Hi, I made some test installations, every time from scratch and using the same ks.cfg, and i found that a simply "yum install tomcat5" doesn't work. I think this is due to some strange things in the dependencies resolution: [root@localhost ~]# yum install tomcat5 Loading "kernel-module" plugin Setting up Install Process Setting up repositories Reading repository metadata in from local files Parsing package install arguments Resolving Dependencies [...] --> Running transaction check Beginning Kernel Module Plugin Finished Kernel Module Plugin Dependencies Resolved ============================================================================ Package Arch Version Repository Size ============================================================================ Installing: tomcat5 i386 5.5.17-8jpp.2 sl-base 317 k Installing for dependencies: alsa-lib i386 1.0.12-3.el5 sl-base 402 k ant i386 1.6.5-2jpp.2 sl-base 2.0 M antlr i386 2.7.6-4jpp.2 sl-base 978 k axis i386 1.2.1-2jpp.6 sl-base 3.1 M bcel i386 5.1-8jpp.1 sl-base 995 k chkfontpath i386 1.10.1-1.1 sl-base 15 k classpathx-jaf i386 1.0-9jpp.1 sl-base 101 k classpathx-mail i386 1.1.1-4jpp.2 sl-base 1.1 M eclipse-ecj i386 1:3.2.1-18.el5 sl-base 7.9 M geronimo-specs i386 1.0-0.M2.2jpp.12 sl-base 231 k geronimo-specs-compat i386 1.0-0.M2.2jpp.12 sl-base 5.4 k gjdoc i386 0.7.7-12.el5 sl-base 793 k jakarta-commons-beanutils i386 1.7.0-5jpp.1 sl-base 524 k jakarta-commons-collections i386 3.1-6jpp.1 sl-base 1.0 M jakarta-commons-daemon i386 1:1.0.1-6jpp.1 sl-base 44 k jakarta-commons-dbcp i386 1.2.1-7jpp.1 sl-base 241 k jakarta-commons-digester i386 1.7-5jpp.1 sl-base 313 k jakarta-commons-discovery i386 1:0.3-4jpp.1 sl-base 133 k jakarta-commons-el i386 1.0-7jpp.1 sl-base 240 k jakarta-commons-fileupload i386 1:1.0-6jpp.1 sl-base 48 k jakarta-commons-httpclient i386 1:3.0-7jpp.1 sl-base 513 k jakarta-commons-launcher i386 0.9-6jpp.1 sl-base 87 k jakarta-commons-logging i386 1.0.4-6jpp.1 sl-base 105 k jakarta-commons-modeler i386 1.1-8jpp.1 sl-base 229 k jakarta-commons-pool i386 1.3-5jpp.1 sl-base 127 k jakarta-oro i386 2.0.8-3jpp.1 sl-base 173 k java-1.4.2-gcj-compat i386 1.4.2.0-40jpp.112 sl-base 28 k java-1.5.0-sun-compat noarch 1.5.0.11-1jpp sl-base 58 k jdk i586 2000:1.5.0_11-fcs sl-base 46 M jpackage-utils noarch 1.7.3-1jpp.2.el5 sl-base 61 k ldapjdk i386 4.17-1jpp.7 sl-base 823 k libFS i386 1.0.0-3.1 sl-base 30 k libXfont i386 1.2.2-1.0.2.el5 sl-base 240 k libXtst i386 1.0.1-3.1 sl-base 15 k libart_lgpl i386 2.3.17-4 sl-base 76 k libfontenc i386 1.0.2-2.2.el5 sl-base 19 k libgcj i386 4.1.1-52.el5.2 sl-base 17 M libxslt i386 1.1.17-2 sl-base 484 k log4j i386 1.2.13-3jpp.2 sl-base 634 k mx4j i386 1:3.0.1-6jpp.4 sl-base 2.5 M regexp i386 1.4-2jpp.2 sl-base 91 k tomcat5-common-lib i386 5.5.17-8jpp.2 sl-base 195 k tomcat5-jasper i386 5.5.17-8jpp.2 sl-base 979 k tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api i386 5.5.17-8jpp.2 sl-base 92 k tomcat5-server-lib i386 5.5.17-8jpp.2 sl-base 3.6 M tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api i386 5.5.17-8jpp.2 sl-base 147 k ttmkfdir i386 3.0.9-23.el5 sl-base 46 k wsdl4j i386 1.5.2-4jpp.1 sl-base 385 k xalan-j2 i386 2.7.0-6jpp.1 sl-base 4.1 M xerces-j2 i386 2.7.1-7jpp.2 sl-base 2.7 M xml-commons i386 1.3.02-0.b2.7jpp.10 sl-base 19 k xml-commons-resolver i386 1.1-1jpp.12 sl-base 148 k xorg-x11-font-utils i386 1:7.1-2 sl-base 75 k xorg-x11-xfs i386 1:1.0.2-3.1 sl-base 68 k Transaction Summary ============================================================================ Install 55 Package(s) Update 0 Package(s) Remove 0 