Do you have $JAVA_HOME/lib/tools.jar in your classpath somewhere?
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Mark Koscak wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> Following on from my earlier discussion. I have installed Tomcat3.2 and
> am running jdk1.3. I can run the example Servlets and JSP's provided.
>
> With thanks to Setve Weiss, I have managed to compile my individual java
> class Hello.java provided as a part of the sample application.
>
> However now when I attempt to use the build script I get the following
> error message. (The build.xml script has been modified for the current
> project). I read once that Tomcat does not work well with jdk1.3 could
> this be my problem?
>
>
>
> [root@netdev vesselenq]# ./build
>
> Couldn't find or load essential class `java/lang/Object'
> java.lang.NoClassDefFou
>
> ndError java/lang/Object
>
> ./btest: line 13: 4828 Aborted (core dumped) java -classpath $C
>
> P:$CLASSPATH org.apache.tools.ant.Main \ -Dtomcat.home=$TOMCAT_HOME "$@"
>
> Here are some of my settings...
>
> I have set the CLASSPATH to include
>
> /usr/local/jdk1.3
>
> /usr/local/jakarta-tomcat/src
>
> /usr/local/jakarta-tomcat/lib/servlet.jar
>
> /usr/local/jdk1.3/lib
>
> /usr/local/jdk1.3/lib/tools.jar
>
> The build script...
>
> #!/bin/sh
>
> # Identify the custom class path components we need
>
> CP=$TOMCAT_HOME/classes:$TOMCAT_HOME/lib/ant.jar:$TOMCAT_HOME/lib/xml.jar
>
> CP=$CP:$TOMCAT_HOME/lib/jasper.jar:$TOMCAT_HOME/lib/servlet.jar
>
> CP=$CP:$TOMCAT_HOME/lib/webserver.jar
>
> # Execute ANT to perform the requested build target
>
> java -classpath $CP:$CLASSPATH org.apache.tools.ant.Main \
> -Dtomcat.home=$TOMCAT
>
> _HOME "$@"
>
> #java -classpath $CP:$CLASSPATH org.apache.tools.ant.Main
>
> If you need any more information on any other system settings, let me
> know and I shall provide the information.
>
> Many thanks
>
> Mark
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