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Subject DO NOT REPLY [Bug 38858] New: - "failed to install tomcat5 service" on Tomcat installation
Date Sun, 05 Mar 2006 10:16:38 GMT
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           Summary: "failed to install tomcat5 service" on Tomcat
                    installation
           Product: Tomcat 5
           Version: 5.5.15
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Windows XP
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Keywords: ErrorMessage
          Severity: major
          Priority: P1
         Component: Native:Packaging
        AssignedTo: tomcat-dev@jakarta.apache.org
        ReportedBy: Raoul_is_a_geek@yahoo.com


* What?

On certain machines, The Tomcat installation fails on Windows XP,
producing the following error message : "failed to install tomcat5
service, Check your settings and permissions Ignore and continue
anyway (not recommended)]", even if you are actually logged under
an admin account.

* When?

Every time you try to install in the targeted env.

* Causes

The %TEMP% and %TMP% env. variables are not properly
read from the environment by the installation program.
By default, on Windows XP, it will be set to a 'temp'
sub-dir under your home directory.

* Workaround

To install the product successfully, you will need
to change in "My computer"->"Environment variables"
the %TEMP% env. variable to make it point to some
other directory, like "c:\temp".

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