Package(s) Total download size: 102 M Is this ok [y/N]: Tomcat5 packages seem to require both sun and gcj javavm. After the full installation, "/etc/init.d/tomcat5" don't start tomcat... [root@localhost tomcat5]# /etc/init.d/tomcat5 start Starting tomcat5: /usr/bin/rebuild-jar-repository: error: Could not find xml-commons-apis Java extension for this JVM /usr/bin/rebuild-jar-repository: error: Some detected jars were not found for this jvm Using CATALINA_BASE: /usr/share/tomcat5 Using CATALINA_HOME: /usr/share/tomcat5 Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /usr/share/tomcat5/temp Using JRE_HOME: [ OK ] [root@localhost tomcat5]# Here is the "/var/log/tomcat5/catalina.out": sun.misc.InvalidJarIndexException: Invalid index at sun.misc.URLClassPath$JarLoader.getResource(URLClassPath.java:769) at sun.misc.URLClassPath$JarLoader.getResource(URLClassPath.java:682) at sun.misc.URLClassPath.getResource(URLClassPath.java:161) at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:192) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:188) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:251) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:319) at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method) at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:620) at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:124) at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:260) at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader.java:56) at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:195) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:188) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:251) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:319) at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method) at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:620) at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:124) at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:260) at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader.java:56) at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:195) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:188) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:251) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:222) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:409) So i tried to install the xml-commons-apis (which remove the jdk...) and reinstall the jdk. The warning in the startup vanish, but tomcat won't work... A solution to have tomcat5 working out of the box (using the version in sl* repos) is to explicit exclude the sun jdk and related compat-rpm. Here is the dependence resolution. [root@localhost ~]# yum install --exclude=java-1.5.0-sun-compat --exclude=jdk tomcat5 Loading "kernel-module" plugin Setting up Install Process Setting up repositories Reading repository metadata in from local files Excluding Packages in global exclude list Finished Parsing package install arguments Resolving Dependencies [...] --> Running transaction check Beginning Kernel Module Plugin Finished Kernel Module Plugin Dependencies Resolved ============================================================================ Package Arch Version Repository Size ============================================================================ Installing: tomcat5 i386 5.5.17-8jpp.2 sl-base 317 k Installing for dependencies: alsa-lib i386 1.0.12-3.el5 sl-base 402 k ant i386 1.6.5-2jpp.2 sl-base 2.0 M antlr i386 2.7.6-4jpp.2 sl-base 978 k axis i386 1.2.1-2jpp.6 sl-base 3.1 M bcel i386 5.1-8jpp.1 sl-base 995 k classpathx-jaf i386 