But do you also have javac? Both the JDK and the JRE come with java, it's javac that is the differentiator.

Simon

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Kathy Zhou [mailto:kzhou@cmdservices.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 2:27 PM
>To: 'Ant Users List'
>Subject: RE: install ant 1.6.1 on Unix
>
>
>I typed java -version, the echo is
>
>java version "1.4.1_03"
>Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.1_03-b02)
>Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.1_03-b02, mixed mode)    
>
>Kathy
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From:	Erik Hatcher [SMTP:erik@ehatchersolutions.com]
>Sent:	Tuesday, June 01, 2004 3:26 PM
>To:	Ant Users List
>Subject:	Re: install ant 1.6.1 on Unix
>
>Do you have a JDK available?  Or just a JRE?
>
>Try typing 'java' and 'javac' at the command-prompt.
>
>	Erik
>
>
>On Jun 1, 2004, at 3:06 PM, Kathy Zhou wrote:
>
>> Matt,
>> Thank you for your response.
>> I try ant --execdebug -version and got the same error.
>> 	java.lang.InstantiationException:  org.apache.tools.ant.Main
>> 	>         at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Class.java:291)
>> 	>         at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:259)
>> 	>         at
>> org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.run(Launcher.java:196)
>> 	>         at
>> org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:56)
>>
>> my setting on unix is
>>
>>
>> JAVA_HOME=/usr/j2se
>> ANT_HOME=/usr/apache-ant-1.6.1
>> PATH=.:/usr/j2se/bin:/usr/apache-ant-1.6.1/bin:/bin:/lib:/usr/sbin: 
>> usr/bin:/
>> usr/local/bin:/usr/ucb
>> export PATH
>>
>>
>> Everything is fine on window. I guess I still missed 
>something on Unix
>> setting. I did not see anything wrong here, any idea? Thanks.
>>
>> Kathy
>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From:	Matt Benson [SMTP:gudnabrsam@yahoo.com]
>>> Sent:	Tuesday, June 01, 2004 2:50 PM
>>> To:	Ant Users List
>>> Subject:	Re: install ant 1.6.1 on Unix
>>>
>>> Try running
>>>
>>> ant --execdebug -version
>>>
>>> This will show you exactly what command is being used
>>> to invoke Ant.  That should give you some things to
>>> check.
>>>
>>> HTH,
>>> Matt
>>>
>>> --- Kathy Zhou <KZhou@cmdservices.com> wrote:
>>>> I have installed the latest Ant on my window NT
>>>> without any problem.
>>>>
>>>> Then I unzip the apache-ant-1.6.1-bin.zip downloaded
>>>> on Unix (SunOS 5.8 with
>>>> JDK1.4.1_03) and check the files. Based on
>>>> installation instruction, I set
>>>> path and ant_home on .profile. Now I got the
>>>> following error while I typed
>>>> ant -version.
>>>>
>>>> java.lang.InstantiationException:
>>>> org.apache.tools.ant.Main
>>>>         at
>>>> java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Class.java:291)
>>>>         at
>>>> java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:259)
>>>>         at
>>>>
>>> org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.run(Launcher.java:196)
>>>>         at
>>>>
>>> org.apache.tools.ant.launch.Launcher.main(Launcher.java:56)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I do not have any crimson.jar or other XML parsers
>>>> in JRE/ext  and I did set
>>>> classpath for ant as it dose not need.
>>>>
>>>> Do I need to reboot the Unix box? What else did I
>>>> miss? Thank you for your
>>>> help.
>>>>
>>>> Kathy
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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