Archive for 20th July 2007

New BootStrap Script for Sakai and Maven 2

I have produced a new script for us folks fearful of Maven 2 and/or with a poor memory.
This is a bootstrap script. It only requires Unix (preferably Mac OS/X), Java and SVN – it does everything else including:
- Installing the right version of Maven
- Installing and setting up the right version of Tomcat
- Putting the demo sakai.properties into Tomcat
- Setting things like MAVEN_OPTS and JAVA_OPTS
- Telling you what to do to your .bash_login file to make live easier
- Wiping out the sakai bit of your Maven 2 repository to insure a clean slate
- Checking out the Sakai trunk (tags can be specified with a parameter)
- Compiling the Sakai trunk with Maven 2
- Deploying Sakai to the nice fresh tomcat
- Then it even starts the Tomcat
All with the fresh, new hip Maven 2.

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