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Posted to dev@tomcat.apache.org by bu...@apache.org on 2001/10/18 23:59:34 UTC

DO NOT REPLY [Bug 4279] New: - Tomcat installation and start-up don't seem to understand the jdk1.3.1_01 path

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Tomcat installation and start-up don't seem to understand the jdk1.3.1_01 path

           Summary: Tomcat installation and start-up don't seem to
                    understand the jdk1.3.1_01 path
           Product: Tomcat 4
           Version: 4.0.1 Final
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Windows NT/2K
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: Other
         Component: Unknown
        AssignedTo: tomcat-dev@jakarta.apache.org
        ReportedBy: greg@visualmining.com


I don't know if I'm duplicating a bug here.  Can't say that I'm understanding
how to search on the bug tracker....

These are the steps I went through to get Tomcat 4.0.1 installed and running on
my system:

I installed JDK 2 v1.3.1_01 on my system at c:\java\jdk1.3.1_01.  The JRE
automatically installed at c:\program files\javasoft\jre\1.3.1_01.

I then ran the Tomcat 4.0.1 installation package.  It refused to run, telling me
that it couldn't find any JDK installed on my system.

I uninstalled 1.3.1, thinking there might be some sort of incompatibility there.
 I installed 1.3.0_04 (c:\java\jdk1.3.0_04).  Ran the Tomcat install.  Same
result.  Okay.  Weird.

I uninstalled 1.3.0_04 and reinstalled it under c:\java\jdk1.3.0.  It still
automatically installed the the JRE under c:\program
files\javasoft\jre\1.3.0_04.  Ran Tomcat installer--success!  It installed
completely.  Now, I tried to run the service.  No success.  Tried to run "Tomcat
start" program.  No success.  Hmm.

Okay.  I changed the target java executable from the JRE directory to
c:\java\jdk1.3.0\bin\java.  Ran "Tomcat start".  Hey!  It works!

So, it appears there is some sort of problem with an underscore in the path. 
Seems kinda bizarre to me, but that's all I could figure out.