Compile error after intial Install of Tomcat 4.1.18 1

[reisende]

Hi everyone.

I am trying to install Tomcat 4.1.18 on a Windows 2000 server and am getting a very perplexing result.

The install seems to go fine, but when I attempt to pull up the ROOT "Welcome to Tomcat" page by navigating to

http://localhost:8080

I get this:

org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Unable to compile class for JSP

An error occurred at line: -1 in the jsp file: null

Generated servlet error:
[javac] Compiling 1 source file

It has been two years since I've set Tomcat up on Windows so I am probably forgetting something. I seem to recall a windows setting I had to tweak or a properties file I had to edit, but I can't remember for sure.

Any help would be great.

Thanks.

 

[sedj]

Have you got JAVA_HOME, TOMCAT_HOME & CATALINA_HOME variables set ?
Have you got a JDK installed (ie java development it - a compiler) ?

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[reisende]

I have JAVA_HOME. That's set to C:\Program Files\Java\j2re1.4.2_05.

I don't have TOMCAT_HOME or CATALINA_HOME, though. Aren't they the same thing, though?

 

[reisende]

OK, I got it. I was using the JRE instead of the JDK as my JAVA_HOME.

Thanks.