Howdy, This should be in the FAQ: I'm sure Senor Funk will add it to tomcatfaq.sourceforge.net soon enough. The question has been answered in the archives several times.
Right now, tomcat needs the JDK in order to compile JSPs into bytecode. If you don't use JSPs or precompile them, you can get away with just the JRE. There is a licensing issue in JDK vs. JRE. But there's also the issue of once you're running with a JRE, not JDK, you have not fulfilled the tomcat installation requirements and so are less likely to receive accurate support from this list or other sources. Yoav Shapira Millennium ChemInformatics >-----Original Message----- >From: Jason Bainbridge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 2:27 PM >To: Tomcat Users List >Subject: Re: JSDK/JRE > >I believe there are licensing issues with distributing the JDK but not with >the JRE, although theoretically you could just get the client to download >the >JDK I really don't see the point of that myself... > >Do you use JSP's in your webapp? If you do I think if you pre-compile all >of >them prior to distribution you should be able to use a JRE, you just need >to >set JAVA_HOME to point to the right spot. If you only use servlets then the >JRE should work fine. > >However having said that the JDK contains different JVM's one optimised for >client side applications eg. Swing based ones and another for server based >applications like Tomcat, I am yet to fully investigate the benefits of >this >however, maybe someone else on the list can provide some further insight? > >Regards, >-- >Jason Bainbridge >KDE Web Team - http://kde.org >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >On Thu, 29 May 2003 02:15, Noel Rappin wrote: >> Sorry if this is an FAQ, but I can't find the exact information anywhere. >> >> I see that Tomcat requires a JDK, not a JRE to enable compilation of JSP >> pages. Is there any reasonable way to run off a JRE? Are there any >> license issues involved in distributing the JDK as part of a web >> application instead of the JRE (we actually distribute the web >> application, so it's not a question of just having one copy on our >> server)? How do other people manage this in practice? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Noel Rappin >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail, including any attachments, is a confidential business communication, and may contain information that is confidential, proprietary and/or privileged. This e-mail is intended only for the individual(s) to whom it is addressed, and may not be saved, copied, printed, disclosed or used by anyone else. If you are not the(an) intended recipient, please immediately delete this e-mail from your computer system and notify the sender. Thank you. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
