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http://nagoya.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=18219 Can't compile JSP pages ------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003-07-10 10:39 ------- I'm going to try to make a case for reopening this bug. I just lost 2 days to this problem, so I'm hoping a minor change to the installation program (or documentation, at least) could prevent the same fate for others. >From what I can determine, if you're going to run Tomcat 5.0.3 as a Windows Service, there are no environment variables required whatsoever, nor any PATH changes, except for one small catch: you must have JAVA_HOME defined *during* the Tomcat installation (and only then) if you want your JSP pages to compile. You don't need it defined /after/ installation, and you don't need it defined for anything else I've been using for development or production Java tools in the past 7 years. In fact, after installation, you don't need anything added to your PATH at all, and you don't need CATALINA_HOME, ANT_HOME, nor JAVA_HOME defined. Why have this extra little gotcha in there when Tomcat already knows quite well where the JDK is installed from the Registry settings? Furthermore, the recovery is a bit tough to figure out -- you have to actually uninstall Tomcat, define JAVA_HOME, and then re-install Tomcat. Then you can undefine JAVA_HOME and you're set. Most of my time lost was because I thought I could recover by simply defining JAVA_HOME and restarting the Tomcat service. I didn't imagine that this environment variable was absolutely critical during the installation itself. The rest of the time lost was spent trying all the combinations of the other environment variables, none of which are required nor helped. So if the bug won't be reopened, can this message: 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 be changed to the following instead? Unable to find a javac compiler; com.sun.tools.javac.Main is not on the classpath. Perhaps you need to define JAVA_HOME and reinstall Tomcat. Or at least put a big warning in the future Tomcat 5.0 Setup page that says it's critical for JAVA_HOME to be defined *during* installation when you plan to run Tomcat 5.0.3 as a Windows Service, but no such Java/Tomcat/Ant environment variables or PATH changes are required afterwards. Thanks, John Neffenger --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
