Luminus and Re-Frame Uberjar Error - clojure

I've got a small app generated by lein new luminus <app-name> +jetty +mongodb +re-frame +cider that errors when running the uberjar command. It works as a dev app run via lein repl.
I've seen similar errors being put down to a dependency mismatch as a result of using Datomic, but that's currently not a dependency in my project.
Here's the stacktrace generated by a call to lein uberjar:
See https://github.com/technomancy/leiningen/wiki/Repeatability)
Retrieving org/clojure/core.async/0.2.374/core.async-0.2.374.jar from central
Retrieving org/clojure/tools.analyzer.jvm/0.6.9/tools.analyzer.jvm-0.6.9.jar from central
Retrieving org/clojure/tools.analyzer/0.6.7/tools.analyzer-0.6.7.jar from central
Compiling myapp.env
Compiling myapp.elastic.common
Compiling myapp.elastic.indexer
Compiling myapp.web.config
Compiling myapp.web.core
Compiling myapp.web.db.core
Compiling myapp.web.handler
Compiling myapp.web.layout
Compiling myapp.web.middleware
Compiling myapp.web.routes.home
Compiling myapp.validation
Compiling ClojureScript...
Retrieving cljsbuild/cljsbuild/1.1.4/cljsbuild-1.1.4.pom from clojars
Retrieving org/clojure/clojurescript/0.0-3211/clojurescript-0.0-3211.pom from central
Retrieving org/clojure/clojure/1.7.0-beta1/clojure-1.7.0-beta1.pom from central
Retrieving cljsbuild/cljsbuild/1.1.4/cljsbuild-1.1.4.jar from clojars
Compiling "target/cljsbuild/public/js/app.js" from ["src/cljc" "src/cljs" "env/prod/cljs"]...
Compiling "target/cljsbuild/public/js/app.js" failed.
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: com.google.common.base.CharMatcher.javaUpperCase()Lcom/google/common/base/CharMatcher;, compiling:(/private/var/folders/ms/7lyl677n0zz5dnw0wxffj8j00000gn/T/form-init4762266950288731870.clj:1:125)
at clojure.lang.Compiler.load(Compiler.java:7391)
at clojure.lang.Compiler.loadFile(Compiler.java:7317)
at clojure.main$load_script.invokeStatic(main.clj:275)
at clojure.main$init_opt.invokeStatic(main.clj:277)
at clojure.main$init_opt.invoke(main.clj:277)
at clojure.main$initialize.invokeStatic(main.clj:308)
at clojure.main$null_opt.invokeStatic(main.clj:342)
at clojure.main$null_opt.invoke(main.clj:339)
at clojure.main$main.invokeStatic(main.clj:421)
at clojure.main$main.doInvoke(main.clj:384)
at clojure.lang.RestFn.invoke(RestFn.java:421)
at clojure.lang.Var.invoke(Var.java:383)
at clojure.lang.AFn.applyToHelper(AFn.java:156)
at clojure.lang.Var.applyTo(Var.java:700)
at clojure.main.main(main.java:37)
Caused by: java.lang.NoSuchMethodError: com.google.common.base.CharMatcher.javaUpperCase()Lcom/google/common/base/CharMatcher;
at com.google.javascript.jscomp.parsing.JsDocInfoParser.validTemplateTypeName(JsDocInfoParser.java:1233)
at com.google.javascript.jscomp.parsing.JsDocInfoParser.parseAnnotation(JsDocInfoParser.java:953)
at com.google.javascript.jscomp.parsing.JsDocInfoParser.parseHelperLoop(JsDocInfoParser.java:290)
at com.google.javascript.jscomp.parsing.JsDocInfoParser.parse(JsDocInfoParser.java:280)
at com.google.javascript.jscomp.parsing.IRFactory.createJsDocInfoParser(IRFactory.java:910)
at com.google.javascript.jscomp.parsing.IRFactory.handleJsDoc(IRFactory.java:692)
at com.google.javascript.jscomp.parsing.IRFactory.handleJsDoc(IRFactory.java:706)
at com.google.javascript.jscomp.parsing.IRFactory.transform(IRFactory.java:766)
at com.google.javascript.jscomp.parsing.IRFactory$TransformDispatcher.processAstRoot(IRFactory.java:1024)
at com.google.javascript.jscomp.parsing.IRFactory$TransformDispatcher.process(IRFactory.java:2712)
at com.google.javascript.jscomp.parsing.IRFactory.transformTree(IRFactory.java:356)
at com.google.javascript.jscomp.parsing.ParserRunner.parse(ParserRunner.java:129)
at com.google.javascript.jscomp.JsAst.parse(JsAst.java:142)
at com.google.javascript.jscomp.JsAst.getAstRoot(JsAst.java:52)
at com.google.javascript.jscomp.CompilerInput.getAstRoot(CompilerInput.java:118)
at com.google.javascript.jscomp.Compiler.parseInputs(Compiler.java:1443)
at com.google.javascript.jscomp.Compiler.parse(Compiler.java:775)
at com.google.javascript.jscomp.Compiler.compileInternal(Compiler.java:731)
at com.google.javascript.jscomp.Compiler.access$000(Compiler.java:83)
at com.google.javascript.jscomp.Compiler$2.call(Compiler.java:698)
at com.google.javascript.jscomp.Compiler$2.call(Compiler.java:695)
at com.google.javascript.jscomp.CompilerExecutor$2.call(CompilerExecutor.java:93)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:266)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Uberjar aborting because jar failed: Subprocess failed

