On Thursday 01 March 2007 04:01, George Stoianov wrote: > On 2/28/07, Zoltan Levardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > dear All, > > > > i am new to the list, and first of all would like to say hello all of > > you. > > > > Trying to get tomcat 5 (or 5.5) installing with APT. The problem is i am > > unable to decide which APT extra repository to use for tomcat 5.x (+jta, > > jaf, javamail - these dependencies are broken with default suse > > installation, mightbe due to jdk1.5 is being used instead of 1.4). > > > > my sources.list has the next lines: > > repomd http://ftp-1.gwdg.de/pub/suse/i386 update/10.2 > > repomd http://ftp-1.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/distribution 10.2/repo/oss/suse > > repomd ftp://ftp-1.gwdg.de/pub/opensuse/repositories > > Java:/addon/openSUSE_10.2/ > > > > the last one about to have tomcat 5.5 with jdk 1.5, but those RMPS > > having unknown signature, for example: > > Unknown signature > > /var/cache/apt/archives/tomcat55_5.5.17-4.4_noarch.rpm: sha1 md5 (GPG) > > NOT OK (MISSING KEYS: GPG#6b9d6523) > > > > Anybody has hints or ideas how to get tomcat5 with jdk 1.5 on my box? > > (1) how to surpress the digital signature checking? > > (2) using alternative repository > > (3) do not use those rpms for any reason > > Hi Zoltan, > > Please note that I am not against using any repository or rpm or apt > use, but if you are not putting this on a server and/or it is not a > production server for which you do have to have exactly that package > installed I would just grab what suits my needs from the apache site > plus the vm I need and set-up my own tomcat installation. > > The rpm/debian package gives you a lot of stuff you do not get this > way, the rc scripts is one of them, but note that you can have as many > jvms at as many versions as you want as long as you run them > separately and their environments are not mixed up because of a > misconfiguration etc.. > > I do a lot of java development on daily basis and I have at least 3 > jvms against which i can compile my code. It just so happens that > pretty much every distribution I use uses a jvm a bit older or newer > than the one I need for a particular project so that is inevitable in > my case. Another bonus of doing this is that if you thinker any JVM > parameters at start-up like memory alocation, point to an alternative > keystore etc. etc. you are not messing up your real install that all > browsers would use, which would make your java functionality limited > or cause you grief in a different area you did not want to change in > the first place. > > Another plus is that you can get the latest and greates (read most > patched) jvm that covers the latest vulnerabilities before the > distribution publishes an rpm as a fix, and sometimes that maybe a > requirement. For home use I would stick with a distribution version, > same for a work environment that does not allow such things... > For any other I would set it up my self. > > Good luck.
Hi. FYI: the tomcat55 in the http://software.opensuse.org/download/Java:/addon/openSUSE_10.2/ repository is the same tomcat55 for 10.2 that is currently in the factory tree. Regards, Daniel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
