Tomcat Not Starting with startup.bat

[Shiva Kumar]

hi
i have downloaded Tomcat server ver: apache-tomcat-6.0.14

but when i try to run the startup.bat batch file it giving the message:

C:\apache-tomcat-6.0.14\bin>startup.bat
The JAVA_HOME environment variable is not defined correctly
This environment variable is needed to run this program
NB: JAVA_HOME should point to a JDK not a JRE
C:\apache-tomcat-6.0.14\bin>

I set My System environment variable as follows:

variables & values
----------------------------------------------
variable: CLASSPATH
value : c:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0\jre\lib\rt.jar;

variable: JAVA_HOME
value : C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0;

variable: PATH
value : C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0\bin;C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0\bin;C:\apache-tomcat-6.0.14\bin;

variable: JRE_HOME
value : C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0;


these are my environment variables

please help me resolve my mistake that i have done
if it starts here i need to link it to the eclipse with SysduoTomcat Plugin
in the eclipse

thanks in advance

with regards
Shiva

[Raghu ram]

Hi,

You can start the tomcat server using tomcat.exe. In tomcat old version there is file called start.bat. But in this latest version there is no such file. I think they had modified start.bat into tomcat.exe
Just try it.

[Shiva Kumar]

Hi
thank you for reply

Tomcat available as different types as a zip file in windows, linux..etc
and also as installation in windows i have both of the versions and its working from .exe if i use installaton from .exe file only but its not working
from eclipse plugin, and it worked well some days before with plugin also
and even with extracted ziparchive(i.e with out installation as win service)
and also it worked well with startup.bat
after few days i tried it to start again to learn servelet's but now it giving
that error message from command line startup.bat and

classLoaderException when tried to start from eclipse plugin


so please help me start tomcat with eclipse plugin
Thank you very much
Shiva

[James Jiang]

I think if you add tomcat-plugin to your eclipse, then you open eclipse,go to Window->Preferences, and you will see Tomcat in the left and click it,set the correct version of tomcat and select the location of Tomcat Home. I think if these are set correctly,your problem will be solved.Hope this helps you.

[David O'Meara]

JAVA_HOME and JRE_HOME should not have a semi-colon on the end

eg
JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.03

[David O'Meara]

"ShivaKumar Learner",
Welcome to the JavaRanch.

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Please edit your profile and correct your display name since accounts with invalid display names get deleted.

[Shiva Kumar]

Originally posted by YI-Feng Jiang:
I think if you add tomcat-plugin to your eclipse, then you open eclipse,go to Window->Preferences, and you will see Tomcat in the left and click it,set the correct version of tomcat and select the location of Tomcat Home. I think if these are set correctly,your problem will be solved.Hope this helps you.

i added plugin correctly and i enabled it and set the correct ver Tomcat 6.0
appeared at right on tomcat tab at windows-->prefer-->Tomcat it's (ver 6.0) is the last radio buttton it work well before
problem occured few das before and it even not starting with startup.bat also

Thank you for reply
Shiva

[Shiva Kumar]

Originally posted by David O'Meara:
"ShivaKumar Learner",
Welcome to the JavaRanch.

We're a friendly group, but we do require members to have valid display names.

Display names must be two words: your first name, a space, then your last name. Fictitious names are not allowed.

Please edit your profile and correct your display name since accounts with invalid display names get deleted.

sorry
i don't mean to use fictitious name but i did it when i have no choice
i need an account and some other account already exist with my first and last name so i used this name
i am sorry
i will change my name to as near as possible to my real name as this site allows

thank you
with regards

Shiva

[Shiva Kumar]

Originally posted by David O'Meara:
JAVA_HOME and JRE_HOME should not have a semi-colon on the end

eg
JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.03

hi
thank you very much for reply
your solution not only solved my problem, it also realized me
from an assumption that it's necessary to use ; at end of each & every value
of the Env variable

thanks again for solving my problem

now my Tomcat is running well with startup.bat

with regards
Shiva

[Shiva Kumar]

Originally posted by David O'Meara:
JAVA_HOME and JRE_HOME should not have a semi-colon on the end

eg
JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.03

sorry to ask again

now my eclipse plugin giving the error with classNotFoundException
stack trace:

Tomcat 6.x [Java Application]
org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap at localhost:3926
Daemon System Thread [Attach Listener] (Running)
Daemon System Thread [Signal Dispatcher] (Running)
Daemon System Thread [Finalizer] (Running)
Daemon System Thread [Reference Handler] (Running)
Thread [main] (Suspended (exception ClassNotFoundException))
ClassLoader.findBootstrapClass(String) line: not available [native method]
Launcher$ExtClassLoader(ClassLoader).findBootstrapClass0(String) line: not available
Launcher$ExtClassLoader(ClassLoader).loadClass(String, boolean) line: not available
Launcher$AppClassLoader(ClassLoader).loadClass(String, boolean) line: not available
Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(String, boolean) line: not available
Launcher$AppClassLoader(ClassLoader).loadClass(String) line: not available
Launcher$AppClassLoader(ClassLoader).loadClassInternal(String) line: not available
C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.6.0\bin\javaw.exe (Jan 4, 2008 4:38:05 AM)

also if carefully observed startup.bat also giving an error message even it starts well as:

Jan 4, 2008 4:41:32 AM org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener init
INFO: The Apache Tomcat Native library which allows optimal performance in produ
ction environments was not found on the java.library.path: C:\Program Files\Java
\jre1.6.0\bin;.;C:\WINDOWS\Sun\Java\bin;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOW
S\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files\AMD\MCat\;C:\Pro
gram Files\Java\jre1.6.0;C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0\bin;C:\Program Files\Jav
a\jre1.6.0\bin;C:\apache-tomcat-6.0.14\bin;

should i need to any library to the build path to run tomcat properly

[Shiva Kumar]

hi

my problem solved just by adding rt.jar to the,

windows-->preferences-->Tomcat-->JVM settings
and
then adding
boot classpath "rt.jar" from one of jre's lib directory

now my Tomcat server is running from eclipse IDE with
Sysdeo Tomcat plugin.

So Please Don't waste time on my question
and i am posting my solution for reference to other people

thank you
with regards
Shiva

[Maneesh Godbole]

sohils shah,
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