Re: Can't start framework

> Doh, yes. Should have read the message.....
>
> As you can tell, I'm a bit of a newbie here myself, but I recall at the osgi
> conference there is an RFC for providing a standard way to laugh osgi
> application frameworks.
>
> I assume Felix will be wanting something which follows this FRC ?
>
> --Jools
>
>
> 2009/7/5 Stuart McCulloch <mcculls@...>
>
>> 2009/7/5 Jools <joolski@...>
>>
>> > Hi James,
>> >
>> > You'll need write permissions in the directory you are executing in so
>> that
>> > the cache directory can be made.
>> >
>> > Or you can specify the bundle cache dir as the first argument to the
>> felix
>> > command.
>> >
>> > java -jar felix.jar <cachedir>
>> >
>>
>> actually I think James just needs to use the following command:
>>
>>   java -jar bin/felix.jar
>>
>> from the directory above the "bin" directory - this is because the
>> Felix launcher is basic and does not try to guess where it's been
>> installed (you'll notice the example URLs are relative to the main
>> Felix installation directory)
>>
>> [ http://felix.apache.org/site/apache-felix-usage-documentation.html ]
>>
>> we would like to provide an 'installer' that could update the example
>> config file with the correct installed location, but other issues keep
>> taking precedence - of course if someone would like to contribute
>> a patch to provide a Felix installer (or improve the Felix launcher)
>> feel free to attach it to a new task/feature on JIRA
>>
>> Alternatively, you can specify the location for the cache directory in the
>> > config.properties in the ./config dir.
>> >
>> > Hope it helps.
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> >
>> > --Jools
>> >
>> > 2009/7/5 James Carroll <jamesdcarrollml@...>
>> >
>> > > I'm trying to get started with Felix and have run into a problem right
>> > > off the bat.  I downloaded the framework (the site said 1.8.1 was
>> > > available, but 1.8.0 seems to have come down), unzipped it, and tried
>> to
>> > > start it up. Here's what I got:
>> > >
>> > > jim@Cheyenne:~/Programs/Felix/felix-1.8.0/bin$ java -jar felix.jar
>> > >
>> > > Welcome to Felix.
>> > > =================
>> > >
>> > > Auto-properties install: org.osgi.framework.BundleException: Unable to
>> > > cache bundle: file:bundle/org.apache.felix.shell-1.2.0.jar
>> > > Auto-properties install: org.osgi.framework.BundleException: Unable to
>> > > cache bundle: file:bundle/org.apache.felix.shell.tui-1.2.0.jar
>> > > Auto-properties install: org.osgi.framework.BundleException: Unable to
>> > > cache bundle: file:bundle/org.apache.felix.bundlerepository-1.4.0.jar
>> > > Auto-properties start: org.osgi.framework.BundleException: Unable to
>> > > cache bundle: file:bundle/org.apache.felix.shell-1.2.0.jar
>> > > Auto-properties start: org.osgi.framework.BundleException: Unable to
>> > > cache bundle: file:bundle/org.apache.felix.shell.tui-1.2.0.jar
>> > > Auto-properties start: org.osgi.framework.BundleException: Unable to
>> > > cache bundle: file:bundle/org.apache.felix.bundlerepository-1.4.0.jar
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Being kinda new I can't say where to begin to find out how to fix this
>> > > so if someone could point this noob in the right direction I would be
>> > > much obliged.
>> > >
>> > > Thanks,
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
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>>
>> --
>> Cheers, Stuart
>>
>