All due respect to the RPM managers, but I honestly, truly feel that you can get up and running much quicker without using RPMs, and just using the Tomcat binary install and a connector binary. I'm not bragging, but I can do a Tomcat+connector install on RedHat now almost quicker than an RPM could do it...it's that easy. Tomcat is so self-contained, I find it difficult to understand the need for an RPM at all, unless it is because the RPM creates a new user (tomcat4) and adds some startup scripts to /etc/init.d (does it even do that much?).
Try a binary install of Tomcat, not an RPM. Here are the steps, on any Linux: - download Tomcat - unpack Tomcat - symlink /usr/local/tomcat to /usr/local/jakarta-tomcat-some-version - set CATALINA_HOME (or is it TOMCAT_HOME now in 4.1.12?) - make sure JAVA_HOME is set - stick the mod_jk binary in /path/to/apache/modules - edit httpd.conf with JK directives or use auto-conf - start Tomcat - start Apache It's essentially fool-proof, in my experience, anyway. I have no experience with Mandrake, but I can't see how it would break a binary install. Note that the steps above have Tomcat running as root, and that adding start-on-boot scripts to /etc/init.d has to be done manually. John > -----Original Message----- > From: David Wynter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 11:27 AM > To: 'Tomcat Users List' > Subject: New Release JK 1.2.0 not installing > > > Hi, > > In desperation at not having a working setup and problems > with mod_jk I > thought it cannot get worse and may even get better if I > install the latest > release from RPM (what luxury not having to build it!). > Anyway it tells me > that I need Apache 2.0.42. If I run " > /usr/local/apache2/apachectl status" > it tells me I DO have 2.0.42. So how do I get PAckage Manager > to detect that > it is 2.0.42? What mechanism does it use to determine what version is > installed? > > Mandrake 8.2 distro > > Thanks > > David Wynter > Director > roamware Ltd. > (+44) (0) 208 922 7539 B. > (+44) (0) 7879 605 706 M. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
