I have experienced the need in the past to drop tools.jar into tomcat's common/lib folder but not in 5.0.28 or 5.5. Perhaps you're right.
> -----Original Message----- > From: David Boyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 16 November 2004 15:42 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Tomcat JRE vs JDK Issue > > > Correct me if I'm wrong. > > One of the things the JDK brings that the JRE does not is tools.jar > which contains com.sun.tools.javac, which is needed to compile JSPs. > > It might be possible to use the JRE as long as you have tools.jar from > the JDK somewhere in your classpath. It seems like I saw a thread > related to this a while ago, although I don't know if it works. > > Is there a compelling reason to want to use the JRE rather than the > full JDK? > > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/16/2004 7:35:02 AM >>> > > Chris, > > JSP pages get compiled into bytecode (as Yoav just said) as they are > requested. So, the server requires the SDK, including javac to do the > compiling. > > --Dan > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Hubble, Christopher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 9:20 AM > > To: 'Tomcat Users List' > > Subject: RE: Tomcat JRE vs JDK Issue > > > > > > Feel free to explain. :) > > > > Chris > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Anthony E. Carlos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 10:23 AM > > To: Tomcat Users List > > Subject: Re: Tomcat JRE vs JDK Issue > > > > > > Chris: > > > > I think TC requires the JDK (not just the JRE) so that it > can compile > > > JSPs. If this doesn't make sense, I can explain further. > > > > -Anthony Carlos > > > > On Nov 16, 2004, at 10:17 AM, Allistair Crossley wrote: > > > > does the client machine have JAVA_HOME as an environment variable? > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Hubble, Christopher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: 16 November 2004 15:09 > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: Tomcat JRE vs JDK Issue > > > > > > > > > I'm trying to run Tomcat 5.0.28 on W2k client machine. On my > > > machine, it > > > runs fine, with no problems. But when I copy it over to the > > > client machine, > > > which has the 1.4.2_05 JRE on it, Tomcat won't run, and says that > it > > > requires the JDK. Why is this, and is there a workaround, or > > > do I have to > > > install the JDK? I don't remember having this issue with > > > 4.x. Is it 5.x > > > specific? TIA. > > > > > > Chris > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > <FONT SIZE=1 FACE="VERDANA,ARIAL" COLOR=BLUE> > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > QAS Ltd. > > Developers of QuickAddress Software > > <a href="http://www.qas.com";><A > href="http://www.qas.comwww.qas.com</a> > > Registered in England: No 2582055 > > Registered in Australia: No 082 851 474 > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > </FONT> > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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] > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
