Code does not compile
laura-dietz opened this issue · 2 comments
I followed the instructions but I get this error message.
[INFO] Compiling 9 source files to /home/dietz/datasci/BryanTuckerBahram/trec-eval/target/classes
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[ERROR] COMPILATION ERROR :
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[ERROR] Failure executing javac, but could not parse the error:
javac: invalid target release: 1.8
Usage: javac
use -help for a list of possible options
[INFO] 1 error
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[INFO] BUILD FAILURE
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[INFO] Total time: 2.073s
[INFO] Finished at: Mon Feb 13 15:18:29 EST 2017
[INFO] Final Memory: 25M/1963M
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[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:2.5.1:compile (default-compile) on project trec-eval: Compilation failure
[ERROR] Failure executing javac, but could not parse the error:
[ERROR] javac: invalid target release: 1.8
[ERROR] Usage: javac
[ERROR] use -help for a list of possible options
[ERROR] -> [Help 1]
[ERROR]
[ERROR] To see the full stack trace of the errors, re-run Maven with the -e switch.
[ERROR] Re-run Maven using the -X switch to enable full debug logging.
[ERROR]
[ERROR] For more information about the errors and possible solutions, please read the following articles:
[ERROR] [Help 1] http://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MAVEN/MojoFailureException
The project is configured to build under Java 8. Moved to Java 7 in 3f5a6d3
If that doesn't work, back to the drawing board.
The information that was missing is "Prerequirement Java 8" - no prob, you just need to add it to the installation instructions.