Monday, July 20, 2009

build.xml does not exist! - Apache Ant

Problem: When trying to run a command with ant after installation, you might see this error: 
Buildfile: build.xml does not exist!
Build failed

Solution/Explanation: This message is showing you that ant works and that it is looking for your project file. The documentation by Apache gives this explanation:
You can check the basic installation with opening a new shell and typing ant. You should get a message like this 
Buildfile: build.xml does not exist!
Build failed
So Ant works. This message is there because you need to write an individual build file for your project. With a ant -version you should get an output like 
Apache Ant version 1.7.0 compiled on December 13 2006
You can see that this is not really an error but just a notification.
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3 comments:

  1. seppinator1111September 10, 2009 at 3:32 PM

    OK, that's great and all, but how do I fix it so my project will run?

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  2. Michael CorriganNovember 18, 2010 at 9:57 AM

    It will depend on your project. You will need to generate a project file if one does not exist.

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  3. AbodoChickenManiaFebruary 16, 2011 at 2:00 AM

    its good to know that the build file is project dependent. and doesnt have any thing to do with proper installation of ant.
    i have verified the installation with
    ant -version

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