Trouble installing Tomcat.

Question

Hello I have downloaded [jakarta-tomcat-4.0.1] and have jdk1.3 installed in c:\jdk1.3\
When I install Tomcat it tells me I do not have a java development kit and advises me to download one.
My autoexec file is as follows:
(I haven't needed to add any classpaths as I use a IDE that knows where the complier is).
@echo off
path c:\windows;c:\windows\COMMAND
SET SNDSCAPE=C:\WINDOWS
set java_home=c:\jdk1.3
Could someone please tell me what is going wrong and edit my autoexec file with the correct path and repost it?
Thanks in advance,
Michael De Vorms

Answer 1

Hi,
I hope my answer will fit your configuration, as I'm using W2K, so no autoexec here...
I don't even have the JAVA_HOME defined in the environment variables, but I had to modify two Tomcat batch files, as follows:
1. In Catalina.bat, I had to modify the entry
SET JAVA_HOME=<java home>
to fit my installation. In your case, you should put:
SET JAVA_HOME=c:\jdk1.3
2. In Startup.bat, I modified the entry
SET CATALINAHOME=<tomcat home>
where <tomcat home> is the home path for your Tomcat installation.
One more thing: I suggest you to define the CLASSPATH in your environment (if you use other classes than those in JDK 1.3), as Tomcat does not access the information your IDE has.
Regards and good luck,
Adrian