I solved a similar problem by adding [com.google.guava/guava "21.0"] to the :dependencies in project.clj

Okay, so the clue was in the dependency mismatch. Although lein deps :tree didn't show anything awry, the issue was with monger depending on com.google.guava/guava.
By adding :exclusions [com.google.guava/guava] to each library that depends on guava (including monger) in the project.clj and moving org.clojure/clojurescript to the top of the dependency list, I was able to get the build working, as the correct version of guava for the version of Clojurescript was used, I suppose.

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Clojure 1.9 windows install

In the past I've use the windows installer provided at clojure.org to install clojure on my various Windows machines. Clojure 1.9 has been out for a few weeks now but still no sign of an installer for Windows or a generic Java-based install, as far as I can find.
I've tried downloading the jars from clojure.org and running
java -jar clojure.1.9.0.jar
but that just dumps stack:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Unknown Source)
at clojure.lang.RT.classForName(RT.java:2204)
at clojure.lang.RT.classForName(RT.java:2213)
at clojure.lang.RT.loadClassForName(RT.java:2232)
at clojure.lang.RT.load(RT.java:450)
at clojure.lang.RT.load(RT.java:426)
at clojure.core$load$fn__6548.invoke(core.clj:6046)
at clojure.core$load.invokeStatic(core.clj:6045)
at clojure.core$load.doInvoke(core.clj:6029)
at clojure.lang.RestFn.invoke(RestFn.java:408)
at clojure.core$load_one.invokeStatic(core.clj:5848)
at clojure.core$load_one.invoke(core.clj:5843)
at clojure.core$load_lib$fn__6493.invoke(core.clj:5888)
at clojure.core$load_lib.invokeStatic(core.clj:5887)
at clojure.core$load_lib.doInvoke(core.clj:5868)
at clojure.lang.RestFn.applyTo(RestFn.java:142)
at clojure.core$apply.invokeStatic(core.clj:659)
at clojure.core$load_libs.invokeStatic(core.clj:5925)
at clojure.core$load_libs.doInvoke(core.clj:5909)
at clojure.lang.RestFn.applyTo(RestFn.java:137)
at clojure.core$apply.invokeStatic(core.clj:659)
at clojure.core$require.invokeStatic(core.clj:5947)
at clojure.core.server$loading__6434__auto____8456.invoke(server.clj:9)
at clojure.core.server__init.load(Unknown Source)
at clojure.core.server__init.<clinit>(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)
at java.lang.Class.forName(Unknown Source)
at clojure.lang.RT.classForName(RT.java:2204)
at clojure.lang.RT.classForName(RT.java:2213)
at clojure.lang.RT.loadClassForName(RT.java:2232)
at clojure.lang.RT.load(RT.java:450)
at clojure.lang.RT.load(RT.java:426)
at clojure.core$load$fn__6548.invoke(core.clj:6046)
at clojure.core$load.invokeStatic(core.clj:6045)
at clojure.core$load.doInvoke(core.clj:6029)
at clojure.lang.RestFn.invoke(RestFn.java:408)
at clojure.core$load_one.invokeStatic(core.clj:5848)
at clojure.core$load_one.invoke(core.clj:5843)
at clojure.core$load_lib$fn__6493.invoke(core.clj:5888)
at clojure.core$load_lib.invokeStatic(core.clj:5887)
at clojure.core$load_lib.doInvoke(core.clj:5868)
at clojure.lang.RestFn.applyTo(RestFn.java:142)
at clojure.core$apply.invokeStatic(core.clj:659)
at clojure.core$load_libs.invokeStatic(core.clj:5925)
at clojure.core$load_libs.doInvoke(core.clj:5909)
at clojure.lang.RestFn.applyTo(RestFn.java:137)
at clojure.core$apply.invokeStatic(core.clj:659)
at clojure.core$require.invokeStatic(core.clj:5947)
at clojure.core$require.doInvoke(core.clj:5947)
