How to install using 1and1.com

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I have a website that I have hosted through 1and1.com. I have a couple of gig worth of web space. Can I install this product so I can have a forum on one of my websites? If so how? I thought I could just copy over the contents of the zip file into the website directory on my website, but I don't think that will work. Can anyone help? I know this porbably sounds like a stupid question.
[originally posted on jforum.net by cheemac]

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1&1 is a bunch of ... *sighs* .. i hate 'em decendly ;)

Either way: the only way that'd be possible if you have SSH access to the server, so you could install tomcat (or another servlet container) on your own. I tihknk 1&1 only provides php support aswell as mysql database... and this only if you pay for it. The free accounts dont even have a database.

Requirements for jforum however is a servlet container (like tomcat) + jdk + db engine ... and 1&1 in general does not match #1 and #2 ...
[originally posted on jforum.net by Sid]

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You won't have much luck installing JForum on most of the common hosting companies (i.e. 1 & 1, GoDaddy, etc.) because they do not offer a Java app server. GoDaddy claims to support java, but it's really just for applets, not full java applications.

If you pay to have your own virtual or physical server, you could install tomcat or some other app server.

There are a few places that do offer java app servers as part of "shared hosting," but they tend to be more expensive than the "non-java" hosts.

[originally posted on jforum.net by GatorBait3]