Hello: I assume that you are using a standard Tomcat download and have not edited any startup scripts.
1. Ensure that you have an environment variable called JAVA_HOME that points to your Java installation. If JDK installed in c:\Program Files\JDK1.3.1\, then the JAVA_HOME environment variable should be set as SET JAVA_HOME="c:\program Files\JDK1.3.1". 2. Now, JAVA_HOME\lib should contain the file tools.jar. This is a requirement of the startup scripts. 3. The startup scripts ensure that the CLASSPATH environment variable is NOT used by the JVM. All your CLASSPATH settings are therefore not used at all. 4. Now try running Tomcat via the batch files from a command prompt. You should see the a few messages that state which environment variables are being used. -- Sriram --- Gerald Stampfel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I solved it by copying tools.jar to tomcat/common/lib. > > Dirty workaround, but didn't find any other. > > - > Gerald S. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gerald Stampfel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Tomcat Users List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 6:18 AM > Subject: Re: Error: Unable to find a javac compiler; > com.sun.tools.javac.Main is not on the classpath. > > > > I am working in a windows environment. > > > > You mean setting my environment variable %classpath% by doing SET > CLASSPATH > > = "..." ? > > > > I have done that and it still doesn't work. > > > > - > > Gerald S. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jay Garala" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "'Tomcat Users List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 10:14 PM > > Subject: RE: Error: Unable to find a javac compiler; > > com.sun.tools.javac.Main is not on the classpath. > > > > > > > Make sure u have $JDK/lib/tools.jar in your classpath > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Gerald Stampfel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 4:11 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Error: Unable to find a javac compiler; > com.sun.tools.javac.Main > > is > > > not on the classpath. > > > > > > > > > Hi folks, > > > > > > i got the following error message: > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > > > -- > > > > > > 2003-10-28 21:58:08 Info: Compile: > > > > > > javaFileName=C:\Programme\jakarta-tomcat\work\Standalone\localhost\jetspeed\ > > > /index_jsp.java > > > > > > > > > classpath=/C:/Programme/jakarta-tomcat/webapps/jetspeed/WEB-INF/lib/activati > > > > > > on.jar;/C:/Programme/jakarta-tomcat/webapps/jetspeed/WEB-INF/lib/castor-0.9. > > > > > > 3.jar;/C:/Programme/jakarta-tomcat/webapps/jetspeed/WEB-INF/lib/commons-bean > > > > > > utils-1.4.1.jar;/C:/Programme/jakarta-tomcat/webapps/jetspeed/WEB-INF/lib/co > > > > > > mmons-collections-2.0.jar;/C:/Programme/jakarta-tomcat/webapps/jetspeed/WEB- > > > > > > > INF/lib/commons-configuration-1.0-dev.jar;/C:/Programme/jakarta-tomcat/webap > > > > > > ps/jetspeed/WEB-INF/lib/commons-dbcp-1.0-dev-20020806.jar;/C:/Programme/jaka > > > > > > rta-tomcat/webapps/jetspeed/WEB-INF/lib/commons-lang-1.0.jar;/C:/Programme/j > > > > > > akarta-tomcat/webapps/jetspeed/WEB-INF/lib/commons-logging-1.0.2.jar;/C:/Pro > > > > > > gramme/jakarta-tomcat/webapps/jetspeed/WEB-INF/lib/commons-pool-1.0.jar;/C:/ > > > > > > Programme/jakarta-tomcat/webapps/jetspeed/WEB-INF/lib/ecs-1.4.1.jar;/C:/Prog > > > > > > ramme/jakarta-tomcat/webapps/jetspeed/WEB-INF/lib/fulcrum-3.0-b2-dev.jar;/C: > > > > > > /Programme/jakarta-tomcat/webapps/jetspeed/WEB-INF/lib/hsqldb.jar;/C:/Progra > > > > > > mme/jakarta-tomcat/webapps/jetspeed/WEB-INF/lib/jakarta-oro-2.0.6.jar;/C:/Pr > > > > > > ogramme/jakarta-tomcat/webapps/jetspeed/WEB-INF/lib/jakarta-regexp-1.2.jar;/ > > > > > > C:/Programme/jakarta-tomcat/webapps/jetspeed/WEB-INF/lib/jcs-1.0-dev.jar;/C: > > > > > > /Programme/jakarta-tomcat/webapps/jetspeed/WEB-INF/lib/jdbc-se2.0.jar;/C:/Pr > > > > > > ogramme/jakarta-tomcat/webapps/jetspeed/WEB-INF/lib/jetspeed-1.4-b4.jar;/C:/ > > > > > > Programme/jakarta-tomcat/webapps/jetspeed/WEB-INF/lib/log4j-1.2.6.jar;/C:/Pr > > > > > > ogramme/jakarta-tomcat/webapps/jetspeed/WEB-INF/lib/mail.jar;/C:/Programme/j > > > > > > akarta-tomcat/webapps/jetspeed/WEB-INF/lib/ojb-0.7.343.jar;/C:/Programme/jak > > > > > > arta-tomcat/webapps/jetspeed/WEB-INF/lib/soap.jar;/C:/Programme/jakarta-tomc > > > > > > at/webapps/jetspeed/WEB-INF/lib/stratum-1.0-b4-dev.jar;/C:/Programme/jakarta > > > > -tomcat/webapps/jetspeed/WEB-INF/lib/torque-3.0.jar;/C:/Programme/jakarta- > > to > > > > > > mcat/webapps/jetspeed/WEB-INF/lib/turbine-2.2.jar;/C:/Programme/jakarta-tomc > > > > > > at/webapps/jetspeed/WEB-INF/lib/uddi4j.jar;/C:/Programme/jakarta-tomcat/weba > > > > > > pps/jetspeed/WEB-INF/lib/velocity-1.3.jar;/C:/Programme/jakarta-tomcat/webap > > > > > > ps/jetspeed/WEB-INF/lib/village-1.5.3.jar;/C:/Programme/jakarta-tomcat/webap > > > > > > ps/jetspeed/WEB-INF/lib/xalan-2.3.1.jar;/C:/Programme/jakarta-tomcat/webapps > > > > > > /jetspeed/WEB-INF/lib/xerces-2.0.2.jar;/C:/Programme/jakarta-tomcat/webapps/ > > > > > > jetspeed/WEB-INF/lib/xercesImpl.jar;/C:/Programme/jakarta-tomcat/webapps/jet > > > > > > speed/WEB-INF/lib/xml-apis.jar;/C:/Programme/jakarta-tomcat/webapps/jetspeed > > > > > > /WEB-INF/lib/activation.jar;/C:/Programme/jakarta-tomcat/webapps/jetspeed/WE > > > > > > B-INF/lib/castor-0.9.3.jar;/C:/Programme/jakarta-tomcat/webapps/jetspeed/WEB > > > > -INF/lib/commons-beanutils-1.4.1.jar;/C:/Programme/jakarta-tomcat/webapps/ > > je > > > > > > tspeed/WEB-INF/lib/commons-collections-2.0.jar;/C:/Programme/jakarta-tomcat/ > > > > > > webapps/jetspeed/WEB-INF/lib/commons-configuration-1.0-dev.jar;/C:/Programme > > > > > > /jakarta-tomcat/webapps/jetspeed/WEB-INF/lib/commons-dbcp-1.0-dev-20020806.j > > > > > > ar;/C:/Programme/jakarta-tomcat/webapps/jetspeed/WEB-INF/lib/commons-lang-1. > > > > > > 0.jar;/C:/Programme/jakarta-tomcat/webapps/jetspeed/WEB-INF/lib/commons-logg > > > > > > ing-1.0.2.jar;/C:/Programme/jakarta-tomcat/webapps/jetspeed/WEB-INF/lib/comm > > > > > > ons-pool-1.0.jar;/C:/Programme/jakarta-tomcat/webapps/jetspeed/WEB-INF/lib/e > > > > > > cs-1.4.1.jar;/C:/Programme/jakarta-tomcat/webapps/jetspeed/WEB-INF/lib/fulcr > > > > > > um-3.0-b2-dev.jar;/C:/Programme/jakarta-tomcat/webapps/jetspeed/WEB-INF/lib/ > > > > > > hsqldb.jar;/C:/Programme/jakarta-tomcat/webapps/jetspeed/WEB-INF/lib/jakarta > > > > -oro-2.0.6.jar;/C:/Programme/jakarta-tomcat/webapps/jetspeed/WEB-INF/lib/j > > ak > === message truncated === __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? 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