If you install rosjava from debian packages, it has already been built and is read-only. Thus, you cannot run 'ant dist' anymore -- there should already be a jar file inside of rosjava_core that you can use in your projects.
EDIT: Also check that your debian packages are up-to-date with:
apt-get install ros-electric-rosjava-core
Originally posted by kwc with karma: 12244 on 2011-09-12
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Comment by sskk89 on 2011-09-13:
reinstalling from debian solves the problem. Thanks for helping! It helps alot! life saver!
Comment by kwc on 2011-09-13:
Installing from debian packages means running 'apt-get install ros-electric-rosjava-core'. If you did that and are in the situation you are, I'm not sure what happened. I'm going to attempt to do another release of rosjava today.
Comment by sskk89 on 2011-09-12:
I don't see the 'dist' folder inside /opt/ros/electric/stacks/rosjava_core/rosjava
Comment by Lorenz on 2011-09-12:
It looks like you already installed it from debian packages. Does ls ls /opt/ros/electric/stacks/rosjava_core/rosjava/dist show rosjava.jar? If yes, it's installed correctly.
Comment by sskk89 on 2011-09-12:
how do I install rosjava from debian packages? i can't find the jar file inside rosjava_core. thanks for the reply