>
>
>
> >
> > I installed Tomcat using apache-tomcat-6.0.20.exe But not as a
> > service.
>
> First mistake.
>
>
I did this after trying several times to install Tomcat as a service using
the windows service installer.
> Then from the bin I tried to run "tomcat6.exe service runner"
>
> Second mistake - the tomcat6.exe program is indeed the service runner; it
> is not the service *installer*.
>
> You can manually install the service, but it's a major pain to get all the
> parameters right. The easiest thing for you to do now is get the .zip
> download, copy the service.bat script from its bin directory to your
> Tomcat's bin directory, and run that. If you haven't done anything major
> with the .exe installation, you could also just throw that away and start
> over.
>
I new that it was not the service installer But I tried whether it could be
used to run Tomcat as a service since all efforts to get it installed as a
service has failed
Next now I will try the second option Chuck has put forward
Thanks Varuna
2009/7/21 Caldarale, Charles R <chuck.caldar...@unisys.com>
> > From: Varuna Seneviratna [mailto:varunasenevira...@gmail.com]
> > Subject: Fwd: Is it not possible to install apache-tomcat-6.0.20 with a
> > J2SE 5 JRE
> >
> > I installed Tomcat using apache-tomcat-6.0.20.exe But not as a
> > service.
>
> First mistake.
>
> > Then from the bin I tried to run "tomcat6.exe service runner"
>
> Second mistake - the tomcat6.exe program is indeed the service runner; it
> is not the service *installer*.
>
> You can manually install the service, but it's a major pain to get all the
> parameters right. The easiest thing for you to do now is get the .zip
> download, copy the service.bat script from its bin directory to your
> Tomcat's bin directory, and run that. If you haven't done anything major
> with the .exe installation, you could also just throw that away and start
> over.
>
> - Chuck
>
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