Mathew Thomas wrote:
> 
> I'm trying to install ant for the first time on SuSe Linux 6.4, JDK
> 1.2.2(Blackdown).  When I run bootstrap.sh, I receive the following
> message(s).   Any help will be appreciated!
> Mathew
> 
> mthomas@earth1:~/devel/jakarta-ant > ./bootstrap.sh
> :/lib/classes.zip:/lib/tools.jar:lib/xml.jar:src/main:classes
> src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Javac.java:420: Class
> sun.tools.javac.Main not found.
>         sun.tools.javac.Main compiler =
>                        ^
> src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Javac.java:421: Class
> sun.tools.javac.Main not found.
>             new sun.tools.javac.Main(jos, "javac");
>                                ^
> src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Rmic.java:130: Class
> sun.rmi.rmic.Main not found.
>         sun.rmi.rmic.Main compiler = new sun.rmi.rmic.Main(System.out,
> "rmic");
>                     ^
> src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/Rmic.java:130: Class
> sun.rmi.rmic.Main not found.
>         sun.rmi.rmic.Main compiler = new sun.rmi.rmic.Main(System.out,
> "rmic");
>                                                      ^
> 4 errors
> Buildfile: build.xml
> Project base dir set to: /home/mthomas/devel/jakarta-ant
> BUILD CONFIG ERROR: Could not create task of type: javac because I can't
> find it in the list of task class definitions
> org.apache.tools.ant.BuildException: Could not create task of type:
> javac because I can't find it in the list of task class definitions
>         at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.createTask(Project.java,
> Compiled Code)
>         at
> org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectHelper.configureTasks(ProjectHelper.java,
> Compiled Code)
>         at
> org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectHelper.configureProject(ProjectHelper.java,
> Compiled Code)
>         at
> org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectHelper.configureProject(ProjectHelper.java,
> Compiled Code)
>         at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.runBuild(Main.java, Compiled Code)
>         at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.main(Main.java, Compiled Code)
> Buildfile: build.xml
> Project base dir set to: /home/mthomas/devel/jakarta-ant
> BUILD CONFIG ERROR: Could not create task of type: javac because I can't
> find it in the list of task class definitions
> org.apache.tools.ant.BuildException: Could not create task of type:
> javac because I can't find it in the list of task class definitions
>         at org.apache.tools.ant.Project.createTask(Project.java,
> Compiled Code)
>         at
> org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectHelper.configureTasks(ProjectHelper.java,
> Compiled Code)
>         at
> org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectHelper.configureProject(ProjectHelper.java,
> Compiled Code)
>         at
> org.apache.tools.ant.ProjectHelper.configureProject(ProjectHelper.java,
> Compiled Code)
>         at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.runBuild(Main.java, Compiled Code)
>         at org.apache.tools.ant.Main.main(Main.java, Compiled Code)
Ignore my newbie question - I just resolved my problem by getting my
CLASSPATH setup correctly.  mea culpa!

Mathew