at clojure.lang.RestFn.invoke(RestFn.java:408)
at clojure.lang.Var.invoke(Var.java:381)
at clojure.lang.RT.doInit(RT.java:487)
at clojure.lang.RT.<clinit>(RT.java:336)
at clojure.main.<clinit>(main.java:20)
Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: Could not locate clojure/spec/alpha__init.class or clojure/spec/alpha.clj on classpath.
at clojure.lang.RT.load(RT.java:463)
at clojure.lang.RT.load(RT.java:426)
at clojure.core$load$fn__6548.invoke(core.clj:6046)
at clojure.core$load.invokeStatic(core.clj:6045)
at clojure.core$load.doInvoke(core.clj:6029)
at clojure.lang.RestFn.invoke(RestFn.java:408)
at clojure.core$load_one.invokeStatic(core.clj:5848)
at clojure.core$load_one.invoke(core.clj:5843)
at clojure.core$load_lib$fn__6493.invoke(core.clj:5888)
at clojure.core$load_lib.invokeStatic(core.clj:5887)
at clojure.core$load_lib.doInvoke(core.clj:5868)
at clojure.lang.RestFn.applyTo(RestFn.java:142)
at clojure.core$apply.invokeStatic(core.clj:659)
at clojure.core$load_libs.invokeStatic(core.clj:5925)
at clojure.core$load_libs.doInvoke(core.clj:5909)
at clojure.lang.RestFn.applyTo(RestFn.java:137)
at clojure.core$apply.invokeStatic(core.clj:659)
at clojure.core$require.invokeStatic(core.clj:5947)
at clojure.main$loading__6434__auto____8543.invoke(main.clj:11)
at clojure.main__init.load(Unknown Source)
at clojure.main__init.<clinit>(Unknown Source)
... 55 more
and as I don't have files clojure/spec/alpha__init.class or clojure/spec/alpha.clj it appears that at the moment I'm out of luck.
So - is there a step-by-step to go from having the 1.9.0 jars to making it all run on Windows?
All suggestions welcomed.
TL;DR:
You also have to download org.clojure/spec.alpha and org.clojure/core.specs.alpha. Then start with:
java -cp clojure-1.9.0-alpha17.jar;spec.alpha-0.1.123.jar;core.specs.alpha-0.1.10.jar clojure.main
(Note, that your versions there will be different; and there will be : instad of ; for the unix family of OS).
How to find out about and fetch the other deps
With the recent change in Clojure to use dedicated artifacts for Spec in an alpha sub-namespace, it is no longer easy to start a simple REPL just with the regular jar (e.g. java -jar $CLOJURE_JAR clojure.main). So how to start it now?
As of before you are better off to do a lein new somewhere, change the org.clojure/clojure dependency to the version you like and do a lein deps :tree to fetch all that is needed and display what things org.clojure/core now depends on. E.g.
[org.clojure/clojure "1.9.0-alpha17"]
[org.clojure/core.specs.alpha "0.1.10" :exclusions [[org.clojure/clojure] [org.clojure/spec.alpha]]]
[org.clojure/spec.alpha "0.1.123" :exclusions [[org.clojure/clojure]]]
All your artifacts end up in ~/.m2/repository. So next you have to build up your classpath to call the REPL. You can now run lein with-profile uberjar cp in that dummy project to get the class path Leiningen is using. E.g.:
$ lein with-profile uberjar cp
/tmp/xxx/test:/tmp/xxx/src:/tmp/xxx/resources:/tmp/xxx/target/classes:/home/user/.m2/repository/org/clojure/clojure/1.9.0/clojure-1.9.0.jar:/home/user/.m2/repository/org/clojure/spec.alpha/0.1.143/spec.alpha-0.1.143.jar:/home/user/.m2/repository/org/clojure/core.specs.alpha/0.1.24/core.specs.alpha-0.1.24.jar
# this will be `;` instead of `:` as well here for windows
Remove the test, src, and resources ones and that is, what you have to pass to -cp.
Future solution
As stated in the Getting Started the clojure CLI is not yet available for Windows.