1.0-9jpp.1 sl-base 101 k classpathx-mail i386 1.1.1-4jpp.2 sl-base 1.1 M cpp i386 4.1.1-52.el5.2 sl-base 2.6 M eclipse-ecj i386 1:3.2.1-18.el5 sl-base 7.9 M gcc i386 4.1.1-52.el5.2 sl-base 4.9 M gcc-java i386 4.1.1-52.el5.2 sl-base 2.8 M geronimo-specs i386 1.0-0.M2.2jpp.12 sl-base 231 k geronimo-specs-compat i386 1.0-0.M2.2jpp.12 sl-base 5.4 k gjdoc i386 0.7.7-12.el5 sl-base 793 k glibc-devel i386 2.5-12 sl-base 2.0 M glibc-headers i386 2.5-12 sl-base 604 k jakarta-commons-beanutils i386 1.7.0-5jpp.1 sl-base 524 k jakarta-commons-collections i386 3.1-6jpp.1 sl-base 1.0 M jakarta-commons-daemon i386 1:1.0.1-6jpp.1 sl-base 44 k jakarta-commons-dbcp i386 1.2.1-7jpp.1 sl-base 241 k jakarta-commons-digester i386 1.7-5jpp.1 sl-base 313 k jakarta-commons-discovery i386 1:0.3-4jpp.1 sl-base 133 k jakarta-commons-el i386 1.0-7jpp.1 sl-base 240 k jakarta-commons-fileupload i386 1:1.0-6jpp.1 sl-base 48 k jakarta-commons-httpclient i386 1:3.0-7jpp.1 sl-base 513 k jakarta-commons-launcher i386 0.9-6jpp.1 sl-base 87 k jakarta-commons-logging i386 1.0.4-6jpp.1 sl-base 105 k jakarta-commons-modeler i386 1.1-8jpp.1 sl-base 229 k jakarta-commons-pool i386 1.3-5jpp.1 sl-base 127 k jakarta-oro i386 2.0.8-3jpp.1 sl-base 173 k java-1.4.2-gcj-compat i386 1.4.2.0-40jpp.112 sl-base 28 k java-1.4.2-gcj-compat-devel i386 1.4.2.0-40jpp.112 sl-base 49 k jpackage-utils noarch 1.7.3-1jpp.2.el5 sl-base 61 k ldapjdk i386 4.17-1jpp.7 sl-base 823 k libXtst i386 1.0.1-3.1 sl-base 15 k libart_lgpl i386 2.3.17-4 sl-base 76 k libgcj i386 4.1.1-52.el5.2 sl-base 17 M libgcj-devel i386 4.1.1-52.el5.2 sl-base 1.4 M libgomp i386 4.1.1-52.el5.2 sl-base 70 k log4j i386 1.2.13-3jpp.2 sl-base 634 k mx4j i386 1:3.0.1-6jpp.4 sl-base 2.5 M regexp i386 1.4-2jpp.2 sl-base 91 k tomcat5-common-lib i386 5.5.17-8jpp.2 sl-base 195 k tomcat5-jasper i386 5.5.17-8jpp.2 sl-base 979 k tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api i386 5.5.17-8jpp.2 sl-base 92 k tomcat5-server-lib i386 5.5.17-8jpp.2 sl-base 3.6 M tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api i386 5.5.17-8jpp.2 sl-base 147 k wsdl4j i386 1.5.2-4jpp.1 sl-base 385 k xalan-j2 i386 2.7.0-6jpp.1 sl-base 4.1 M xerces-j2 i386 2.7.1-7jpp.2 sl-base 2.7 M xml-commons i386 1.3.02-0.b2.7jpp.10 sl-base 19 k xml-commons-apis i386 1.3.02-0.b2.7jpp.10 sl-base 334 k xml-commons-resolver i386 1.1-1jpp.12 sl-base 148 k zlib-devel i386 1.2.3-3 sl-base 101 k Transaction Summary ============================================================================ Install 55 Package(s) Update 0 Package(s) Remove 0 Package(s) Total download size: 70 M This works but my developers request me to have a sun-javavm. I don't think is a "compile" related problem... somewhere there is a package that specify require (wrong?) gcj (or something related). I think that is better to use the jpackage java because you can select what to install (only jre, not to install the docs... and so on...) and those packages don't are removed if you install the xml-common-apis "in the wrong order". So if it's possible, i ask to have in the sl the jpackage source generated packages instead of the jdk big one. I have the full log of the many installations i did, so if someone need it, just ask it. Alessio Troy Dawson wrote: > Hi, > First off, thank you for the information and letting us know how you > got it installed. > > I would like to have tomcat5 work correctly out of the box with SL5. > I am not a tomcat user, so to me, it appeared to work. > > What would it take for us to have tomcat5 work out of the box so that > users don't have to use the jpackage