Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2003 00:51:55 +0000 From: "Lee Harr" <missive@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is Java/Tomcat on FBSD practical? Message-ID: <BAY2-F293kDgMN6b8X1000129d0@hotmail.com>
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>Hi. I'm new to FreeBSD, my previous -nix experience coming from OSX and >Debian/Suse linux. I've been generally very happy with the performance >and relative ease of setup on my 4.8 system. > >My biggest problem has been Java. I've done the diablo 1.3 package and >java seemed to work (java -v), but when I install Tomcat it won't start. >I've done the same install on mac and windows with no problem. The >stack trace is completely alien to me and I can try to get it if it >would help. > >I'm basically wondering if running Tomcat or any other java on this >machine is realistic or not. > How did you install tomcat? Which version? You say you are new to FreeBSD, so maybe this will help... cd /usr/ports/ make search name=tomcat I see 4 different versions in ports... and they all depend on the java-1.4 port (not 1.3) so that is probably one part of the problem. _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail
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