Lein Midje :autotest throwing exception (No namespace found)

I am trying to setup autotest for midje. Currently, running lein midje works. However running lein midje :autottest gives me the stack trace below.
I run through my different namespaces and they all compile
Compiling 1 source files to /Users/oloo/Documents/work/cmp/target/classes
warning: Supported source version 'RELEASE_6' from annotation processor 'org.sonatype.guice.bean.scanners.index.SisuIndexAPT6' less than -source '1.7'
1 warning
======================================================================
Loading (cmp.models cmp.util cmp.repository.orderdeliveryschedule-repository cmp.repository.facility-repository cmp.repository.facility-cycle-data-repository cmp.views.layout cmp.routes.facility cmp.repository.item-repository cmp.repository.procurement-plan-repository cmp.routes.login cmp.excel-util cmp.repository.district-repository cmp.repository.facility-order-repository cmp.repository.facility-issue-repository cmp.routes.import-data cmp.test-util cmp.routes.item cmp.routes.district cmp.repository.user-repository cmp.routes.reports cmp.repository.category-repository cmp.routes.facility-issue cmp.routes.procurement-plan cmp.routes.facility-order cmp.handler cmp.repl cmp.repository.level-repository)
log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (com.mchange.v2.log.MLog).
log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly.
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.Exception: No namespace: cmp.routes.item found
at clojure.core$the_ns.invoke(core.clj:3760)
at clojure.core$ns_name.invoke(core.clj:3767)
at midje.repl$on_require_failure.invoke(repl.clj:387)
at midje.data.project_state$require_namespaces_BANG_$broken_source_file_QMARK___5874.invoke(project_state.clj:65)
at midje.data.project_state$require_namespaces_BANG_$shorten_ns_list_by_trying_first__5877.invoke(project_state.clj:69)
at midje.data.project_state$require_namespaces_BANG_.invoke(project_state.clj:75)
at midje.data.project_state$react_to_tracker_BANG_$fn__5889.invoke(project_state.clj:98)
at midje.repl$namespace_stream_checker.invoke(repl.clj:403)
at midje.data.project_state$react_to_tracker_BANG_.invoke(project_state.clj:94)
at midje.data.project_state$mkfn_COLON_scan_and_react$fn__5893$fn__5894.invoke(project_state.clj:109)
at clojure.lang.Atom.swap(Atom.java:37)
at clojure.core$swap_BANG_.invoke(core.clj:2160)
at midje.data.project_state$mkfn_COLON_scan_and_react$fn__5893.invoke(project_state.clj:107)
at midje.data.project_state$load_everything.invoke(project_state.clj:117)
at midje.repl$autotest.doInvoke(repl.clj:511)
at clojure.lang.RestFn.invoke(RestFn.java:397)
at midje.repl$autotest.doInvoke(repl.clj:524)
at clojure.lang.RestFn.invoke(RestFn.java:408)
at user$eval6032.invoke(NO_SOURCE_FILE:1)
at clojure.lang.Compiler.eval(Compiler.java:6619)
at clojure.lang.Compiler.eval(Compiler.java:6609)
at clojure.lang.Compiler.eval(Compiler.java:6582)
at clojure.core$eval.invoke(core.clj:2852)
at clojure.main$eval_opt.invoke(main.clj:308)
at clojure.main$initialize.invoke(main.clj:327)
at clojure.main$null_opt.invoke(main.clj:362)
at clojure.main$main.doInvoke(main.clj:440)
at clojure.lang.RestFn.invoke(RestFn.java:421)
at clojure.lang.Var.invoke(Var.java:419)
at clojure.lang.AFn.applyToHelper(AFn.java:163)
at clojure.lang.Var.applyTo(Var.java:532)
at clojure.main.main(main.java:37)
Subprocess failed
See this: https://github.com/marick/Midje/issues/215
It says:
If a file being loaded by Midje at startup has a parse error (a reference to an unknown
symbol, etc.) that prevents it from being loaded successfully, Midje swallows the original
load error and instead prints the following error, which is much less useful.
I have suffered from this too: any little typo brings up this misleading error message.
I remember having problems with autotest and namespaces that :require or :use other namespaces using the [prefix ns1 ns2 ...] form. So, the following did not work:
(ns abc
(:use [abc def ghi]))
while this was okay:
(ns abc
(:use abc.def
abc.ghi))
Are you using that kind of syntax?

