Looks like you don't have junit.jar in your ant lib directory. Copy
jsunit/java/lib/junit.jar into {ANT_HOME}/lib.

I did mention this in the documentation, but perhaps it's buried a bit
deeply. I'll work on making it clearer.

--- In jsunit@yahoogroups.com, "buddymccool" <buddymccool@y...> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to run the standalone test in 2.1, but I keep getting an
> error. The only change I've made to the build.xml is to the URL
> property, pointing it to the directory that I have jsunit in. I'm
> running against the latest version of ant (1.6.2). When I run "ant
> standalone_test" I get the error:
>
> D:\jsunit>ant standalone_test
> Buildfile: build.xml
>
> standalone_test:
>
> BUILD FAILED
>
> D:\jsunit\build.xml:57: Could not create task or type of type: junit.
>
> Ant could not find the task or a class this task relies upon.
>
> This is common and has a number of causes; the usual
> solutions are to read the manual pages then download and
> install needed JAR files, or fix the build file:
> - You have misspelt 'junit'.
> Fix: check your spelling.
> - The task needs an external JAR file to execute
> and this is not found at the right place in the classpath.
> Fix: check the documentation for dependencies.
> Fix: declare the task.
> - The task is an Ant optional task and the JAR file and/or libraries
> implementing the functionality were not found at the time you
> yourself built your installation of Ant from the Ant sources.
> Fix: Look in the ANT_HOME/lib for the 'ant-' JAR corresponding to
> the
> task and make sure it contains more than merely a META-
> INF/MANIFEST.MF.
> If all it contains is the manifest, then rebuild Ant with the
> needed
> libraries present in ${ant.home}/lib/optional/ , or
> alternatively,
> download a pre-built release version from apache.org
> - The build file was written for a later version of Ant
> Fix: upgrade to at least the latest release version of Ant
> - The task is not an Ant core or optional task
> and needs to be declared using <taskdef>.
> - You are attempting to use a task defined using
> <presetdef> or <macrodef> but have spelt wrong or not
> defined it at the point of use
>
> Remember that for JAR files to be visible to Ant tasks implemented
> in ANT_HOME/lib, the files must be in the same directory or on the
> classpath
>
> Please neither file bug reports on this problem, nor email the
> Ant mailing lists, until all of these causes have been explored,
> as this is not an Ant bug.
>
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