[OSM-dev] Osmosis exception

[Brett Henderson]

On 2 September 2012 04:26, Stéphane Henriod <s at henriod.info> wrote:

> Hi Brett
>
> Thanks for your answer!
>
> Yes I have compiled the source with the command ant build.
>

What command did you run to build the software, and which directory did you
run the command from?  Did the ant command complete without errors?


> The reason I didn't use the binaries is that I work on a mutualised server
> where I don't have admin rights. Thus  I can't do anything that requires a
> sudo command like sudo apt-get.
>

You don't need admin rights.  You can simply download a precompiled binary
package from here and extract it somewhere in your home directory.
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Osmosis#Latest_Stable_Version

I'd strongly recommend trying the binary build first.


> After compilation I have put the path to osmosis
> (home/my_user/data/prog/package/bin) in the path variable. So now I simply
> call it from anywhere with the command "osmosis".
>
> When I try osmosis --arguments I get this java error which makes me think
> that osmosis is found properly but that he doesn't find the path to some
> java library or something.
>

It is usually caused by a problem during compilation.  The launch script is
a shell script which you are executing successfully.  As you've suggested,
the problem is caused by missing libraries.  In your case, a file called
package/lib/default/plexus-classworlds-2.4.jar might be missing.


> Does it make a difference that osmosis is installed in my home and not in
> a higher level directory?
>

It can be installed anywhere you please, so installing in your home
directory should be okay.

Brett
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