Any alternative to #GrabConfig?

I'm using the javax.mail library to send emails that may or may not contain attachments.
I'm also using Groovy 2.0.6 for writing this script and am developing it in Eclipse and running unit tests using Gradle 1.5. The script I'm writing will be deployed in a jar to many different locations in the future. Therefore, the javax.mail needs to be referenced to from my script and not just manually added to the machine's classpath.
To do this, I am using the following statements in my script:
#GrabConfig(systemClassLoader=true)
#Grab(group='javax.mail', module='mail', version='1.4.7')
My issue is that I am unable to run unit tests with Gradle while the #GrabConfig statement is included. It runs fine with just the #Grab statement but fails when the #GrabConfig is in there. The error message I'm receiving is:
:compileJava UP-TO-DATE
:compileGroovy
startup failed:
General error during conversion: No suitable ClassLoader found for grab
java.lang.RuntimeException: No suitable ClassLoader found for grab
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:27)
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:513)
at org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.CachedConstructor.invoke(CachedConstructor.java:77)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.ConstructorSite$ConstructorSiteNoUnwrapNoCoerce.callConstructor(ConstructorSite.java:102)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCallConstructor(CallSiteArray.java:57)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.callConstructor(AbstractCallSite.java:182)
at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.callConstructor(AbstractCallSite.java:190)
at groovy.grape.GrapeIvy.chooseClassLoader(GrapeIvy.groovy:181)
at groovy.grape.GrapeIvy$chooseClassLoader.callCurrent(Unknown Source)
at groovy.grape.GrapeIvy.grab(GrapeIvy.groovy:247)
at groovy.grape.Grape.grab(Grape.java:141)
at groovy.grape.GrabAnnotationTransformation.visit(GrabAnnotationTransformation.java:312)
at org.codehaus.groovy.transform.ASTTransformationVisitor$3.call(ASTTransformationVisitor.java:319)
at org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.applyToSourceUnits(CompilationUnit.java:903)
at org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.doPhaseOperation(CompilationUnit.java:566)
at org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.processPhaseOperations(CompilationUnit.java:542)
at org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.compile(CompilationUnit.java:519)
at org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.compile(CompilationUnit.java:498)
at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.compile.ApiGroovyCompiler.execute(ApiGroovyCompiler.java:118)
at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.compile.ApiGroovyCompiler.execute(ApiGroovyCompiler.java:39)
at org.gradle.api.internal.tasks.compile.daemon.CompilerDaemonServer.execute(CompilerDaemonServer.java:52)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at org.gradle.messaging.dispatch.ReflectionDispatch.dispatch(ReflectionDispatch.java:35)
at org.gradle.messaging.dispatch.ReflectionDispatch.dispatch(ReflectionDispatch.java:24)
at org.gradle.messaging.remote.internal.hub.MessageHub$Handler.run(MessageHub.java:355)
at org.gradle.internal.concurrent.DefaultExecutorFactory$StoppableExecutorImpl$1.run(DefaultExecutorFactory.java:66)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)
1 error
:compileGroovy FAILED
FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.
According to No suitable classloader found for grab , #GrabConfig makes code untestable.
Is there any alternative to #GrabConfig for my situation?
You can use the gradle-one-jar plugin to package your own and third-party code into a single executable Jar. Alternatively, you can use Gradle's application plugin to create a Zip distribution with start scripts.
You can disable grapes in build.gradle like so:
test {
systemProperty 'groovy.grape.enable', 'false'
}
compileGroovy {
groovyOptions.forkOptions.jvmArgs = [ '-Dgroovy.grape.enable=false' ]
}
compileTestGroovy {
groovyOptions.forkOptions.jvmArgs = [ '-Dgroovy.grape.enable=false' ]
}

