Remove bin from the JAVA_HOME. JAVA_HOME=C:\JDK1.4\AppServer\jdk
-ramnish. -----Original Message----- From: Markus Hapke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 25 September 2005 21:27 To: tomcat-user@jakarta.apache.org Subject: What to put into JAVA_HOME on Windows xp Hello, I just installed tomcat 5.0.28 successfully. Then tested the samples in C:\TOMCAT\webapps\jsp-examples\jsp2 - they worked. Thed tried to test a .jsp of my own- getting the error msg in the MS Internet-Explorer: =================== BEGIN of error Msg ============================ HTTP Status 500 - type Exception report message description The server encountered an internal error () that prevented it from fulfilling this request. exception org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Unable to compile class for JSP org.apache.jasper.compiler.DefaultErrorHandler.javacError(DefaultErrorHandle r.java:97) org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.javacError(ErrorDispatcher.java:3 46) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.generateClass(Compiler.java:414) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:472) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:451) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:439) org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.java:5 11) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:2 95) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:292) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:236) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802) root cause Unable to find a javac compiler; com.sun.tools.javac.Main is not on the classpath. Perhaps JAVA_HOME does not point to the JDK org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.compilers.CompilerAdapterFactory.getCompiler(C ompilerAdapterFactory.java:106) org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Javac.compile(Javac.java:935) org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Javac.execute(Javac.java:764) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.generateClass(Compiler.java:382) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:472) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:451) org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:439) org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.java:5 11) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:2 95) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:292) org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:236) javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802) note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the Apache Tomcat/5.0.28 logs. =================== END of error Msg===== ========================== I set the environment entry of JAVA_HOME to C:\JDK1.4\AppServer\jdk\bin Is that correct? OK, nobody of you could know where I have my J2EE (1.4) : it is 'mounted' under: C:\JDK1.4\AppServer and i can find the javac.exe under: C:\JDK1.4\AppServer\jdk\bin Is my entry of the JAVA_HOME correct? Is there another error? Thanx in advance, Markus -- ,, 5 GB Mailbox, 50 FreeSMS http://www.gmx.net/de/go/promail +++ GMX - die erste Adresse für Mail, Message, More +++ ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com ********************************************************************** --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]