I believe there is an Ant rpm that ships with RHEL 3.5. To find out for sure run:
rpm -qa | grep -I ant Uninstall the rpm. Also searh the list archives for related threads. I know this sort of thing has come up before. -Rob Anderson > -----Original Message----- > From: Res Pons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 10:51 AM > To: user@ant.apache.org > Subject: Installing Ant on Linux Enterprise 3.5 > > Hi > > I've always used Ant on Window's environment. I would like > to install Ant > on a linux box and set it up as my build machine. > > I've already installed the latest Subversion, Tomcat 5.5.14, > and JDK 1.5.06 > and latest Ant.tar.gz from Apache. I did not do a native > compile and just > expanded the binaries into /usr/local. When I was installing > the new Ant, I > saw an abbreviated OLD version installed on the server which had the > following files in the following places: > > /usr/bin/ant ---- {so I saved a back up copy and replaced > this old version > with the new installation from > /usr/local/apache-ant-1.6.5/bin/ant. Also I > created a symlink in /usr/local/ant to point to the new > installation. So > now when I execute $type ant, I see the correct version} > > AND IN > > /usr/share/ant/bin/ there were the following OLD symlinks > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 34 Mar 29 2005 > activation.jar -> > ../../java/activation-20030319.jar > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Mar 29 2005 ant.jar -> > ../../java/ant-1.5.2.jar > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 Mar 29 2005 > ant-optional.jar -> > ../../java/ant-optional-1.5.2.jar > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Mar 29 2005 bcel.jar -> > ../../java/bcel-5.0.jar > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 36 Mar 29 2005 > commons-logging.jar > -> ../../java/commons-logging-1.0.2.jar > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 Mar 29 2005 > jakarta-regexp.jar > -> ../../java/jakarta-regexp-1.2.jar > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 29 Mar 29 2005 > java_cup.jar -> > ../../java/java_cup-10.11.jar > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 Mar 29 2005 junit.jar -> > ../../java/junit-3.8.1.jar > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 28 Mar 29 2005 mail.jar -> > ../../java/mail-20031006.jar > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 26 Mar 29 2005 xalan.jar -> > ../../java/xalan-2.4.1.jar > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 27 Mar 29 2005 xerces.jar -> > ../../java/xerces-2.2.1.jar > > WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO WITH THESE FILES? SEVER THE LINKS > OR POINT THEM TO > THE NEW INSTALLATION? > > Also I added the new paths to my .bash_profile: > > # .bash_profile > > # Get the aliases and functions > if [ -f ~/.bashrc ]; then > . ~/.bashrc > fi > > # User specific environment and startup programs > > PATH=/usr/local/ant/:/usr/local/ant/lib:$PATH:/bin:/usr/bin:$H > OME/bin:/usr/local/tomcat/server/lib:/usr/local/tomcat/bin > #PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin:/usr/local/apache-tomcat-5.5.16/server/l > ib:/usr/local/apache-tomcat-5.5.16/bin > > export ANT_HOME=/usr/local/apache-ant-1.6.5 > export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/jdk1.5.0_06 > #export PATH=${PATH}:${ANT_HOME}/bin:${ANT_HOME}/lib > export PATH > unset USERNAME > > So now when I type ant, I get the following error msg: > > Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: > org/apache/tools/ant/launch/Launcher > > I have NO clue as what I'm doing wrong. Please help! > > Thanks. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan > from McAfee(r) > Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
