Hello, I'm new to scala (and java) and I'm trying to start using lift.
I have scala installed (2.7.5) and I've ran lift installer and that
installed maven.
Now I'm trying to create a new project and this don't work:
[INFO] Scanning for projects...
[INFO] Searching repository for plugin with prefix: 'archetype'.
[INFO] Searching repository for plugin with prefix: 'http'.
[INFO]
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[ERROR] BUILD ERROR
[INFO]
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[INFO] The plugin 'org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-http-plugin' does
not exist or no valid version could be found
[INFO]
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[INFO] For more information, run Maven with the -e switch
[INFO]
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[INFO] Total time: < 1 second
[INFO] Finished at: Mon Jun 15 11:05:31 EDT 2009
[INFO] Final Memory: 2M/4M
[INFO]
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what am I missing?
On May 13, 4:46 am, Timothy Perrett <
timo...@getintheloop.eu> wrote:
> The binaries are in our main maven repo of course on scala-tools... If we
> put them in the installer, this does 2 things:
>
> 1. makes more work for us to regularly update the installers with the latest
> JAR's and deploy to
liftweb.net
>
> 2. Only saves the user about 1 min of download time during their first run.
>
> The point of the installer is to get a users environment setup - from there
> its just a simple case of running:
>
> mvn archetype:generate -DarchetypeCatalog=
http://scala-tools.org/
>
> Job Done. Also, remember that we actually cannot distribute all the required
> dependencies to make lift work because of licensing restrictions... So what
> will it do when it needs those dependencies? Its going to fetch them from
> the web. So, back to where we started... It might as well just download lift
> too and get the latest version.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Cheers, Tim
>
> On 13/05/2009 09:23, "marius d." <
marius.dan...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > So ... I'm lost :) ... Where are the lift's binaries?
>
> > What I expected is this:
>
> > 1. Install Lift via installer.
> > 2. Create a liftprojectwith Lift's archetypes
> > 3. Build theprojectand run it
>
> > So the only thing that differs from what I normally do is step #1
> > where I'm not getting Lift's sources from GIT and I'm not building
> > Lift. I just wanted Lift's binaries and dependencies to be in my maven
> > repository.
>
> > I guess my expectation is wrong :( ... so how does the Lift installer
> > help someone that is new to Lift and just wants to try it out?
>
> > Please forgive me if I may seam blunt, it is not my intention, just
> > want to understand it ...
>
> > Br's,
> > Marius
>
> > On May 13, 11:09 am, Timothy Perrett <
timo...@getintheloop.eu> wrote:
> >> Ah right yes - it just does not do that :-)
>
> >> The installer configures the environent ready for dev. We took the
> >> descion some time ago to not try and replicate the maven functionality
> >> as it will download all the release or snapshot jars for you.
>
> >> Can we add some text that makes this clear?
>
> >> Cheers, Tim
>
> >> Sent from my iPhone
>
> >> On 13 May 2009, at 09:02, "marius d." <
marius.dan...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>> One other thing ... I just installed onWindowsusing the installer
> >>> and I did not want it's maven and Java rebel.
>
> >>> After installation I noticed that in my M2_REPO the lift's artifacts
> >>> are not in my repository. Maybe I just don't understand how the
> >>> installer works.
>
> >>> Br's,
> >>> Marius
>
> >>> On May 13, 10:49 am, "marius d." <
marius.dan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>Windows...
>
> >>>> On May 13, 10:34 am, Timothy Perrett <
timo...@getintheloop.eu> wrote:
>
> >>>>> Which platform?windows? mac?