Add this to the beginning of your catalina.sh script in /bin directory of
Tomcat.
export JAVA_HOME=/path/to/jdk1.5
That way it will start with the JDK of your choice.
Regards,
Kerem
> -Original Message-
> From: lanna august [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Friday, September 23, 2005 8:16 AM
> To: tomcat-user@jakarta.apache.org
> Subject: How to start Tomcat using differnt JRE
>
> Hi sorry for sending this twice, but I am using new email
> program and it kinda flipped out when I first sent it, was
> not sure it went through the first time.
>
> Hello
>
> I have searched far and wide but no luck so thought i try here.
>
> I have a Red Hat ES V4 Linux Server that has 3 different
> versions of JDK and JRE on it. They each are being used for
> different projects. One of the versions is 1.5 JDK and JRE.
> I need to install now Tomcat 5.5.9 on the server and I must
> have it use the
> 1.5 JRE when it starts up. Unfortunatly the systems global
> JDK and JRE are set to the 1.3 Version of Java and this I
> cannot change it must remain.
>
> I thought awhile ago I came across mention of how to start up
> the Tomcat server and tell it what JRE to be using. But I
> don't remember exactly.
>
> Can anyone help?
>
> I tried making a Tomcat user and placing the Tomcat server in
> this Tomcat users directory. Then setting the JAVA_HOME in
> this Tomcat users .bash_profile to point to the 1.5
> directory. I then log into the Tomcat user and run the
> command java -version. I get back 1.3.
>
> I thought there was a place in one of the config files to
> point it at what the JAVA_HOME or JRE_HOME was?
>
> or some kind of command I type at startup on the linux box?
>
> any help much appreciated.
>
>
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