Re: newbie question - first installation and execution

[Jacques Le Roux]

You are right Judd. The trunk (at least) is not build anymore. So it seems from you research that this dates from 6/18

Please Tim, could you have a look at it ?

TIA

Jacques

From: "Jacques Le Roux" <[hidden email]>

> From: "juddco" <[hidden email]>
>>
>> The 6/18 trunk version is the last one with the ofbiz.jar file in it.
>>
>> I had some trouble getting the version I had to work, so I'm scrapping the
>> load, the DB, etc. and starting over with the 6/18 trunk.
>>
>> I ran ant, and as far as I could tell it was successful.  I had some hiccups
>
> You don't need to run ant if you are using a nightly build. This is *the reason* these nightly builds exist. Just follow the
> instructions on the download page
>
>> with the install, and then with running ofbiz.  The last line of the log was
>> that the beanshell service ports were not secure.  I'm not sure if that's OK
>> or not (as in, I don't know if the startup script had hung or completed).
>
> It's safe enough when testing. This is a reminder for production phase.
>
>> My database tables were set up, although they didn't contain any seed or
>> demo data.  (I had set it up to run mysql 4 local and the jdbc driver seemed
>> to be working just fine).
>
> The nightly builds should contain aDerby  DB ready to go with demo data, *please read instructions on the download page* !
>
> I'm currently downloading the last trunk nightly build and will let you know if I get any problems
>
> Jacques
>
>> Ultimately, I got 404's when I went to
>> http://dev1.mydomain.com/ecommerce/control/main.
>>
>> Back to the beginning.  If you see anything obvious that I'm missing, I'd
>> love to hear about it.  I'm going to stick with the Derby DB until I make
>> sure that the demo works.  If you have any pointers for changing from Derby
>> to MySQL, that would be great too.
>>
>> Thanks again for the help.
>>
>> Judd
>>
>>
>> jacques.le.roux wrote:
>>>
>>> Simply upload the jar file and extract it in a new directory, then follow
>>> instructions
>>>
>>> Jacques
>>>
>>> From: "juddco" <[hidden email]>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks.  Just glad to know I'm not crazy.
>>>>
>>>> I'll give it another shot.  Any reason I can't just upload the jar file?
>>>> Or
>>>> do I need to replace the entire contents?
>>>>
>>>> J
>>>>
>>>> jacques.le.roux wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Ashish,
>>>>>
>>>>> Judd took http://build.hotwaxmedia.com/builds/ofbiz-trunk-current.zip.
>>>>> But
>>>>> There has been a bug commited last night :
>>>>> http://www.nabble.com/Release-4.0-ofbiz.jar-missing-tt18198738.html
>>>>>
>>>>> Judd : just reload the new package,  following user ML would have
>>>>> helped...
>>>>>
>>>>> Jacques
>>>>>
>>>>> From: "Ashish Vijaywargiya" <[hidden email]>
>>>>>> Oh Man,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ofbiz.jar file is generated when you run the "ant".
>>>>>> "ant" (the default target) compiles all java files and at the end it
>>>>>> creates
>>>>>> the ofbiz.jar file in the OFBIZ_HOME directory.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It will be good if you should spend some time in reading the document
>>>>>> available on
>>>>>> http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBADMIN/OFBiz+Documentation+Index.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Ashish
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Jul 1, 2008 at 12:39 AM, juddco <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thank you for your response.  I downloaded the trunk, and it's about
>>>>>>> 40%
>>>>>>> larger than the 4.0 current.  Still no ofbiz.jar; I still get the same
>>>>>>> error.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I tried adjusting the JAVA_HOME variable, thinking that might be it.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Basic question:  Should there be an ofbiz.jar file in the zip file at
>>>>>>> this
>>>>>>> link:  http://build.hotwaxmedia.com/builds/ofbiz-trunk-current.zip?
>>>>>>> There
>>>>>>> isn't one.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks again,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Judd
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> jacques.le.roux wrote:
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > Which date si your ofbiz-rel4.0-current.zip ? Note that the trunk is
>>>>>>> more
>>>>>>> > recommended to try.
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > Jacques
>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>> > From: "juddco"
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >> I'm trying to demo ofbiz to see if it fits my needs.  I am NOT a
>>>>>>> java
>>>>>>> >> programmer, so this is probably going to be a ridiculously stupid
>>>>>>> >> question.
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >> I was following the quick and easy setup instructions
>>>>>>> >> http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBADMIN/Demo+and+Test+Setup+Guide
>>>>>>> here
>>>>>>>  (I
>>>>>>> >> installed ofbiz-rel4.0-current.zip) and got to step 3.  I mucked
>>>>>>> through
>>>>>>> >> my
>>>>>>> >> environment variables, but can't seem to get past this error:
>>>>>>> "Unable
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>> >> access jarfile ofbiz.jar."
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >> I also noticed that the archive I grabbed didn't have a file
>>>>>>> >> (/framework/entity/config/entityengine.xml) referenced in the DB
>>>>>>> setup
>>>>>>> in
>>>>>>> >> the Technical Production Setup doc.  Did I miss a download
>>>>>>> somewhere?
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >> I've searched the ofbiz.apache site, this forum, and googled the
>>>>>>> message
>>>>>>> >> to
>>>>>>> >> no avail.  I'm stumped.
>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>> >> Thanks for the help.
>>>>>>> >>
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