Getting an exception when trying to run lein

I get the following exception when trying to run lein in linux.
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: clojure.core.protocols$fn__5393
at java.lang.Class.initializeClass(libgcj.so.10)
at clojure.core.protocols__init.load(Unknown Source:16)
at clojure.core.protocols__init.<clinit>(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.initializeClass(libgcj.so.10)
at java.lang.Class.forName(libgcj.so.10)
at clojure.lang.RT.loadClassForName(RT.java:1578)
at clojure.lang.RT.load(RT.java:399)
at clojure.lang.RT.load(RT.java:381)
at clojure.core$load$fn__4519.invoke(core.clj:4915)
at clojure.core$load.doInvoke(core.clj:4914)
at clojure.lang.RestFn.invoke(RestFn.java:408)
at clojure.core__init.load(Unknown Source:5342)
at clojure.core__init.<clinit>(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Class.initializeClass(libgcj.so.10)
at java.lang.Class.forName(libgcj.so.10)
at clojure.lang.RT.loadClassForName(RT.java:1578)
at clojure.lang.RT.load(RT.java:399)
at clojure.lang.RT.load(RT.java:381)
at clojure.lang.RT.doInit(RT.java:416)
at clojure.lang.RT.<clinit>(RT.java:302)
at java.lang.Class.initializeClass(libgcj.so.10)
at clojure.main.<clinit>(main.java:20)
at java.lang.Class.initializeClass(libgcj.so.10)
at java.lang.Class.forName(libgcj.so.10)
at java.lang.Class.forName(libgcj.so.10)
at jline.ConsoleRunner.main(ConsoleRunner.java:69)
Caused by: java.lang.VerifyError: verification failed at PC 214 in
clojure.core.protocols$fn__5393:invoke((Ljava.lang.Object;Ljava.lang.Object;Ljava.lang.Obje ct;)Ljava.lang.Object;): incompatible type on stack
at java.lang.Class.initializeClass(libgcj.so.10)
...25 more
I've followed the instructions on their github page, but no luck. I thought it would be fun to start learning clojure today but instead I've had nothing but problems, I don't even know what leiningen is, other than I apparently have to have it.
sorry about the frusteration,
Leiningen is a build tool to take the pain out of getting hacking on a new clojure project.
Before leiningen existed many people would try to "install" clojure by downloading a jar file out build it from source. Instead of doing any of that you just specify the version you want to use in the leiningen project.clj file and it installs it locally as a dependency for that project.
have you run:
lein new hello_clojure
cd hello_clojure
edit project.clj and set it to use clojure 1.3.0 :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.3.0"]
lein deps
lein repl
(+ 1 2 3 4)
When things go wrong with leiningen I generally:
lein upgrade
rm lib/*
lein deps
Problems like this are uncommon (for me) and usually fairly specific, so perhaps you would do well to drop into #clojure on irc.freenode.net and ask. It's a very friendly croud dont worry.

installing compojure

Following the instructions in http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Compojure/Getting_Started, I:
downloaded http://github.com/weavejester/compojure/tarball/0.3.2
extracted to ~/compojure
chdir to there
changed permission to executable
run ant deps
ant
run export CLASSPATH=~/compojure/compojure.jar
created compojure shell script
Clojure source file
chdir to there
run ./compojure hello.clj
Then, I got:
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: clojure/lang/Script
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: clojure.lang.Script
at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:217)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:205)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:321)
at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:294)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:266)
Could not find the main class: clojure.lang.Script. Program will exit.
I tried changing Compojure shell script to use full classpath, but still didn't work.
Why not? How to install Compojure?
That page is outdated.
You should follow these instructions from compojure developers:
https://github.com/weavejester/compojure/wiki/Getting-Started