[xmlWiki-developers] Tomcat

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> --- Jim Kalafut <ka...@ie...> wrote:

>>
>>Tomcat - The main reason I recommended 3.2.3 is simplicity on the part of
>>linux.  To move to 4.0 will require significant effort on my part which may
>>not result in a more useful platform (for the project, that is).  The
>>problem is that 4.0 comes only as source and RPM, not Debian packages.  To
>>build the source requires a later version of java than the standard Debian
>>package.  Getting THAT to run requires getting libstdc++ libraries working
>>at the right version,... and on it goes.  A lot of companies customize
>>things for Redhat these days instead of linux in general.  The important
>>question is (and I can't answer is), will we need to make use of the newer
>>API features? If so, I have no problem with biting the bullet and getting it
>>all going.  If not, I'd rather devote my time to coding as opposed to
>>installing right now.  Though I'm surprised I'm saying this, it's
>>unfortunate that the setup isn't as convenient as Windows (ie. download and
>>go).


The big problem with Tomcat 3.2.3 is that is comes with the wrong versions of jars for doing the XSLT that we will be doing.

This is the fix for it :

1) Remove jaxp.jar and parser.jar form the $TOMCAT_HOME/lib directory.
2) Install the following files from the JAXP 1.1 distribution into the $TOMCAT_HOME/lib directory: jaxp.jar, crimson.jar, and xalan.jar.

BUT IF

elhugo@gump:~$ java -version
java version "1.1.8"
elhugo@gump:~$ 

then we really have problems...

1) You have to install the support for collections.
2) Some of the tools that we will use such as Ant and Junit may not work  properly. (Something to be tested especially Junit)
3) This version of Java is really, really, really slow.
4) Dealing with the $CLASSPATH is a problem since there is no /ext.
4) a lot of other stuff that is too long to mention.

Did you do the Sun JDK download? I noticed /tmp/jdk1.3.1_01/ and ran the bin. :(

Did you try the blackdown dist?

ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/linux/devel/lang/java/blackdown.org/JDK-1.3.1/i386/FCS/README-j2re
but be aware that :

3) Under i386, should I download glibc or libc5?

   The glibc stands for GNU C Library, and corresponds to newer
   systems such as RedHat 5.x and Debian 2.x, which are based on
   "libc6." Check with your Linux distribution's documentation to 
   be sure. 

   As of the JDK-1.2, libc5 is no longer officially support by the
   blackdown JDK. It is suggested you install an out of the box 
   solution, such as Redhat 6.1. Please visit the FAQ at 
   http://www.blackdown.org for more information. 

see : 

ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/linux/devel/lang/java/blackdown.org/README.ftp

IF blackdown works then I wonder if you could use the bin dist of Tomcat  4.0? see:

http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-tomcat-4.0/release/v4.0.1/

OR

you could compile Tomcat 4.0 from scratch.

ALSO 

IF blackdown works then you don't have to compile or istall J2EE on the linux. All you need is to install the correct servlet.jar in $JAVA_HOME/jre/lib/ext


-H





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