It appears you may have missed out the hyphen before the jar option (IE. the command should be like java -jar ...). Michael Whapples On 12 Jul 2011, at 22:45, Alex Jurgensen wrote: > Hi Chris, > > I did all of that and I used tab completion to make sure that there was no > mixing of capitals. > > I have swt.jar from the swt website. > > I still have the same trouble. > > Regards, > Alex, > > > On 2011-07-12, at 2:33 PM, Chris von See wrote: > >> The name of the JAR file is all lower case, not mixed case. >> >> Also, the SWT version packaged in the "dist/lib" library is for Windows, not >> Mac. You'll need to replace the "dist/lib/swt.jar" with another of the same >> name that is for Macs. If you don't use one of the same name you'll need to >> update the classpath in the "brailleblaster.jar" manifest to change the name >> of "swt.jar". >> >> Cheers >> Chris >> >> On Jul 12, 2011, at 2:22 PM, Alex Jurgensen wrote: >> >>> Hi Crhis, >>> >>> That fixed it. >>> >>> However, running "Java jar BrailleBlaster.jar" gives the following: >>> >>> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: jar >>> Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: jar >>> at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:202) >>> at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) >>> at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:190) >>> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306) >>> at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:301) >>> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:247) >>> Alexs-iMac:dist AlexJ$ >>> >>> I'm not sure why this is occuring. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Alex, >>> >>> >>> On 2011-07-12, at 8:44 AM, Chris von See wrote: >>> >>>> Extracting the BrailleBlaster zip file using Springy gives "permission >>>> denied" errors on each item in the archive. However, downloading the >>>> archive from "www.brailleblaster.org" and using the "sudo unzip >>>> brailleblaster-1.0.0.zip" command I was able to extract the archive, and >>>> upon doing so I noticed that the "brailleblaster" directory and all of its >>>> subdirectories and files have no permissions (that is, there are no >>>> user/group/world permission bits set). Using "sudo chmod -R" with >>>> appropriate permissions fixed the problem. >>>> >>>> I'm running Mac OS X Leopard. >>>> >>>> >>>> Cheers >>>> Chris >>>> >>>> On Jul 12, 2011, at 7:33 AM, Cheryl Ann Homiak wrote: >>>> >>>>> There is indeed a problem with the brailleblaster release on the Mac. >>>>> When I unzipped it in terminal using the zip command, it unzipped but >>>>> crashed terminal. I could then only remove the resulting brailleblaster >>>>> directory by using the sudo command. When I tried going into finder and >>>>> using Unarchiver, I heard "Unarchiver" but never found an open unarchiver >>>>> window and the brailleblaster zip file seems to now have disappeared from >>>>> the directory I had it in and no brailleblaster directory was completed. >>>>> I am using an Intel Mac mini running Snow Leopard and am not generally >>>>> having problems unpacking zip files either with unzip or Unarchiver. Not >>>>> only do I have the basic Unix system that comes with the Mac, but I also >>>>> have Macports and fink installed. To have a compiling problem is one >>>>> thing but there really shouldn't be a problem with just unzipping a zip >>>>> file. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Cheryl >>>>> >>>>> "Let the words of my mouth, >>>>> and the meditation of my heart, >>>>> be acceptable in thy sight, >>>>> O LORD, my strength and my Redeemer." >>>>> >>>>> (Psalm 19:14: Bible KJV) >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > >