Well, you are running from the source-distro. After you have built Tomcat, you need to set CATALINA_HOME=/usr/local/jakarta-tomcat-4.1.29-src/build or CATALINA_HOME=/usr/local/jakarta-tomcat-4.1.29-src/dist (depending on whether you used the command 'ant' or 'ant dist' to build Tomcat.
"John King" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Pardon my newbieness, please. > > I have installed tomcat 4.1.29 in accrodance with the instructions... or so > I believe... > > When I attempt to run the startup script I get an error logged in the error > log file, as follows: > > > tac[root]:/root-> $CATALINA_HOME/bin/startup.sh > Using CATALINA_BASE: /usr/local/jakarta-tomcat-4.1.29-src/catalina/src > Using CATALINA_HOME: /usr/local/jakarta-tomcat-4.1.29-src/catalina/src > Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /usr/local/jakarta-tomcat-4.1.29- > src/catalina/src/temp > Using JAVA_HOME: /usr/local/j2sdk1.4.2_03 > > tac[root]:/root-> cat /usr/local/jakarta-tomcat-4.1.29- > src/catalina/src/logs/catalina.out < > Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: > org/apache/catalina/startup/Bootstrap > > tac[root]:/root-> ps -ef |grep tomcat|grep -v grep > > tac[root]:/root-> > > > Any help would be appreciated! > > John --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]