[OSM-dev] Problem running osmosis (PluginLifecycleException)

[Christoph Eckert]

Hi,

I try to extract some data from an osm file using osmosis. I invoke it like 
this:

java -mx1024m -jar ./osmosis-0.31/osmosis.jar --read-xml 
file="someosm.bz" --node-key-value place.city,place.town --way-key-value 
highway.motorway,highway.trunk,highway.primary,highway.secondary --write-xml 
file="evenless.osm"

However I get some error:
org.openstreetmap.osmosis.core.Osmosis main
SCHWERWIEGEND: Execution aborted.
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/java/plugin/PluginLifecycleException
        at org.openstreetmap.osmosis.core.Osmosis.run(Osmosis.java:73)
        at org.openstreetmap.osmosis.core.Osmosis.main(Osmosis.java:30)

The java version is:
java -version
java version "1.6.0_03"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_03-b05)
Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 1.6.0_03-b05, mixed mode)

I searched the web and the archives of this list and found some advice. Due to 
my complete ignorance of Java I didn't manage to put the puzzle together, 
though. Do I need to set some environment variable to point java to some 
plugin or library locations? Do I need to install a later Java version (I 
already tried to install a recent version from java.com in a local sandbox 
directory, but to no avail)? Any other hint?


Thanks in advance,

ce