The fact that javac runs may only mean you have the jdk directory in your
PATH environment variable. If you are on unix, use the command
echo $JAVA_HOME
to see its definition. I think the JAVA_HOME environment variable is not
used by jdk at all.
Barbara Baughman
On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Shih Chin Yang wrote:
> Hi!
> I just downloaded Tomcat 3.2.1 source, then followed the README to
> build, unfortunately I got the following error message
>
> BUILD FAILED
>
> /usr/local/shih/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat/build.xml:94: Cannot use classic
> compiler, as it is not available A common solution is to set the
> environment variable JAVA_HOME
> to your jdk directory.
>
> I was sure that JAVA_HOME has been set to my jdk1.3.0_02 directory, and
> I ran javac from command line without any problems, could someone
> help me? Also, it seems Jakarta-ServletAPI subject no longer exists, is
> it still required for building Tomcat?
>
> Your help would be much appreciated,
> Shih-Chin
>
>
