Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-tomcat-users-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 76211 invoked from network); 19 Oct 2005 22:05:53 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 19 Oct 2005 22:05:53 -0000 Received: (qmail 63347 invoked by uid 500); 19 Oct 2005 22:05:39 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-tomcat-users-archive@tomcat.apache.org Received: (qmail 63333 invoked by uid 500); 19 Oct 2005 22:05:39 -0000 Mailing-List: contact users-help@tomcat.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: "Tomcat Users List" Delivered-To: mailing list users@tomcat.apache.org Received: (qmail 63318 invoked by uid 99); 19 Oct 2005 22:05:39 -0000 Received: from asf.osuosl.org (HELO asf.osuosl.org) (140.211.166.49) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 19 Oct 2005 15:05:39 -0700 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.5 required=10.0 tests=DNS_FROM_RFC_ABUSE X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (asf.osuosl.org: local policy) Received: from [68.142.201.225] (HELO web30212.mail.mud.yahoo.com) (68.142.201.225) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with SMTP; Wed, 19 Oct 2005 15:05:38 -0700 Received: (qmail 90022 invoked by uid 60001); 19 Oct 2005 22:05:17 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=Message-ID:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=zhd9WN9W7+fdtF40CGhIxmDPZ4zQtLIH7u3SXoUtHEzZpQqNWX3TMHdGHkfIhKFoxbUqBHO+kfuo40cYwNaFIb0Cgx1fFRlp4tVliJcV6y2h0rw0d9Ihme++Vw8ODMM5w/bL5WLpfzd3K4REt3NxRdchmQnD04HIHbIEbhGlSas= ; Message-ID: <20051019220517.90020.qmail@web30212.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Received: from [128.149.225.23] by web30212.mail.mud.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 19 Oct 2005 15:05:16 PDT Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 15:05:16 -0700 (PDT) From: brown wrap Subject: RE: Newbie Installation Question To: Tomcat Users List In-Reply-To: <20051019214710.41192.qmail@web33013.mail.mud.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org X-Spam-Rating: minotaur.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N OK, I downloaded the binary. My error is different, but it still does not start up: [groot@coda logs]# more catalina.out java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:200) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:188) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:251) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:202) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:390) --- Mark Eggers wrote: > Tomcat comes as a binary. Just download the binary > distribution. See: > > http://tomcat.apache.org/download-55.cgi#5.5.12 > > On linux, I normally create a special user for > Tomcat > and make it a mamber of the same group that the user > that runs Apache is under. This is www for Fedora > Core 4. > > I usually install Java under /opt or /usr, and then > link the current Java version to /opt/java or > /usr/java. I then put /opt/java/bin or > /usr/java/bin > the path BEFORE /usr/bin, since Fedora Core 4 > installs > GNU's Java. This is not a bad thing, but setting up > the path in /etc/profile is a good thing. > > Just a few thoughts. I hope this gets you started. > > /mde/ > > --- brown wrap wrote: > > > I had been trying to avoid actually building > Tomcat, > > I > > was trying to use a Linux binary. > > > > > __________________________________ > Start your day with Yahoo! - Make it your home page! > > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > users-unsubscribe@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: > users-help@tomcat.apache.org > > Sign: Day old sushi, half off. __________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - Make it your home page! http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@tomcat.apache.org