Grouper Users - Open Discussion List

[Shilen Patel <>]

Did you originally install this using the grouper installer?  If so, can
you try the version of ant that was downloaded during the install?
Presumably located at /opt/grouper-2.1.2/apache-ant-1.8.2/bin/ant

Thanks!

-- Shilen

On 1/14/13 12:22 PM, "Keith Hazelton" 
<>
 wrote:

>Got my new subject database basically working (thanks first & foremost to
>Chris & Shilen). I'm now trying to rebuild the Grouper 2.1.2 UI on CentOS
>6.3 to use the new sources.xml.
>
>Experiencing some missing jar issues. I had to set ANT_HOME to
>/usr/share/ant to pick up the launcher jar, but now I get the following
>when I try to rebuild the UI
>
>
>"the class org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.PropertyFile was not
>found" 
>
>
>What jar is that class supposed to be in? I seem to have an up-to-date
>ant install per yum. Thanks in advance for advice, --Keith
>
>
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>[root@arche
> grouper.ui-2.1.2]# ant war
>Buildfile: build.xml
>
>
>war:
>
>
>dist:
>
>
>-setup:
>
>
>-choose-webapp:
>
>
>BUILD FAILED
>/opt/grouper-2.1.2/grouper.ui-2.1.2/build.xml:225: The following error
>occurred while executing this line:
>/opt/grouper-2.1.2/grouper.ui-2.1.2/build.xml:189: The following error
>occurred while executing this line:
>/opt/grouper-2.1.2/grouper.ui-2.1.2/build.xml:713: Problem: failed to
>create task or type propertyfile
>Cause: the class org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.optional.PropertyFile was
>not found.
> This looks like one of Ant's optional components.
>Action: Check that the appropriate optional JAR exists in
> -/usr/share/ant/lib
> -/root/.ant/lib
> -a directory added on the command line with the -lib argument
>
>
>Do not panic, this is a common problem.
>The commonest cause is a missing JAR.
>
>
>This is not a bug; it is a configuration problem
>
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