Would someone PLEASE fix the help file? I'm reading the archives and see new users having the same problem over and over.
Why would I think it's the help file. BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT TELLS YOU TO DO! >>>> Getting Started [This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.] This topic will show you NAnt building itself. Before you begin make sure your system meets the system requirements. Download the latest release. Unzip the distribution into a new folder. Open a command prompt and change the directory to the folder where NAnt was installed. Type bin\nant to build NAnt. Look at the NAnt.build file to see how it works.li If you did everything correctly you should see something like this: <Missing picture of cmd window with a successful build that the new user never sees.> <<<< New users, like me, download the files and unzip them per the instructions. Many of us then look in the help file to figure out how to get started. We look in "Getting Started" and, for some reason, we are told to compile nAnt. We're just beginners. We don't know any better. We make the mistake of assuming that the help file is where you get help and that "Getting Started" is what you do to get started. I wasted a couple of hours down this road myself and it looks like many other people have too. Not to mention the amount of time you've spent helping us un-help ourselves. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE fix this. MArk B. Teach a man to fish and he can feed himself for life. Give him a good help file and he won't have to keep coming back when he needs to learn something new about fishing. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin Williams Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 10:47 PM To: Duraiswami, Prabhuram Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Nant-users] Issues with installation of NAnt 0.84 > I have an issue with installing Nant 0.84 on my Windows Server. .... > Downloaded the nant.zip and unzipped the contents. You have finished installing at this point. > Tried to run nant in > the folder - I get BUILD FAILED. I tried the same with Nant 0.83.final > version and I get the same result (see below) > > What am I missing here? You're trying too hard. Unzip the zip file somewhere, and put the bin folder in your path. That's it. > Also is any of the versions after 0.84 promoted > or slated to be a stable release. I believe the nightly builds show "0.85" and will be a stable release soon. Quite a few people are using these builds daily, so it's worth trying. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Sybase ASE Linux Express Edition - download now for FREE LinuxWorld Reader's Choice Award Winner for best database on Linux. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5588&alloc_id=12065&op=click _______________________________________________ Nant-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nant-users ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Sybase ASE Linux Express Edition - download now for FREE LinuxWorld Reader's Choice Award Winner for best database on Linux. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_idU88&alloc_id065&op=click _______________________________________________ Nant-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nant-users
