Add this to the beginning of your catalina.sh script in /bin directory of
Tomcat.

export JAVA_HOME=/path/to/jdk1.5

That way it will start with the JDK of your choice.

Regards,

Kerem

> -----Original Message-----
> From: lanna august [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 8:16 AM
> To: tomcat-user@jakarta.apache.org
> Subject: How to start Tomcat using differnt JRE
> 
> Hi sorry for sending this twice, but I am using new email 
> program and it kinda flipped out when I first sent it, was 
> not sure it went through the first time.
> 
> Hello ....
> 
> I have searched far and wide but no luck so thought i try here.
> 
> I have a Red Hat ES V4 Linux Server that has 3 different 
> versions of JDK and JRE on it.  They each are being used for 
> different projects.  One of the versions is 1.5 JDK and JRE.  
> I need to install now Tomcat 5.5.9 on the server and I must 
> have it use the
> 1.5 JRE when it starts up.  Unfortunatly the systems global 
> JDK and JRE are set to the 1.3 Version of Java and this I 
> cannot change it must remain.
> 
> I thought awhile ago I came across mention of how to start up 
> the Tomcat server and tell it what JRE to be using.  But I 
> don't remember exactly.
> 
> Can anyone help?
> 
> I tried making a Tomcat user and placing the Tomcat server in 
> this Tomcat users directory.  Then setting the JAVA_HOME in 
> this Tomcat users .bash_profile  to point to the 1.5 
> directory.  I then log into the Tomcat user and run the 
> command java -version.  I get back 1.3.
> 
> I thought there was a place in one of the config files to 
> point it at what the JAVA_HOME or JRE_HOME was?
> 
> or some kind of command I type at startup on the linux box?
> 
> any help much appreciated.
> 
> 
> 
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