Showing posts with label MacPorts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MacPorts. Show all posts

7/16/2015

Install Apache Ant 1.8.1 via MacPorts

If the latest version of Apache Ant in MacPorts is not what you're after, you can try to downgrade. Here's how simple it is:

cd ~/tools
svn co http://svn.macports.org/repository/macports/trunk/dports/devel/apache-ant -r 74985
cd apache-ant/
sudo port install

To verify:

# ant -version
# Apache Ant version 1.8.1 compiled on April 30 2010

If you want to get other revisions, see here.

Switch between versions

But wait, there's more! You can even switch between the different versions installed easily. Actually this is what makes the whole process comfortable, no need to store different versions of tools at arbitrary locations...

sudo port activate apache-ant
--->  The following versions of apache-ant are currently installed:
--->      apache-ant @1.8.1_1 (active)
--->      apache-ant @1.8.4_0
--->      apache-ant @1.9.4_0
Error: port activate failed: Registry error: Please specify the full version as recorded in the port registry.

I have these three versions - I used 1.8.4 for the earlier Tomcat build, and 1.8.1 for the Hadoop build (the next post...)

But now that Hadoop is also built on OSX for my work, I switch back to the latest version:

sudo port activate apache-ant@1.9.4_0
--->  Deactivating apache-ant @1.8.1_1
--->  Cleaning apache-ant
--->  Activating apache-ant @1.9.4_0
--->  Cleaning apache-ant

To verify:

ant -version
# Apache Ant(TM) version 1.9.4 compiled on April 29 2014

Neat, huh?

6/18/2015

Downgrading MacPorts: use Ant 1.8.4 to build Tomcat 6 in Yosemite 10.10.3

Building Tomcat6 on MacPorts fails on building jakarta-taglibs-standard-11 due to Maven 1.9.4 present in the MacPorts repo. The error manifests itself like this:

...
    [javac] /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_java_jakarta-taglibs-standard-11/jakarta-taglibs-standard-11/work/jakarta-taglibs-standard-1.1.2-src/standard/build.xml:178: warning: 'includeantruntime' was not set, defaulting to build.sysclasspath=last; set to false for repeatable builds
    [javac] Compiling 236 source files to /opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_java_jakarta-taglibs-standard-11/jakarta-taglibs-standard-11/work/jakarta-taglibs-standard-1.1.2-src/standard/build/standard/standard/classes
    [javac] Fatal Error: Unable to find package java.lang in classpath or bootclasspath
BUILD FAILED
/opt/local/var/macports/build/_opt_local_var_macports_sources_rsync.macports.org_release_tarballs_ports_java_jakarta-taglibs-standard-11/jakarta-taglibs-standard-11/work/jakarta-taglibs-standard-1.1.2-src/standard/build.xml:178: Compile failed; see the compiler error output for details.
...

The build can be fixed by downgrading Ant:

cd ~
svn co -r 94758 http://svn.macports.org/repository/macports/trunk/dports/devel/apache-ant
cd apache-ant
sudo port install

Now tomcat can be installed from ports:

sudo port install tomcat6

Starting tomcat now shows we need some further customization:

# sudo port load tomcat6
# sudo less /opt/local/share/java/tomcat6/logs/catalina.err
2015-06-17 20:25:42.976 jsvc[587:5132] Apple AWT Java VM was loaded on first thread -- can't start AWT.
Jun 17, 2015 8:25:42 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap initClassLoaders
SEVERE: Class loader creation threw exception
java.lang.InternalError: Can't start the AWT because Java was started on the first thread.  Make sure StartOnFirstThread is not specified in your application's Info.plist or on the command line
        at java.lang.ClassLoader$NativeLibrary.load(Native Method)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary0(ClassLoader.java:1833)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary(ClassLoader.java:1730)
        at java.lang.Runtime.loadLibrary0(Runtime.java:823)
        at java.lang.System.loadLibrary(System.java:1044)
        at sun.security.action.LoadLibraryAction.run(LoadLibraryAction.java:50)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at java.awt.Toolkit.loadLibraries(Toolkit.java:1605)
        at java.awt.Toolkit.(Toolkit.java:1627)
        at sun.awt.AppContext$2.run(AppContext.java:240)
        at sun.awt.AppContext$2.run(AppContext.java:226)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at sun.awt.AppContext.initMainAppContext(AppContext.java:226)
        at sun.awt.AppContext.access$200(AppContext.java:112)
        at sun.awt.AppContext$3.run(AppContext.java:306)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at sun.awt.AppContext.getAppContext(AppContext.java:287)
        at com.sun.jmx.trace.Trace.out(Trace.java:180)
        at com.sun.jmx.trace.Trace.isSelected(Trace.java:88)
        at com.sun.jmx.interceptor.DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.isTraceOn(DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.java:1830)
        at com.sun.jmx.interceptor.DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.registerDynamicMBean(DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.java:929)
        at com.sun.jmx.interceptor.DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.registerObject(DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.java:916)
        at com.sun.jmx.interceptor.DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.registerMBean(DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.java:312)
        at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.JmxMBeanServer$2.run(JmxMBeanServer.java:1195)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.JmxMBeanServer.initialize(JmxMBeanServer.java:1193)
        at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.JmxMBeanServer.(JmxMBeanServer.java:225)
        at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.JmxMBeanServer.(JmxMBeanServer.java:170)
        at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.JmxMBeanServer.newMBeanServer(JmxMBeanServer.java:1401)
        at javax.management.MBeanServerBuilder.newMBeanServer(MBeanServerBuilder.java:93)
        at javax.management.MBeanServerFactory.newMBeanServer(MBeanServerFactory.java:311)
        at javax.management.MBeanServerFactory.createMBeanServer(MBeanServerFactory.java:214)
        at javax.management.MBeanServerFactory.createMBeanServer(MBeanServerFactory.java:175)
        at sun.management.ManagementFactory.createPlatformMBeanServer(ManagementFactory.java:302)
        at java.lang.management.ManagementFactory.getPlatformMBeanServer(ManagementFactory.java:504)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.createClassLoader(Bootstrap.java:183)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.initClassLoaders(Bootstrap.java:92)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:207)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:275)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)

