javasolrapache-tika

solr.extraction.ExtractingRequestHandler ClassNotFoundException

I am working on an internal project in my company that requires solr, but I could not manage to link it to Tika. I bought the apache solr 4 cookbook yet I couldn't figure out the solution.

  1. I copied the required jar files into a lib directory
  2. I added the lib directory in solrconfig.xml

when I remove start="lazy" in requesthandler="update/extract" I get the following error: 

org.apache.solr.common.SolrException: RequestHandler init failure
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Caused by: org.apache.solr.common.SolrException: RequestHandler init failure
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Caused by: org.apache.solr.common.SolrException: Error loading class 'solr.extraction.ExtractingRequestHandler'
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Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: solr.extraction.ExtractingRequestHandler
Solution

  • I managed to make it work after replacing ../../dist and ../../contrib with their absolute paths. It is very wierd as I am sure I placed these files where they should be.

    Thank you very much Jayendra for your replies.