thanks musachy that was actually my initial attempt but it ran aground (see below) so i gave up and did it the hard way
[kos...@ares tmp]$ echo $JAVA_HOME;echo;echo;mvn archetype:create -DgroupId=tutorial -DartifactId=tutorial -DarchetypeGroupId=org.apache.struts -DarchetypeArtifactId=struts2-archetype-starter -DarchetypeVersion=2.0.11 -DremoteRepositories=http://people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0 Warning: JAVA_HOME environment variable is not set. [INFO] Scanning for projects... [INFO] Searching repository for plugin with prefix: 'archetype'. [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Building Maven Default Project [INFO] task-segment: [archetype:create] (aggregator-style) [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Setting property: classpath.resource.loader.class => 'org.codehaus.plexus.velocity.ContextClassLoaderResourceLoader'. [INFO] Setting property: velocimacro.messages.on => 'false'. [INFO] Setting property: resource.loader => 'classpath'. [INFO] Setting property: resource.manager.logwhenfound => 'false'. [INFO] [archetype:create {execution: default-cli}] [WARNING] This goal is deprecated. Please use mvn archetype:generate instead [INFO] Defaulting package to group ID: tutorial [INFO] We are using command line specified remote repositories: http://people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository Downloading: http://people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository/org/apache/struts/struts2-archetype-starter/2.0.11/struts2-archetype-starter-2.0.11.jar [INFO] Unable to find resource 'org.apache.struts:struts2-archetype-starter:jar:2.0.11' in repository id0 (http://people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository) [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [ERROR] BUILD ERROR [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Error creating from archetype Embedded error: org.apache.maven.archetype.downloader.DownloadNotFoundException: Requested download does not exist. Unable to download the artifact from any repository [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] For more information, run Maven with the -e switch [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Total time: 6 seconds [INFO] Finished at: Tue Nov 10 14:02:53 EET 2009 [INFO] Final Memory: 8M/14M [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [kos...@ares tmp]$ that's why i'm talking about a steep learning curve. it's all fun though... hihi -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/struts-2-helloWorld-example-not-properly-working-in-tomcat-5.5-tp26240890p26282285.html Sent from the Struts - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: user-unsubscr...@struts.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: user-h...@struts.apache.org