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.

Usage instructions
cd
mkdir dev (or any directory you like)
cd dev
sh m2-bootstrap.sh (or sh m2-bootstrap.sh 2>&1 | tee output )
Wait a long time….
Success looks like this:
Starting Tomcat ….
Using CATALINA_BASE: /Users/csev/dev/apache-tomcat-5.5.23
Using CATALINA_HOME: /Users/csev/dev/apache-tomcat-5.5.23
Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /Users/csev/dev/apache-tomcat-5.5.23/temp
Using JRE_HOME: /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.fram
Assuming no error messages – point your browser at http://localhost:8080/
This will make three sub-directories in the directory it is started from
apache-tomcat-5.5.23
keepzips (so it does not have to keep downloading fresh maven’s and tomcats)
sakai
maven-2.0.7
It will only make the maven directory it it detects that you either (a) do not have maven 2 installed or (b) have a version less than 2.0.7 installed.
This is a variation of my sakai-bootstrap.sh script which does equivalent work in Maven 1. I attach both scripts in case you made your own derivative script – so you can do diffs.
My script is more complex than the commands needed to make it work – but I have lots of scenarios and checks for missing or badly configured stuff included in the script.
I use this script each time I want a fresh trunk or tag checkout – so I am 100% assured of a clean starting point.
Of course all my QA is on Mac OS/X – it should work on *nix variants as well – feel free to send me fixes if my bash-coding is less than portable.
All in all – it is pretty impressive what Ian and Alistair have done here – thanks a ton.
Attachments:

m2-bootstrap.sh


sakai-bootstrap.sh