repository? > (Not that I'm against jpackage, but what's the use of having something > in the distribution if it doesn't work.) > > I know Steve said to have java packaged the jpackage way instead of > just the one big jdk rpm. I can do that, have done that, have it > ready. That was something I was debating on before we released, which > way to release it, and in the end, I picked the one big rpm because > that was the way we had always done it. If there is a real reason we > need to switch, I'll see what I can do. > > Do I need to recompile tomcat5 with the sun java? What about jakarta? > Since there is an errata for tomcat5 right now, this isn't much of a > problem, we have to recompile it anyway. Now would be the time. > > Troy > > Alessio Curri wrote: >> Steve Traylen wrote: >>> >>> On May 8, 2007, at 8:08 PM, Alessio Curri wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Steve, >>>> thank you for your reply, >>>> my comments follow below >>>> >>>> >>>> Steve Traylen wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On May 8, 2007, at 3:49 PM, Alessio Curri wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> I'm testing the new SL5 (i'm using the i386-RC2) and I tried to >>>>>> install tomcat5 ("yum install tomcat5"). >>>>>> The resulted installation is broken (tomcat won't start out of >>>>>> the box, and there are both sun and gcj jvm). I think the problem >>>>>> is related to the java-sun-compat and the related sun jdk >>>>>> inclusion in the SL5. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> After a complete reinstall, I tried to install tomcat5, but this >>>>>> time excluding the sun-related packages ("yum install >>>>>> --exclude=java-1.5.0-sun-compat --exclude=jdk tomcat5"). >>>>>> It worked fine. Tomcat start and run fine, but of course with >>>>>> java-1.4.2-gcj jvm. >>>>>> >>>>>> The last try involved directly jpacked.org yum repos (after >>>>>> another complete reinstall). >>>>>> After installing the java-1.5.0-sun-compat and the >>>>>> jta-1.0.1-0.b.4jpp.noarch.rpm, I used yum forcing not to use the >>>>>> sl repo ("yum install tomcat5-webapps xml-commons\* >>>>>> --disablerepo=sl-\*"). >>>>>> Yum installed the tomcat5 (from jpackage repos). This version >>>>>> used correctly the sun jvm, as I wish. But at the first "yum >>>>>> update", the jpackage tomcat5 is replaced with the "SL" one . >>>>>> >>>>>> How can I install a tomcat5 that use the sun jvm using yum >>>>>> (and\or rpms)? >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks in advance, >>>>>> Alessio >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Alessio, >>>>> >>>>> You are in luck I've just written up this very topic: >>>>> >>>>> https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/EGEE/GLite31JPackage >>>>> >>>>> One of the solutions there is to install jpackage's tomcat5 >>>>> with sun's JDK but you have to take care when you >>>>> do so. In particular tomcat5 requires xml-commons-jaxp-1.3-apis >>>>> but this package obsoletes "xml-commons-apis" >>>>> which has the result of removing SUN's JDK since this provides >>>>> xml-commons-apis. >>>>> >>>>> In short you must enable the jpackage repositories, install >>>>> xml-commons-apis followed by SUN's JDK and >>>>> then java-1.5.0-sun-compat. >>>>> >>>>> After this a simple >>>>> >>>>> yum install tomcat5 >>>>> >>>>> will then work. >>>>> >>>>> I would recommend however that you use jpackage's rebuild of >>>>> JDK rather than SUN's rpm, it avoids all >>>>> the headaches above. >>>>> >>>>> In fact I was considering requesting asking SL to distribute >>>>> the