Spring Roo Configuration Error: "Path required"

Question

I just started looking into Spring Roo.

I:

• Checked out a project into Spring Tool Suite.
• Converted it into a Maven project.
• Added Spring Project Nature.
• Added Roo Project Nature.

But when I opened the Roo shell in STS, I got roo> Path required.

What am I missing here?

Answer 1

In my case, I got this error after upgrading from an earlier version of roo to the latest (1.3.1.RC2). Following the official upgrade instructions only got me so far:

http://docs.spring.io/spring-roo/reference/html/upgrade.html

After making all these changes, there were a number of errors in the application, which stemmed from changes all over the place. Some were changes to roo, some were changes as a result of upgrading to the latest libraries (like hibernate). After resolving all the compilation errors, roo was able to startup normally and resume normal operation

Answer 2

Download Spring Roo from :http://docs.spring.io/downloads/nightly/release-download.php?project=ROO You have to provide Roo installation path to IDE. Window-->Preferences-->Spring-->Roo Support-->Add. (Till Parent of bin folder)