Bingo. I must admint I doubted you John. But you were right. I untarred it with GNU tar and it worked immediately.
Thanks! Jim --- John Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Don't use Solaris tar to unpack GNU software. GNU > software requires GNU > tar. GNU tar and Solaris tar are incompatible. > > Tomcat is a Java application. A binary Java > application is a binary for > ALL operating systems, there are no distinctions. > > Did you download and install the JDK? > > The easiest way to get Tomcat running on Solaris is: > > 1. download and install the JDK > 2. set JAVA_HOME to the location of the JDK from > step #1 > 3. download the Tomcat binary > 4. unpack it to /usr/local > 5. set CATALINA_HOME to location of Tomcat > (something like > /usr/local/jakarta-tomcat-4.1.27 or > /usr/local/tomcat if you're clever > and used ln to link /usr/local/tomcat to > /usr/local/jakarta-tomcat-4.1.27) > 6. execute $CATALINA_HOME/bin/startup.sh > 7. view http://localhost:8080 > > John > > Jim Chase wrote: > > > Solaris 9 has Apache and Tomcat loaded by default. > I > > got Apache running but Tomcat needed more work. So > I > > tried to download it from Jakarta at: > > > > > http://apache.oregonstate.edu/jakarta/tomcat-4/binaries/ > > > > I gunzipped it and un-tarred it. Then I did what > it > > said to do in the docs... > > > > * Unpack the binary distribution into a convenient > > location so that the > > distribution resides in its own directory > > (conventionally named > > "jakarta-tomcat-4.0"). For the purposes of the > > remainder of this document, > > the symbolic name "${catalina.home}" is used to > refer > > to the full > > pathname of the release directory. > > > > > > (2) Start Up Tomcat 4.0 > > > > There are two techniques by which Tomcat 4.0 can > be > > started: > > > > * Via an environment variable: > > - Set an environment variable CATALINA_HOME to > the > > path of the directory > > into which you have installed Tomcat 4.0. > > - Execute the shell command: > > > > %CATALINA_HOME%\bin\startup > (Windows) > > > > $CATALINA_HOME/bin/startup.sh > (Unix) > > > > * By modifying your current working directory: > > - Execute the following shell commands: > > > > cd %CATALINA_HOME%\bin > (Windows) > > startup > (Windows) > > > > cd $CATALINA_HOME/bin > (Unix) > > ./startup.sh > (Unix) > > > > > > NOW - It won't run. I'm not even sure it was a > Solaris > > Binary. > > > > This is what I get in the catalina.out file: > > > > $ cat catalina.out > > Exception in thread "main" > > java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: > > org/apache/catalina/startup/Bootstrap > > > > Whats the easiest way to get Tomcat running with > > Apache on Solaris 9? > > > > Thanks! > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site > design software > > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
