Could not load a dependent class com/jcraft/jsch/Logger
Friday, June 25th, 2010Have you ever seen an Ant error message like this?
BUILD FAILED /Users/elharo/Projects/XOM/build.xml:545: Problem: failed to create task or type scp Cause: Could not load a dependent class com/jcraft/jsch/Logger It is not enough to have Ant's optional JARs you need the JAR files that the optional tasks depend upon. Ant's optional task dependencies are listed in the manual. Action: Determine what extra JAR files are needed, and place them in one of: -/opt/ant/lib -/Users/elharo/.ant/lib -a directory added on the command line with the -lib argument Do not panic, this is a common problem. The commonest cause is a missing JAR. This is not a bug; it is a configuration problem
As usual, the ant error message is completely unhelpful, though for once it’s at least technically correct. (Most of the time when ant says, “This is not a bug; it is a configuration problem”, it is in fact a bug and not a configuration problem.) Here’s what’s really happening.
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