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Posted to dev@tomcat.apache.org by du...@chennai.tcs.co.in on 2003/04/01 16:30:15 UTC

Installation problem

Hi All,

I installed tomcat 4.1 on Solaris OS.
While running i get an error which is given
below:


java.util.zip.ZipException: invalid END header (bad central directory offset)
        at java.util.zip.ZipFile.open(Native Method)
        at java.util.zip.ZipFile.<init>(ZipFile.java:112)
        at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:117)
        at java.util.jar.JarFile.<init>(JarFile.java:55)
        at org.apache.catalina.loader.StandardClassLoader.addRepositoryInternal(
StandardClassLoader.java:1082)
        at org.apache.catalina.loader.StandardClassLoader.<init>(StandardClassLo
ader.java:200)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.ClassLoaderFactory.createClassLoader(Clas
sLoaderFactory.java:202)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:140)
Bootstrap: Class loader creation threw exception
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: addRepositoryInternal: java.util.zip.ZipExce
ption: invalid END header (bad central directory offset)
        at org.apache.catalina.loader.StandardClassLoader.addRepositoryInternal(
StandardClassLoader.java:1110)
        at org.apache.catalina.loader.StandardClassLoader.<init>(StandardClassLo
ader.java:200)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.ClassLoaderFactory.createClassLoader(Clas
sLoaderFactory.java:202)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:140)



can anyone tell me that what could be the cause of this error and
how can it be rectified.



Thanks,

Kaushik



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