linux 2.6.6 kernel on a Debian Testing system. Now I can run the hello tutorial OK by: $ cd ~/opt/avalon/planet/tutorials/hello $ ant clean $ ant $ merlin -execute target/classes This works fine. However, if I try running the next tutorial or any other for that matter, I get errors about unknown artifacts. I checked and I do have the artifacts that merlin is looking for installed in the $HOME/.magic/main cache. For example, avalon-framework-impl-SNAPSHOT.jar is located in the directory: /home/mark/.magic/main/avalon/framework/jars/ but merlin doesn't seem to be able to find it according to the error below. Thanks if anyone can point out where I am going wrong. Here is the output from merlin with -debug and -info switches: $ cd ~/opt/avalon/planet/tutorials/configuration/injection/ $ ant clean $ ant $ merlin target/classes -execute -debug -info Starting Merlin SNAPSHOT. ==================== Platform: Linux Java Home: /opt/j2sdk Merlin Home: /home/mark/opt/merlin Security policy: /home/mark/opt/merlin/bin/security.policy JVM Options: Merlin CLasspath: /home/mark/opt/merlin/system/avalon/repository/jars/avalon-repository-main-SNAPSHOT.jar:/home/mark/opt/merlin/system/avalon/repository/jars/avalon-repository-spi-2.0.0.jar:/home/mark/opt/merlin/system/avalon/repository/jars/avalon-repository-api-SNAPSHOT.jar:/home/mark/opt/merlin/system/avalon/repository/jars/avalon-repository-util-2.0.0.jar:/home/mark/opt/merlin/system/avalon/util/jars/avalon-util-exception-1.0.0.jar:/home/mark/opt/merlin/system/avalon/util/jars/avalon-util-env-1.1.1.jar:/home/mark/opt/merlin/system/avalon/util/jars/avalon-util-i18n-1.0.0.jar:/home/mark/opt/merlin/system/avalon/util/jars/avalon-util-criteria-1.1.0.jar:/home/mark/opt/merlin/system/avalon/util/jars/avalon-util-defaults-SNAPSHOT.jar:/home/mark/opt/merlin/system/commons-cli/jars/commons-cli-1.0.jar:/home/mark/opt/merlin/system/avalon/merlin/jars/avalon-merlin-cli-SNAPSHOT.jar Merlin Arguments: target/classes -execute -debug -info [DEBUG ] (kernel.logger): logging system established [DEBUG ] (kernel.logger): adding category [kernel] [DEBUG ] (kernel): logging system established [DEBUG ] (kernel): repository established: /home/mark/.avalon/repository, http://www.dpml.net/, http://www.ibiblio.org/maven/ [DEBUG ] (kernel.logger): adding category [kernel] [INFO ] (kernel): info report ----------------------------------------------------------- Merlin Kernel Environment Listing ----------------------------------------------------------- ${user.dir} == /home/mark/opt/avalon/planet/tutorials/configuration/injection ${user.home} == /home/mark ${avalon.repository.cache} == /home/mark/opt/merlin/system ${avalon.repository.online} == true ${avalon.repository.hosts} == http://www.dpml.net,http://www.ibiblio.org/maven ${merlin.lang} == null ${merlin.home} == /home/mark/opt/merlin ${merlin.system} == /home/mark/opt/merlin/system ${merlin.config} == /home/mark/opt/merlin/config ${merlin.kernel} == file:/home/mark/opt/merlin/config/kernel.xml ${merlin.logging.implementation} == artifact:jar:avalon/logging/avalon-logging-logkit-impl#SNAPSHOT ${merlin.logging.config} == null ${merlin.runtime} == artifact:jar:avalon/activation/avalon-activation-impl#SNAPSHOT ${merlin.override} == null ${merlin.dir} == /home/mark/opt/avalon/planet/tutorials/configuration/injection ${merlin.temp} == /tmp ${merlin.context} == /home/mark/opt/avalon/planet/tutorials/configuration/injection/home ${merlin.anchor} == /home/mark/opt/avalon/planet/tutorials/configuration/injection ${merlin.info} == true ${merlin.debug} == true ${merlin.audit} == false ${merlin.server} == false ${merlin.autostart} == true ${merlin.code.security.enabled} == false ${merlin.deployment.timeout} == 1000 ${merlin.repository} == /home/mark/.avalon/repository ${merlin.repository.hosts} == http://www.dpml.net/,http://www.ibiblio.org/maven/ ${merlin.deployment} == file:${merlin.dir}/target/classes/ ----------------------------------------------------------- [DEBUG ] (kernel): building application model [DEBUG ] (kernel.logger): adding root category [DEBUG ] (kernel.logger): adding root category [DEBUG ] (kernel.logger): adding root category [DEBUG ] (classloader): base: ${merlin.dir} [DEBUG ] (classloader): classpath: [DEBUG ] (classloader.types): type install count: 0 [DEBUG ] (classloader.types): type registration complete [DEBUG ] (kernel): state: initializing [DEBUG ] (kernel): kernel established [DEBUG ] (kernel): state: initialized [DEBUG ] (kernel): install phase [DEBUG ] (kernel): installing: file:${merlin.dir}/target/classes/ [DEBUG ] (): including composite block: file:/home/mark/opt/avalon/planet/tutorials/configuration/injection/target/classes/BLOCK-INF/block.xml [DEBUG ] (): installing: tutorial [DEBUG ] (kernel.logger): adding category [tutorial] [DEBUG ] (kernel.logger): adding category [tutorial] [DEBUG ] (tutorial): creating child classloader for: [tutorial] [DEBUG ] (tutorial.classloader): base: ${merlin.dir} [DEBUG ] (tutorial.classloader): implicit entries: 1 ---- exception report ---------------------------------------------------------- Exception: org.apache.avalon.merlin.KernelException Message: Install failure: file:/home/mark/opt/avalon/planet/tutorials/configuration/injection/target/classes/ ---- cause --------------------------------------------------------------------- Exception: org.apache.avalon.composition.model.ModelException Message: Could not create classloader. ---- cause --------------------------------------------------------------------- Exception: org.apache.avalon.repository.RepositoryException Message: Unknown artifact: [artifact:jar:avalon/framework/avalon-framework-impl#SNAPSHOT]. ---- stack trace --------------------------------------------------------------- org.apache.avalon.repository.RepositoryException: Unknown artifact: [artifact:jar:avalon/framework/avalon-framework-impl#SNAPSHOT]. org.apache.avalon.repository.util.LoaderUtils.getResource(Unknown Source) org.apache.avalon.repository.impl.DefaultRepository.getResource(Unknown Source) org.apache.avalon.composition.model.impl.DefaultClassLoaderModel.createClassPath(Unknown Source) org.apache.avalon.composition.model.impl.DefaultClassLoaderModel.<init>(Unknown Source) org.apache.avalon.composition.model.impl.DefaultClassLoaderModel.createClassLoaderModel(Unknown Source) org.apache.avalon.composition.model.impl.DefaultContainmentModel.createContainmentModel(Unknown Source) org.apache.avalon.composition.model.impl.DefaultContainmentModel.createContainmentModel(Unknown Source) org.apache.avalon.composition.model.impl.DefaultContainmentModel.addContainmentModel(Unknown Source) org.apache.avalon.composition.model.impl.DefaultContainmentModel.addContainmentModel(Unknown Source) org.apache.avalon.merlin.impl.DefaultFactory.create(Unknown Source) org.apache.avalon.merlin.cli.Main.<init>(Unknown Source) org.apache.avalon.merlin.cli.Main.main(Unknown Source) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [DEBUG ] (kernel): shutdown event [DEBUG ] (kernel): disposal xargs: /opt/j2sdk/bin/java: exited with status 255; aborting Any ideas? 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