Any recommendations on pairings between versions/flavors of the JDK and Tomcat?
I think part of what I'm running into is that I might be mixing and matching badly. Greg At 04:16 PM 10/14/02 -0400, Turner, John wrote: >Ditto what Larry said. > >This is my personal preference, but I would skip the RPMs. The binary >install is 5 steps: > >- install JDK >- install Tomcat (using the binary install package, not the RPM, this is as >simple as unpacking it somewhere like /usr/local) >- set JAVA_HOME to JDK location (like /usr/local/j2sdk-1.4 or whatever >- set CATALINA_HOME (CATALINA = Tomcat, set to something like >/usr/local/jakarta-tomcat-4.1.12 or whatever) >- run $CATALINA_HOME/bin/startup.sh > >That's really all you need to do. The RPMS do a few other things, like >create a "tomcat" user and setup some "start on boot" scripts, but for eval >purposes, those things aren't needed, and you can easily set things up for >yourself the way you like them once the evaluation is over. > >Once you do the above, you should be able to see the Tomcat examples at >http://localhost:8080/examples. If your Linux box is a server with no GUI, >localhost may not be the best option, in that case change "localhost" in >$CATALINA_HOME/conf/server.xml to the FQDN of your choice, and restart >Tomcat. > >If you have problems after those 5 steps, post back here and someone will >usually help pretty quickly. There are all sorts of HOWTOs for doing this, >but most of them deal with integrating Tomcat with Apache, which is way >overkill for what you want to do at the moment. > >John > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Greg Bullough [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 3:53 PM > > To: Tomcat Users List > > Subject: Installation cook-book or HOW-TO > > > > > > I've sent messages asking for the list FAQ, but 'none > > available yet' comes back in response. At least I > > tried... > > > >-- >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]>
