you need the JDK for JSP page compilation. JRE (Java Runtime) is only good for running Java Applications. The JDK is used to compile the JSP pages into servlets.
Paul -----Original Message----- From: Ken Sanderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 6:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: JRE or JDK Hello all. I have installed tomcat on my NT machine, in order to run a software application that requires it. In the install instructions it talks about setting the JAVA_HOME variable to the JDK bin folder. However, it cannot find the necessary files it needs in that location. Instead if I set the JAVA_HOME variable to my JRE bin folder, it works fine. Is JDK supposed to be JRE? Everything is working great with the JRE setup, however I noticed that when I go to the log on window, tomcat is shut down. After some research I found that the problem is my JDK, and I need to upgrade it to 1.3.1, which I did. Now the question is, since my JAVA_HOME is pointing to the JRE, is it really 1.3.1 of JRE I need, not the JDK? Sorry thats probably confusing, thoughts appreciated. Ken Sanderson Miistakis Institute for the Rockies c/o Faculty of Environmental Design 2500 University Drive NW Calgary, Alberta T2N 1N4 t 1 (403) 220-8968 1 (403) 220-2573 w www.rockies.ca "facilitating ecosystem research & management in the Rocky Mountains" -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
