[Building Sakai] Which OS for 2.7 Install? ( was Re: 2.7 Install)

[Steve Swinsburg]

Sorry, typo. 

I use 2.2.1, and there are no problems building Sakai with it. And there are no reasons not to use it. You can stick with an older version if it works for you, but it also works fine with 2.2.1.

But you certainly don't need to install a new operating system just to upgrade Maven. Grab the updated package, unpack it somewhere and point your PATH environment variable to it. And since Sakai 2.7 and up requires at least Maven 2.0.10, thats what you'll need to do. You could edit the master/pom.xml and change the value, but it's up to you.

Steve.


On 18/03/2010, at 5:16 PM, Warwick Chapman wrote:

> That's three negatives in one sentence: "There is no real reason not to be using a version of Maven lower than 2.2.1." I actually had to pull out a paper and a pen to work out what it simplifies to and I've arrived at two choices:
> 1. "no real reason not to be using" = you can use a version lower than 2.2.1
> 2. "no real reason" = "should not" = you should not not be using a version lower than 2.2.1
> 
> I'm confused.
> 
> But I assume you're telling me there is no reason to use anything older than 2.2.1 in which case it seems I will need to install another OS.  I don't want to be installing source or binary packages from apache here because since I am building this from ground up and since I am a well schooled (read "indocrinated") Debian sysadmin, I prefer not to introduce any third-parties to my ecosystem.
> 
> Thus, I'd like to ask those who are testing 2.7 which Linux OS you use to test it on?  If you're testing on OSX or Windows, no need to respond.
> 
> On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 1:11 AM, Steve Swinsburg <steve.swinsburg at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> There is no real reason not to be using a version of Maven lower than 2.2.1. 2.0.10 is over a year old and the 2.0 series is only recommended for projects that need to run on JDK 1.4. As time goes on, Sakai will no doubt be moving forward with Maven version. I've been using 2.2.1 for the past 6 months for Sakai 2.5 and up.
> 
> It's very simple to upgrade, heres a guide for OS X:
> http://steve-on-sakai.blogspot.com/2009/04/updating-maven-on-mac-os-x.html
> 
> Will be very similar for Linux.
> 
> cheers,
> Steve
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 18/03/2010, at 6:37 AM, Warwick Chapman wrote:
> 
>> Ok, so first stumbling stone:
>> 
>> [INFO] Unable to build project '/root/sakai-2.7.x/master/pom.xml; it requires Maven version 2.0.10
>> 
>> I have Maven 2.0.9 installed in Lenny.  Is anyone else using Lenny OS for deployment?
>> 
>> On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 8:05 PM, Warwick Chapman <warwickchapman at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Oh, and using Java 6.
>> 
>> 
>> On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 7:03 PM, Warwick Chapman <warwickchapman at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi All
>> 
>> I am doing my first ever install of Sakai, intended to be used by a community of 3000-5000 people.
>> 
>> I have prepared a server with 8G RAM and 750G drives with two Xen VMs.
>> 
>> One the first VM, I intend running the application stack and on the second VM, the database.  The intention here is that if the project grows beyond the capability of this piece of hardware, I will move one of the VMs onto another server.
>> 
>> In case it matters, Dom0 is 64-bit Centos 5.4 and the two DomU's (VMs) are 64-bit Debian Lenny 5.0.4
>> 
>> So, I plan to follow http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/DOC/Install+Guide+-+Source+Install+(2.6) with the following adjustments for 2.7:
>> 
>> 1. I will checkout the 2.7.x branch instead of the latest 2.6 stable tag:
>> svn co https://source.sakaiproject.org/svn/sakai/branches/sakai-2.7.x/ sakai-2.7.x
>> 
>> 2. I will set my JAVA_OPTS to:
>> export JAVA_OPTS='-server -Xms512m -Xmx1024m -XX:PermSize=128m -XX:MaxPermSize=512m -XX:NewSize=192m -XX:MaxNewSize=384m -verbose:gc -XX:+PrintGCDetails -XX:+PrintGCTimeStamps -Djava.awt.headless=true -Dhttp.agent=Sakai -Dsakai.demo=true -Dorg.apache.jasper.compiler.Parser.STRICT_QUOTE_ESCAPING=false -Dsun.lang.ClassLoader.allowArraySyntax=true'
>> 
>> (Anthony suggests I do not need Strict Quote Escaping, is it safe to leave it in there since it appears it will be required going forward)
>> 
>> 3. <insert your adjustment here>
>> 
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>> 
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