That rings a bell. We need to run headless! To customize MacPort's Tomcat, edit setenv.local:

# sudo vi /opt/local/share/java/tomcat6/conf/setenv.local

This example is to use JDK1.7 and some self-signed certificate magic [setenv.local]

JAVA_JVM_VERSION=1.7
JAVA_OPTS="-Djava.awt.headless=true -XX:PermSize=500m -XX:MaxPermSize=800m -Xmx2g -Djavax.net.ssl.keyStore=/Users/doma/.keystore -Djavax.net.ssl.keyStorePassword=password -Djavax.net.ssl.trustStore=/System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home/jre/lib/security/cacerts -Djavax.net.ssl.trustStorePassword=changeit"

Restart Tomcat6:

sudo port unload tomcat6
sudo port load tomcat6

Did we fix it?

# sudo less /opt/local/share/java/tomcat6/logs/catalina.err
Jun 17, 2015 9:29:37 PM org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener init
INFO: The APR based Apache Tomcat Native library which allows optimal performance in production environments was not found on the java.library.path: .:/Library/Java/Extensions:/System/Library/Java/Extensions:/usr/lib/java
Jun 17, 2015 9:29:37 PM org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol init
INFO: Initializing Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-8080
Jun 17, 2015 9:29:37 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina load
INFO: Initialization processed in 507 ms
Jun 17, 2015 9:29:37 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService start
INFO: Starting service Catalina
Jun 17, 2015 9:29:37 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine start
INFO: Starting Servlet Engine: Apache Tomcat/6.0.35
Jun 17, 2015 9:29:37 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDescriptor
INFO: Deploying configuration descriptor host-manager.xml
Jun 17, 2015 9:29:38 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDescriptor
INFO: Deploying configuration descriptor manager.xml
Jun 17, 2015 9:29:38 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDirectory
INFO: Deploying web application directory docs
Jun 17, 2015 9:29:38 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDirectory
INFO: Deploying web application directory examples
Jun 17, 2015 9:29:38 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: ContextListener: contextInitialized()
Jun 17, 2015 9:29:38 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationContext log
INFO: SessionListener: contextInitialized()
Jun 17, 2015 9:29:38 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDirectory
INFO: Deploying web application directory ROOT
Jun 17, 2015 9:29:38 PM org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol start
INFO: Starting Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-8080
Jun 17, 2015 9:29:38 PM org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket init
INFO: JK: ajp13 listening on /0.0.0.0:8009
Jun 17, 2015 9:29:38 PM org.apache.jk.server.JkMain start
INFO: Jk running ID=0 time=0/18  config=null
Jun 17, 2015 9:29:38 PM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start
INFO: Server startup in 710 ms

Et voila. Tomcat started.

Background

The same process can be applied to downgrade anything in the ports tree. To find the proper release, see https://trac.macports.org/log/trunk/dports/devel/apache-ant

To see which versions you are currently having:

# sudo port installed apache-ant
The following ports are currently installed:
  apache-ant @1.8.4_0 (active)
  apache-ant @1.9.4_0

To use 1.9.4 again:

# sudo port activate apache-ant @1.9.4_0
--->  Deactivating apache-ant @1.8.4_0
--->  Cleaning apache-ant
--->  Activating apache-ant @1.9.4_0
--->  Cleaning apache-ant
# ant -version
Apache Ant(TM) version 1.9.4 compiled on April 29 2014

Reference: https://trac.macports.org/wiki/howto/InstallingOlderPort