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["GW Brown, Information Systems and Computing" <>]

Which version of Ant are you using (ant -version)?

Gary

--On 28 October 2011 11:32 -0500 Mary Lohse 
<>
 wrote:

> I am new to Grouper, and never used ant.  After executing the following
> to install the Demo Grouper (ant -debug ui), I get the following error:
>
> --- Nested Exception ---
> /etc/grouper.quickstart-2.0.0/grouper-ui/build.xml:845: Could not create
> task or type of type: propertyfile.
>
> Ant could not find the task or a class this task relies upon.
>
> This is common and has a number of causes; the usual
> solutions are to read the manual pages then download and
> install needed JAR files, or fix the build file:
>  - You have misspelt 'propertyfile'.
>    Fix: check your spelling.
>  - The task needs an external JAR file to execute
>      and this is not found at the right place in the classpath.
>    Fix: check the documentation for dependencies.
>    Fix: declare the task.
>  - The task is an Ant optional task and the JAR file and/or libraries
>      implementing the functionality were not found at the time you
>      yourself built your installation of Ant from the Ant sources.
>    Fix: Look in the ANT_HOME/lib for the 'ant-' JAR corresponding to the
>      task and make sure it contains more than merely a
> META-INF/MANIFEST.MF.
>      If all it contains is the manifest, then rebuild Ant with the
> needed
>      libraries present in ${ant.home}/lib/optional/ , or
> alternatively,
>      download a pre-built release version from apache.org
>  - The build file was written for a later version of Ant
>    Fix: upgrade to at least the latest release version of Ant
>  - The task is not an Ant core or optional task
>      and needs to be declared using <taskdef>.
>  - You are attempting to use a task defined using
>     <presetdef> or <macrodef> but have spelt wrong or not
>    defined it at the point of use
>
> Remember that for JAR files to be visible to Ant tasks implemented
> in ANT_HOME/lib, the files must be in the same directory or on the
> classpath
>
>
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions,
> Mary
> --
> Mary Lohse
> University of Nebraska
> 409.1 Love Library
> Lincoln, NE  68588-0496
> 402-472-7663



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