Error installing Tomcat

Question

Hello,
I'm installing Tomcat on a Windows ME machine. I've set the CLASSPATH to C:\Tomcat\jakarta-tomcat-3.2.3, the JAVA_HOME to C:\jdk1.3.1, and the TOMCAT_HOME to C:\Tomcat\jakarta-tomcat-3.2.3. The error I'm getting when I use the startup command is below, with the result that Tomcat is not starting.
Unable to set CLASSPATH dynamically.
Note: To set the CLASSPATH dynamically on Win9x systems
only DOS 8.3 names may be used in TOMCAT_HOME!
Setting your CLASSPATH statically.
Out of environment space
Out of environment space
Out of environment space
Using CLASSPATH: C:\Tomcat\jakarta-tomcat-3.2.3\classes;C:\Tomcat\jakarta-tomcat
-3.2.3\lib\ant.jar;C:\Tomcat\jakarta-tomcat-3.2.3\lib\jasper.jar;C:\Tomcat\jakar
ta-tomcat-3.2.3\lib\jaxp.jar;C:\Tomcat\jakarta-tomcat-3.2.3\lib\parser.jar;C:\To
mcat\jakarta-tomcat-3.2.3\lib
Out of environment space
Starting Tomcat in new window
Does anyone have an idea about what the problem might be?
Thanks greatly,
Adam

Answer 1

I've set the CLASSPATH to
C:\Tomcat\jakarta-tomcat-3.2.3This seems not very useful. Are there any classes in this very directory? Forget about it, and have Tomcat take care of it.
TOMCAT_HOME to
C:\Tomcat\jakarta-tomcat-3.2.3.I think you could eve forget about TOMCAT_HOME. Tomcat will use the directory of the batch files as its home, if not specified.
Note: To set the CLASSPATH dynamically on
Win9x systems only DOS 8.3 names may be
used in TOMCAT_HOME!So: change the directory name to C:\tomcat and try again. Then you'll at least eliminate one possible cause... Tomcat puts no stuff in the Windows registry, so you savely rename the directory.
What about setting JAVA_HOME? I thought that was the only one that could be required... Like:
set JAVA_HOME=c:\jdk1.3
Out of environment spaceThis implies that your WinME cannot handle any more of the "SET A=B" commands in the startup batch file. This will indeed mess up the script's behavior, as Tomcat tries to create the actual start command using such SET commands. Even prior to caring about classpaths etc., this definitely needs to be solved.
In Win9x one could click the left upper DOS logo in a DOS box (or right-click a shortcut or .bat file) to change the environment space from "auto" to some large value. Maybe it helps... What about WinME?
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