pax-provision unable to load org/eclipse/core/runtime/adaptor/EclipseStarter class to run equinox

Question

I am running pax-provision to create a helloworld OSGI app. in the pom.xml I have added the below configuration

    <plugin>
                    <groupId>org.ops4j</groupId>
                    <artifactId>maven-pax-plugin</artifactId>
                    <version>1.5</version>
                    <configuration>
                        <!--
                         | some example Pax-Runner settings
                        -->
                        <provision>
                            <param>--platform=equinox</param>
                            <param>--profiles=minimal</param>
                             <param>--version=3.3.2</param>
                            <param>--log=DEBUG</param>
                            <param>--bcp/p=file:///C:/mavenrepo/org/eclipse/equinox/simpleconfigurator/1.0.400/simpleconfigurator-1.0.400.jar</param>
                            <param>--bcp/p=file:///.</param>
                        </provision>
                    </configuration>
                    <executions>
                        <!--
                         | uncomment to auto-generate IDE files
                         -->
                        <execution>
                            <id>ide-support</id>
                            <goals>
                                <goal>eclipse</goal>
                            </goals>
                        </execution>
                    </executions>
                </plugin>

the EclipseStarter file is part of simpleconfigurator jar file which is is the class path. The below are the logs before starting:

 -> Using class org.ops4j.pax.runner.platform.DefaultJavaRunner [org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter]
 -> VM options:          [[-Dosgi.install.area=equinox]]
 -> Classpath:           [[bundles/org.eclipse.equinox.simpleconfigurator_1.0.400.v20130327-2119.jar, bundles/-855037795_0.0.0.jar, bundles/org.apache.felix.gogo.shell_0.10.0.jar]]
 -> Platform options:    [[-console, -configuration, equinox]]
 -> Java home:           [C:\Java\jdk1.6.0_22]
 -> Working dir:         [runner]
 -> Environment options: [null]
 -> Start command line [[C:\Java\jdk1.6.0_22/bin/java, -Dosgi.install.area=equinox, -cp, bundles/org.eclipse.equinox.simpleconfigurator_1.0.400.v20130327-2119.jar;bundles/-855037795_0.0.0.jar;bundles/org.apache.felix.gogo.shell_0.10.0.jar, org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter, -console, -configuration, equinox]]
 -> Starting platform process.
 -> Wrapping stream I/O.
 -> Added shutdown hook.
 -> Runner has successfully finished his job!
 -> Waiting for framework exit.
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/eclipse/core/runtime/adaptor/EclipseStarter

I am unable to provide the jar file to it and thus not getting the osgi> prompt.

Answer 1

The issue was resolved by placing entry

link\:classpath\:runner-links/org.eclipse.osgi-3.3.2.link=org.eclipse.osgi_3.3.2.R33x_v20080105.jar link\:classpath\:runner-links/org.apache.felix.gogo.shell-0.10.0=org.apache.felix.gogo.shell_0.10.0.jar

in the runner/bundles/downloaded_bundles.properties file . Also, the org.eclipse.osgi_3.3.2.R33x_v20080105.jar was placed in the bundles directory