Hello and thanks for the reply, I downloaded the binaries apache-tomcat-6.0.14.tar.gz
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/java/j2sdk1.4.2_08/ export JRE_HOME=/usr/local/java/j2sdk1.4.2_08/jre/ the tomcat is still not starting: bash-2.03# more catalina.out Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: org/apache/catalina/startup/Bootstrap (Unsupported major.minor version 49.0) at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass0(Native Method) at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:539) at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:123) at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:251) at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader.java:55) at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:194) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:187) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:289) at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launcher.java:274) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:235) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:302) could you please advise? thanks again --- David Delbecq <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > En l'instant précis du 09/01/08 11:16, Melanie > Pfefer s'exprimait en ces > termes: > > Hello, > > > > I am trying to install tomcat6 on Solaris 8. I > > downloaded apache-tomcat-6.0.14-src.tar and > untarred > > the archive to /usr/local/tomcat6/ > > > .... > > bash$ more catalina.out > > Exception in thread "main" > > java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: > org/apache/catalina/s > > tartup/Bootstrap > > > > > > could you please advise? > > > > thanks > > > > > > > Sure, the "-src" file is the *source* file of > tomcat, those need you to > compile it and probably run a dist making script > included in folder. If > you just want to install tomcat, download the binary > packages. > > > > -- > http://www.devlog.be (a belgian developer's logs) > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To start a new topic, e-mail: > users@tomcat.apache.org > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________________________________ Sent from Yahoo! Mail - a smarter inbox http://uk.mail.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To start a new topic, e-mail: users@tomcat.apache.org To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]