Help needed to Set up Tomcat 5

[difrad]

I have just installed Tomcat 5.0. I upgraded my JDK to 1.5.04. I did set up JAVA_HOME = C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_04 but still I get this exception. What do I miss ???

type Exception report

message

description The server encountered an internal error () that prevented it from fulfilling this request.

exception

org.apache.jasper.JasperException: Unable to compile class for JSP
org.apache.jasper.compiler.DefaultErrorHandler.javacError(DefaultErrorHandler.java:97)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.ErrorDispatcher.javacError(ErrorDispatcher.java:346)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.generateClass(Compiler.java:414)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:472)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:451)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:439)
org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.java:511)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:295)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:292)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:236)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)

root cause

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
org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.compilers.CompilerAdapterFactory.getCompiler(CompilerAdapterFactory.java:106)
org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Javac.compile(Javac.java:935)
org.apache.tools.ant.taskdefs.Javac.execute(Javac.java:764)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.generateClass(Compiler.java:382)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:472)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:451)
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.compile(Compiler.java:439)
org.apache.jasper.JspCompilationContext.compile(JspCompilationContext.java:511)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:295)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:292)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:236)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:802)

note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the Apache Tomcat/5.0.28 logs.
Apache Tomcat/5.0.28

 

[pegazaus]

I have exactely the same problem as "difrad" I have the same Tomcate version but JAVA_HOME= c:\j2sdk1.4.2_08 and I'm running WinXP. I appreciate all help.

 

[pegazaus]

I 've a solution to this problem. I've copied tools.jar from JDK directory to common/lib and My Tomcat 5.0.28 can compile and and display Hello.jsp

 

[sedj]

Both of you have spaces in the JAVA_HOME environment - this is a common mistake. Get used to NEVER using spaces in directory names - its just bad practic all round.

You get around it by instead of saying :

set JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_04

you say :

set JAVA_HOME="C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.5.0_04"

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