[Geotools-gt2-users] GT2 Apple OS-X Install

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Hi,
New to Geotools, I'm experiencing difficulty installing/building the nece=
ssary
libraries on Apple OS-X 10.3.8. Has anyone out there managed to install
GeoTools 2 on a Mac? A straight-fwd procedure would be a big help.

For me, Maven fails to build, reporting it cannot find JAI. In more detai=
l
problems are as follows:

1. Geotools doco is incorrect at
http://www.geotools.org/6+Can+Geotools2+be+used+on+Mac+OS+X
E.g. The code fragment given is not present in maven.xml file of Geotools=
 2.0.0
src Stable Download.

2. Downloading necessary JAI files from
http://developer.apple.com/releasenotes/Java/Java3D_JAI14RN/
gives dubious results: Clicking the =91Custom=92 install option reveals t=
hat JAI
will not be installed (and ofcourse JAI-ImageIO-Tools for OS-X are not su=
pplied
by Apple or Sun). Only Java3d is installed. Even if JAI was installed, it
appears the files would be placed in /System/Library/Java/Extensions/... =
, not
where Geotools/maven.xml apparently expects to find them, in
javax.media.jai.JAI. Has anyone managed to install JAI on their Apple wit=
h OS X
10.3.8? Can maven.xml be edited to the location where Apple puts the JAI =
files?

3. It appears Apple will only supply .jnilib files, not .jar as I'd expec=
t. If I
can install JAI and have Maven see it, will these work okay with the buil=
d?

All this is killing me... Any advice much appreciated!