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Working
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at
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an
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IT
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development-company
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it
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has
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many
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advantages
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to
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proxy
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the
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official
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repositories,
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but
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some
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projects
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will
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not
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be
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worked
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on
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anymore
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or
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are
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transfered
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to
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another
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company.
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What
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to
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do?
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Explain
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everything
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in
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big
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documents
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and
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refer
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to
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this
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wiki?
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No,
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one
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wants
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to
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project
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just
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to
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work.
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Nobody
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can
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guarantee
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the
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future
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releases
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of
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Maven
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won't
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break
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your
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project.
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And
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another
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wish:
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if
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somebody
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just
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wants
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to
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check
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out
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if
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the
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project
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is
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good
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to
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be
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used,
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it
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does
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not
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want
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to
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take
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a
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day
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for
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it.
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Finding a good location
The biggest pain is to get the repositories at a specific place, so it is isolated, i.e.
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in
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the
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project-tree.
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I
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chose
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"project/tools/maven-2.x.x"
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to
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have
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the
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complete
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Maven
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in.
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So
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the
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most
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logical
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location
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would
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be
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"project/tools/maven-2.x.x/repository".
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So
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I
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copy
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a
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fresh
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install
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of
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the
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used
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Maven
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into
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the
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tools-dir.
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Edit
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settings.xml
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In
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project/tools/maven-2.x.x/config
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you'll
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find
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settings.xml
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which
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needs
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to
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be
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updated
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to
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have
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the
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current
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repository-location
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in
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it.
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Just
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before
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"</settings>"
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we
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put
| No Format |
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"<localRepository>file://${MVN_HOME}/repository</localRepository>" |
.
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This
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works,
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because
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config.xml
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reads environment-variables.
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If
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you
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found
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this
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page,
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you
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might
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have
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tried
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i.e.
| No Format |
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"${project.basedir}" |
and
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have
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noted
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it
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is
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not
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set.
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Edit pom.xml
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The
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POM
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should
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be
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updated
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to
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use
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the
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local
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repository:
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<repositories> <repositories> <repository> <id>local</id> <name>Local</name> <url>file://${project.basedir}/toolss/maven-2.x0.x9/repository</url> </repository> </repositories> h2. |
Make
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it
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work
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out
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of
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the
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box
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I
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always
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provide
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two
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files:
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- readme.txt
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- :
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- contains
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- project-description,
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- autors,
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- history
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- and
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- how
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- to
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- get
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- the
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- project
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- up-and-running
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- fast
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- ("mvn
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- eclipse:eclipse"
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- and
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- that
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- kind
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- of
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- things).
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- build.bat
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- /
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- build.sh
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- :
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- this
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- should
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- take
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- care
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- of
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- everything
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- to
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- build
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- the
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- project.
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- Optional:
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- JAVA_HOME
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- should
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- be
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- edited
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- to
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- point
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- to
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- a
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- JDK,
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- since
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- I
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- do
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- not
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- like
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- to
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- add
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- a
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- complete
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- JDK
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- into
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- the
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- tools-dir
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- and
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- assume
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- a
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- Java-developer
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- has
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- it
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- installed
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- on
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- his
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- machine.
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- I
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- just
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- do
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- a
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- check
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- if
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- "JAVA_HOME"
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- is
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- set.
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- When
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- the
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- customer
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- wants
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- a
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- source-CD,
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- I
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- make
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- an
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- exception.
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Other
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developers
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will
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understand
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what
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these
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files
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wil
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do
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and
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probably
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just
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run
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"build"
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without
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reading
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the
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.
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Understand
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and
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remember
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that
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people
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only
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want
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to
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put
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time
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in
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a
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project,
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when
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they
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think
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it's
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worth
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it.
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So
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make
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your
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script
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user-friendly
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and
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the
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txt
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very
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short,
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so
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it
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gives
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you
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a
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chance
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to
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try
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again.
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The
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build-script
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sets
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the
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JAVA_HOME
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(I
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use
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"rem
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set
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JAVA_HOME=<my
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own
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location>"
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or
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"#
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export
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JAVA_HOME=<my
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own
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location>"
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to
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give
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a
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hint)
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and
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MVN_HOME
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(should
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point
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to
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"%CD%/project/tools/maven-2.x.x"
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or
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"`pwd`/project/tools/maven-2.x.x")
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and
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calls
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/project/tools/maven-2.x.x/bin/mvn.bat
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or
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/project/tools/maven-2.x.x/bin/mvn.sh
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to
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build
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the
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project
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giving
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the
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developers-build
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of
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the
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project.
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Afterwards
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it
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show
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which
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Java-version
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it
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used
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and
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which
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maven-location
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was
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used,
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so
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the
...
user
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has
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feedback
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when
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the
...
build
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fails.