Apache Solr would not start

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Apache Solr would not start. Keeps throwing the following error

    java -jar example/start.jar 


    java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.mortbay.xml.XmlConfiguration
            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:307)
            at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:248)
            at org.mortbay.start.Main.invokeMain(Main.java:179)
            at org.mortbay.start.Main.start(Main.java:534)
            at org.mortbay.start.Main.start(Main.java:441)
            at org.mortbay.start.Main.main(Main.java:119)

Best Answer

When you're not inside the example dir, you need to specify the path for jetty.home. It may also be a good idea to set the jetty.logs option as well:

java -Djetty.home=example -Djetty.logs=/tmp -Dsolr.solr.home=example/solr -jar example/start.jar
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