App Inventor Builder (Problem) git submodule update --init

Open Source Development
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Hello guys i am building app inventor offline but getting this error after enter ant.

I search in the community and found this .

BUILD FAILED C:\appinventor-sources\appinventor\build.xml:16: The following error occurred while executing this line: C:\appinventor-sources\appinventor\build-common.xml:292: The following error occurred while executing this line: C:\appinventor-sources\appinventor\blocklyeditor\build.xml:63: Java returned: 1 Total time: 25 seconds

But when I enter git submodule update --init

I get this error

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you have to execute that command in the appinventor-sources directory, not in its subdirectory appinventor

Taifun

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I don't get @Taifun what are you saying ??

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Unbenannt
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you were in the wrong directory to execute git submodule update --init

from there try a
cd..
and then
git submodule update --init
Taifun

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@Taifun my problem didn't solve . This error is coming once again

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you have a strange directory structure...
never use spaces inside directory names like New Folder (2)...
also why is there a directory appinventor-sources-master_1 and another appinventor-sources-master inside?
keep it simple, no spaces...

for example assuming you have a GitHub directory c:\GitHub

cd GitHub
git clone https://github.com/mit-cml/appinventor-sources.git
cd appinventor-sources
copy sample-.gitignore .gitignore
git submodule update --init

Taifun

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You likely downloaded the sources from GitHub using their ZIP feature rather than cloning the repository. This is a lossy operation and so the information needed to clone the dependencies is unavailable. Clone the repository rather than using the ZIP version and try again.

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But Now I got this error

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You need to build the system with Java 8. Those errors occur when using a newer version of Java.

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Done @ewpatton!!!

But after ant it stuck here ( Image below)

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Its taking more than 3 hours . I ask some of my mates they told me that it takes only 30 Minute . But In my case this is taking too much time. Can you tell me what should I doo???
It is compulsory to connect with Internet?

Here is my PC Specs :

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Unless you've added a bunch of new functionality, the max memory specified in appengine/build.xml should be sufficient. That being said, 4 GB might not be enough to build App Inventor without enabling some of the more advanced options to break the build up into smaller pieces.

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What are these advance option can you tell please??

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See this post: