Thanks Barry. I think after what you and Gareth have said, I will go for the normal binary distribution - sounds like it will solve a few headaches.
And I thought I was keeping things nice and clean by going down the RPM route! Thanks for everyone's help. Z. -----Original Message----- From: Barry Sheward [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 27 March 2002 21:15 To: Tomcat Users List Subject: Re: Newbie installation question Zoe, I've read a number of the replies to your question. I think I would recommend ditching the RPM installation and simply downloading the binary distribution from Jakarta. When you gunzip and untar the files, everything will be in one directory and should use the default 8080 port. You might need to set CATALINA_HOME, but I think thats everything, certainly there is no user creation required. The log files will appear in the log directory which might give you more information. Since finding the correct port seems to be a problem, you could also try netstat -a which will tell you what ports are in use. Hope that helps, Barry Zoe Adams wrote: >Hi, > >This is a very newbie question I'm afraid. > >I have attempted to install a standalone Tomcat 4 as an RPM under RedHat >Linux 7.1 but just can't get it to work. > >These are the steps I've followed: >- Installed jdk-1.3.1_02.i386.rpm >- Installed regexp-1.2-1.noarch.rpm >- Installed servletapi4-4.0.2-3.noarch.rpm >- Installed xerces-j-1.4.4-2.noarch.rpm >- Installed tomcat4-4.0.2-3.noarch.rpm >- Set JAVA_HOME="/usr/java/jdk1.3.1_02" in /etc/tomcat4/conftomcat4.conf >- Set CATALINA_HOME="/var/tomcat4" in /etc/profile > >I then go into /etc/init.d and type "tomcat4 start" and I see the >following: >Using CATALINA_BASE: /var/tomcat4 >Using CATALINA_HOME: /var/tomcat4 >Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /var/tomcat4/temp >Using JAVA_HOME: /usr/java/jdk1.3.1_02 > >But if I try to browse to http://localhost:8180 <http://localhost:8180/> >I get the message "could not connect to host localhost (port 8180)". > >Where am I going wrong? I have read the documentation but am still none >the wiser. I've installed Tomcat4 under Windows and it all went without >a hitch, but Linux has me stumped. If anyone can offer any suggestions >or point me to some good online help, then I'd be very grateful. > >Thanks, >Zoe Adams > >************************************* >http://www.snapherup.com <http://www.snapherup.com/> >Tell us exactly who you're looking for >and we'll tell you exactly who matches > > -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Troubles with the list: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
