The real message is that Ant can’t find com.sun.tools.javac.Main. Which, together with the fact that the latest “Sun” (Oracle) JDK is 1.7.0_13 (or maybe _14, but definitely not the “_52” that your install dir indicates), makes me think that you’re not using a distribution that Ant recognizes. You can verify this by running jar tvf $JAVA_HOME/lib/tools.jar, and … Read more
What is this ant build error in eclipse? When I click the Ant Build I have the error message shown below. Build failed Reason: Unable to find an Ant file to run. Could you please help me solve it?
There is a compile error that occurred earlier during the build. Look for that error in the same output log file and try to fix it.
Obviously, it has problems translating a reference to a variable (${project_path}) inside … a reference to a variable (${workspace_loc}). You could try the ${build_project} variable instead I hope it helps.
Yes, you’ve downloaded and installed the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) instead of the Java Development Kit (JDK). The latter has the tools.jar, java.exe, javac.exe, etc.
I had the exact same problem, where when I clicked “Run” I would get a menu with options of “Ant Build” or “Ant Build…” — even though I had a main method. I finally got my program to run as normal when I copied and pasted my code into a new file in a new … Read more
I think the problem is with your classpath path declaration. The build directory should be a <pathelement> Also, I would only include 3-rd party jars in your classpath refid. So the whole block looks like. Also, as DroidIn.net has pointed out, you should create a package for you program.
I would like to use ant to exectue a command like below: But it replies an error say The ‘ characters around the executable and arguments are not part of the command. The background is: I want to use ant to stop the apache server but it doesn’t installed by the same user I run … Read more