jpackage rebuilds of JDK rather than SUN's >>>>> JDK since they are better and avoid this problem. >>>>> >>>>> Note I've never tried this on SL5 but it should work as you hit >>>>> the same problems as I observed on SL4. >>>>> >>>>> Steve >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- Alessio Curri +39 040 375 8064 Software for Measurement Group >>>>>> Experiments Division Sincrotrone Trieste S.c.p.A. S.S. 14 Km >>>>>> 163.5, in Area Science Park 34012 Basovizza - Trieste >>>>>> (Italy)<alessio.curri.vcf> >>>>> >>>>> --Steve Traylen >>>>> [log in to unmask] >>>>> CERN, IT-GD-OPS. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> I tried to follow the howto you provided me, >>>> but it doesn't work. >>>> I think this is due to the inclusion of the "redhat" tomcat (and >>>> related dependencies, included the java-1.4.2-gcj-compat _and_ the >>>> sl-base java-1.5.0-compat) >>>> in the "base" repository. >>>> >>>> In fact I build the rpm as the howto said (using the not sun-rpm >>>> way) and then installed with yum (simple yum install tomcat5) but >>>> the result was the same as installing with yum out of the box with >>>> a fresh SL5 >>>> >>>> I made a second try (reinstalling the whole machine) excluding the >>>> sl-base repo from the dependence resolution (yum install tomcat5 >>>> --disablerepo=sl-\*). >>>> The result was that tomcat was installed correctly, but the next >>>> update (enabling the sl-base repo, of course) the tomcat was >>>> replaced by the redhat version. >>>> >>>> I have some SL4 installation working (fine...) with tomcat5 and sun >>>> java (picked by yum...). >>>> Now I want to move to SL5 (there are some really interesting think, >>>> like the "integrated" xen, new kernel and so on). >>>> >>>> I see 2 different kind of solution: >>>> >>>> 1) Tell yum (i don't know how...) to pick some packages (and >>>> related dependencies) to a specific repository (even if there are a >>>> newer version is in another repository). >>>> >>>> 2) Moved tomcat (and other programs) to a separate repos. >>>> >>>> I don't now if the point above are realistic. >>>> >>>> Below I attach the yum log (related to the last attempt) >>>> I made several attempts, and i have the logs of the installations >>>> (so, if anybody wants them, mail me) >>>> >>>> >>>> Any comment / hint / proposal is most appreciated >>>> >>> >>> >>> So to summarise what happens if you clean the box up >>> >>> # rpm -e jdk `rpm -qa | grep jpp` >>> >>> and then using the SL repos without jpackage >>> >>> # yum install xml-commons-apis >>> >>> # yum install jdk >>> >>> # yum install java-1.5.0-sun-compat tomcat5 >>> >>> Steve >>> >>> >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Alessio Curri >>>> <alessio.curri.vcf> >>> >>> --Steve Traylen >>> [log in to unmask] >>> CERN, IT-GD-OPS. >>> >>> >>> >> Hi Steve, >> >> sorry for the late answer. >> >> I tried what you told me to do. >> When I install the xml-commons-apis (fresh installation, without any >> jdk/gcj and only sl* yum repos enabled), >> yum give me this dependence resolution: >> >> >> ============================================================================= >> >> Package Arch Version Repository >> Size >> ============================================================================= >> >> Installing: >> xml-commons-apis i386 1.3.02-0.b2.7jpp.10 >> sl-base 334 k >> Installing for dependencies: >> antlr i386 2.7.6-4jpp.2 sl-base >> 978 k >> gjdoc i386 0.7.7-12.el5 sl-base >> 793 k >> java-1.4.2-gcj-compat i386 1.4.2.0-40jpp.112 >> sl-base 28 k >> jpackage-utils noarch 1.7.3-1jpp.2.el5 >> sl-base 61 k >> libXtst i386 1.0.1-3.1 >> sl-base 15 k >> libgcj i386 4.1.1-52.el5.2 >> sl-base 17 M >> xml-commons i386 1.3.02-0.b2.7jpp.10 >> sl-base 19 k >> >> Here is the resolution of "yum install java-1.5.0-sun-compat >> tomcat5" (jdk already installed) >> >> ============================================================================= >> >> Package Arch Version Repository >> Size >> ============================================================================= >> >> Installing: >> java-1.5.0-sun-compat noarch 1.5.0.11-1jpp >> sl-base 58 k >> tomcat5 i386 5.5.17-8jpp.2 sl-base >> 317 k >> Installing for dependencies: >> ant i386 1.6.5-2jpp.2 sl-base >> 2.0 M >> axis i386 1.2.1-2jpp.6 sl-base >> 3.1 M >> bcel i386 5.1-8jpp.1 sl-base >> 995 k >> chkfontpath i386 1.10.1-1.1 >> sl-base 15 k >> classpathx-jaf i386 1.0-9jpp.1 sl-base >> 101 k >> classpathx-mail i386 1.1.1-4jpp.2 sl-base >> 1.1 M >> eclipse-ecj i386 1:3.2.1-18.el5 sl-base >> 7.9 M >> geronimo-specs i386 1.0-0.M2.2jpp.12 >> sl-base 231 k >> geronimo-specs-compat i386 1.0-0.M2.2jpp.12 >> sl-base 5.4 k >> jakarta-commons-beanutils i386 1.7.0-5jpp.1 >> sl-base 524 k >> jakarta-commons-collections i386 3.1-6jpp.1 >> sl-base 1.0 M >> jakarta-commons-daemon i386 1:1.0.1-6jpp.1 >> sl-base 44 k >> jakarta-commons-dbcp i386 1.2.1-7jpp.1 sl-base >> 241 k >> jakarta-commons-digester i386 1.7-5jpp.1 >> sl-base 313 k >> jakarta-commons-discovery i386 1:0.3-4jpp.1 >> sl-base 133 k >> jakarta-commons-el i386 1.0-7jpp.1 sl-base >> 240 k >> jakarta-commons-fileupload i386 1:1.0-6jpp.1 >> sl-base 48 k >> jakarta-commons-httpclient i386 1:3.0-7jpp.1 >> sl-base 513 k >> jakarta-commons-launcher i386 0.9-6jpp.1 >> sl-base 87 k >> jakarta-commons-logging i386 1.0.4-6jpp.1 >> sl-base 105 k >> jakarta-commons-modeler i386 1.1-8jpp.1 >> sl-base 229 k >> jakarta-commons-pool i386 1.3-5jpp.1 sl-base >> 127 k >> libFS i386 1.0.0-3.1 >> sl-base 30 k >> libXfont i386 1.2.2-1.0.2.el5 sl-base >> 240 k >> libfontenc i386 1.0.2-2.2.el5 >> sl-base 19 k >> log4j i386 1.2.13-3jpp.2 sl-base >> 634 k >> mx4j i386 1:3.0.1-6jpp.4 sl-base >> 2.5 M >> regexp i386 1.4-2jpp.2 >> sl-base 91 k >> tomcat5-common-lib i386 5.5.17-8jpp.2 sl-base >> 195 k >> tomcat5-jasper i386 5.5.17-8jpp.2 sl-base >> 979 k >> tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api i386 5.5.17-8jpp.2 >> sl-base 92 k >> tomcat5-server-lib i386 5.5.17-8jpp.2 sl-base >> 3.6 M >> tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api i386 5.5.17-8jpp.2 >> sl-base 147 k >> ttmkfdir i386 3.0.9-23.el5 >> sl-base 46 k >> wsdl4j i386 1.5.2-4jpp.1 sl-base >> 385 k >> xalan-j2 i386 2.7.0-6jpp.1 sl-base >> 4.1 M >> xerces-j2 i386 2.7.1-7jpp.2 sl-base >> 2.7 M >> xml-commons-resolver i386 1.1-1jpp.12 sl-base >> 148 k >> xorg-x11-font-utils i386 1:7.1-2 >> sl-base 75 k >> xorg-x11-xfs i386 1:1.0.2-3.1 >> sl-base 68 k >> >> But the tomcat5 won't start at all... >> Here is the output from /var/log/tomcat5/catalina.out >> >> sun.misc.InvalidJarIndexException: Invalid index >> at >> sun.misc.URLClassPath$JarLoader.getResource(URLClassPath.java:769) >> at >> sun.misc.URLClassPath$JarLoader.getResource(URLClassPath.java:682) >> at sun.misc.URLClassPath.getResource(URLClassPath.java:161) >> at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:192) >> at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) >> at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:188) >> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306) >> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:251) >> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:319) >> at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method) >> at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:620) >> at >> java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:124) >> at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:260) >> at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader.java:56) >> at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:195) >> at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) >> at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:188) >> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306) >> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:251) >> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:319) >> at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method) >> at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:620) >> at >> java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:124) >> at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader.java:260) >> at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader.java:56) >> at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:195) >> at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) >> at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:188) >> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:306) >> at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:251) >> at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.init(Bootstrap.java:222) >> at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:409) >> >> >> >> >> >> >> After some try/error/retry I found a way to install tomcat5 (starting >> from the link you provided). >> Here are the steps I followed... >> >> 1) Install SL5 (ks network based) >> >> ------- ks.cfg ------ >> url --url http://10.211.55.2/sl5 >> install >> lang en_US.UTF-8 >> keyboard us >> rootpw --iscrypted *************** >> firewall --disabled >> authconfig --enableshadow --enablemd5 >> selinux --disabled >> timezone --utc Europe/Rome >> bootloader --location=mbr --driveorder=hda >> text >> network --bootproto=dhcp --noipv6 firstboot --disable >> clearpart --all --initlabel >> reboot >> autopart >> >> %packages >> @base >> @core >> @editors >> @fuse >> @misc-sl >> @text-internet >> yum >> yum-conf >> gzip >> bzip2 >> rpm-build >> firefox >> xorg-x11-xauth >> ------- ks.cfg ------ >> >> 2) yum update >> ... >> >> 3) setup jpackage.org repo >> >> ------ jpackage.repo ------- >> [jpackage17-generic] >> name=JPackage 1.7, generic >> baseurl=http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/jpackage/1.7/generic/free/ >> enabled=1 >> protect=1 >> >> [jpackage17-generic-nonfree] >> name=JPackage 1.7, generic non-free >> baseurl=http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/jpackage/1.7/generic/non-free/ >> enabled=1 >> protect=1 >> >> [jpackage5-generic] >> name=JPackage 5, generic >> baseurl=http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/jpackage/5.0/generic/free/ >> enabled=1 >> protect=1 >> >> [jpackage5-generic-nonfree] >> name=JPackage 5, generic non-free >> baseurl=http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/jpackage/5.0/generic/non-free/ >> enabled=1 >> protect=1 >> >> ------ jpackage.repo ------ >> >> # rpm --import jpackage.asc >> # yum install jpackage-utils >> >> *4) Exclude in sl*.repo all the java/tomcat/jpp related packages >> >> **# cd /etc/yum.repos.d >> # for a in sl*; do echo "exclude=jdk tomcat* *jpp* *ecj*" >> $a; done* >> >> 5) create and install the sun jdk howto (many thanks Steve :) ) >> >> $ mkdir -p ~/redhat/BUILD ~/redhat/SOURCES ~/redhat/SPECS >> ~/redhat/RPMS/i586 ~/redhat/SRPMS >> $ cat <<EOF > ~/.rpmmacros >> %_topdir $HOME/redhat >> %packager Firstname Lastname <[log in to unmask]> >> EOF >> $ rpm -Uvh >> http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/jpackage/1.7/generic/non-free/SRPMS/java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.11-1jpp.nosrc.rpm >> >> $ mv jdk-1_5_0_11-linux-i586.bin ~/redhat/SOURCES/. >> $ rpmbuild -ba ~/redhat/SPECS/java-1.5.0-sun.spec >> # rpm -Uvh ~/redhat/RPMS/i586/java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.11-1jpp.i586.rpm >> # rpm -Uvh >> ~/redhat/RPMS/i586/java-1.5.0-sun-devel-1.5.0.11-1jpp.i586.rpm >> >> >> >> >> 6) Finally install tomcat >> >> # yum install tomcat5 >> >> [...] >> >> Dependencies Resolved >> >> ============================================================================= >> >> Package Arch Version Repository >> Size >> ============================================================================= >> >> Installing: >> tomcat5 noarch 5.5.23-9jpp >> jpackage17-generic 317 k >> Installing for dependencies: >> bcel noarch 5.1-10jpp >> jpackage17-generic 460 k >> classpathx-jaf noarch 1.0-10jpp >> jpackage17-generic 58 k >> classpathx-mail noarch 1.1.1-4jpp >> jpackage17-generic 757 k >> ecj noarch 3.2.2-3jpp >> jpackage17-generic 1.2 M >> jakarta-commons-beanutils noarch 1.7.0-5jpp >> jpackage17-generic 348 k >> jakarta-commons-collections noarch 3.1-11jpp >> jpackage17-generic 488 k >> jakarta-commons-collections-tomcat5 noarch 3.1-11jpp >> jpackage17-generic 28 k >> jakarta-commons-daemon noarch 1:1.0.1-6jpp >> jpackage17-generic 31 k >> jakarta-commons-dbcp-tomcat5 noarch 1.2.1-12jpp >> jpackage17-generic 99 k >> jakarta-commons-digester noarch 1.7-6jpp >> jpackage17-generic 176 k >> jakarta-commons-el noarch 1.0-7jpp >> jpackage17-generic 107 k >> jakarta-commons-launcher noarch 1.1-3jpp >> jpackage17-generic 48 k >> jakarta-commons-logging noarch 1.1-2jpp >> jpackage17-generic 112 k >> jakarta-commons-modeler noarch 2.0-4jpp >> jpackage17-generic 150 k >> jakarta-commons-pool-tomcat5 noarch 1.3-10jpp >> jpackage17-generic 47 k >> log4j noarch 1.2.14-3jpp >> jpackage17-generic 347 k >> mx4j noarch 3.0.1-7jpp >> jpackage17-generic 1.6 M >> regexp noarch 1.4-3jpp >> jpackage17-generic 35 k >> saxon noarch 6.5.3-5jpp >> jpackage17-generic 417 k >> tomcat5-common-lib noarch 5.5.23-9jpp >> jpackage17-generic 91 k >> tomcat5-jasper noarch 5.5.23-9jpp >> jpackage17-generic 466 k >> tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api noarch 5.5.23-9jpp >> jpackage17-generic 64 k >> tomcat5-server-lib noarch 5.5.23-9jpp >> jpackage17-generic 1.5 M >> tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api noarch 5.5.23-9jpp >> jpackage17-generic 110 k >> xerces-j2 noarch 2.7.1-9jpp >> jpackage17-generic 1.0 M >> xml-commons noarch 1.3.03-10jpp >> jpackage17-generic 9.2 k >> xml-commons-jaxp-1.3-apis noarch 1.3.03-10jpp >> jpackage17-generic 167 k >> xml-commons-resolver11 noarch 1.3.03-10jpp >> jpackage17-generic 63 k >> >> Transaction Summary >> ============================================================================= >> >> Install 29 Package(s) Update 0 Package(s) >> Remove 0 Package(s) Total download size: 10 M >> Is this ok [y/N]:y >> >> >> >> I don't know if this is the right way to proceed... but it works >> >> >> As my first post, comments / proposals are most appreciated >> >> >> >> >> > > -- Alessio Curri +39 040 375 8064 Software for Measurement Group Experiments Division Sincrotrone Trieste S.c.p.A. 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