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Building Virgo on MacOsX Leopard

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#Build #Git #Jee6 #Springsource #Virgo
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Java
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1 minute

I won’t say that my contribution to this work will be tremendous, but it’s nice to know a little more if you want to try out building the ex SpringSource DM Server

A lot is already available using the Virgo project documentation : http://wiki.eclipse.org/Virgo/Build

But to sum it up, you just need to install Git, and clone the existing repositories available at http://wiki.eclipse.org/Virgo/Source. The little tweakings you’ll need are more about MacOs’s profound attachment to Java 1.5 and the Virgo’s clear intention to move-on to (at least) Java 1.6 🙂

So to change your default Java 1.5 JDK Configuration you’ve got the perfect utility tool bundled within Mac’s twisted flesh, file:///Applications/Utilities/Java Preferences.app

Just drag and drop Java 6 to the top and you’ll be just fine.

Next step is to make Ant understand your intention to move on as well, just export the JAVA_HOME env variable to the right value :

export JAVA_HOME=/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6/Home

And once again you’ll be just fine.

Enjoy