Ditto what Larry said.
This is my personal preference, but I would skip the RPMs. The binary install is 5 steps: - install JDK - install Tomcat (using the binary install package, not the RPM, this is as simple as unpacking it somewhere like /usr/local) - set JAVA_HOME to JDK location (like /usr/local/j2sdk-1.4 or whatever - set CATALINA_HOME (CATALINA = Tomcat, set to something like /usr/local/jakarta-tomcat-4.1.12 or whatever) - run $CATALINA_HOME/bin/startup.sh That's really all you need to do. The RPMS do a few other things, like create a "tomcat" user and setup some "start on boot" scripts, but for eval purposes, those things aren't needed, and you can easily set things up for yourself the way you like them once the evaluation is over. Once you do the above, you should be able to see the Tomcat examples at http://localhost:8080/examples. If your Linux box is a server with no GUI, localhost may not be the best option, in that case change "localhost" in $CATALINA_HOME/conf/server.xml to the FQDN of your choice, and restart Tomcat. If you have problems after those 5 steps, post back here and someone will usually help pretty quickly. There are all sorts of HOWTOs for doing this, but most of them deal with integrating Tomcat with Apache, which is way overkill for what you want to do at the moment. John > -----Original Message----- > From: Greg Bullough [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 3:53 PM > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: Installation cook-book or HOW-TO > > > I've sent messages asking for the list FAQ, but 'none > available yet' comes back in response. At least I > tried... > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
