JAVA_HOME should have 1 directory in it, since it is home and not a
path.  I would look for the Ant bin directory in the PATH and
JAVA_HOME to contain the directory that the java jdk is installed to.

--glenn

On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 2:44 PM, Debbie Shapiro
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks so much for the quick response!
>
>   think I have this working now. Part of the problem was having both the
>  JDK and JRE paths in my JAVA_HOME when I only needed the JDK there. I
>  also had to point to the JRE directory of my JDK path. I created a new
>  environment variable called JDK_HOME that only contains my JDK path as
>  well. I also had, for my ANT_HOME variable the higher level Ant
>  directory rather than the apache-ant-1.7.0 directory, which apparently
>  was causing some problems. So, apparently, Ant was a bit confused about
>  where it was looking for stuff.
>
>
>
>
>  Debbie Shapiro, Data Warehouse Manager
>  Office: 425.402.2233
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>  From: glenn opdycke-hansen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>  Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 7:41 PM
>  To: Ant Users List
>  Subject: Re: Trouble with installation
>
>  What is the java home directory?
>  what is PATH and JAVA_HOME?
>
>  Also, you stated that the jdk was installed but later indicate that
>  jre was being used.
>
>  --glenn
>
>  On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 1:19 PM, Debbie Shapiro
>  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  > Hello -
>  >
>  >  Let me preface this with saying I am not a Java guru by any means. I
>  am
>  >  trying to install Ant 1.7 in conjunction with a Pentaho Business
>  >  Intelligence installation. I had extracted the application into a
>  >  directory on my server and tried to create a build.xml but then
>  learned
>  >  that Ant needs the Java JDK installed and not just a JRE. I had
>  1.5.0_04
>  >  JRE installed. Downloaded 1.5.0_15 JDK and installed that on my
>  server.
>  >  Yesterday, when I tried to run Ant -diagnostics it indicated it was
>  >  still pointing to my _04 version even though I had changed my
>  JAVA_HOME
>  >  and PATH to point to the new installation. I uninstalled the _04
>  version
>  >  completely. However, when I try to run Ant -diagnostics now it is
>  giving
>  >  me the following error:
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >  Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
>  >  org/apache/tools/ant/Launch/Launcher
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >  I checked my java version. And this all seems correct: Java(tm) 2
>  >  Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_015-b04) Java
>  >  JotSpot(tm) Client VM (build 1.5.0_15-b04, mixed mode, sharing)
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >  I DO NOT have a CLASSPATH set. Only ANT_HOME, JAVA_HOME, PATH. What
>  am I
>  >  doing wrong here? I followed the instructions in the manual
>  completely.
>  >  Did not do any of the optional tasks.
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >  Thanks in advance for any help!
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  >  Debbie Shapiro
>  >  Data Warehouse Manager
>  >  Cardiac Science Corporation * cardiacscience.com
>  >  3303 Monte Villa Parkway, Bothell, WA 98021
>  >  Office: 425.402.2233
>  >
>  >  Cardiac Science Corporation [NASDAQ: CSCX] is a global leader in
>  >  advanced cardiac diagnosis, resuscitation, rehabilitation, and
>  >  informatics products.
>  >
>  >
>  >
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