How to install apache-tomcat-5.5.27-admin.tar.gz

srinivasmiriyalu · 08-07-2009, 04:54 AM

Can anybody tell me how to install apache-tomcat-5.5.27-admin.tar.gz into tomcat because when i am clicking on the tomcat administration,its comes up with messages like Tomcat's administration web application is no longer installed by default. Download and install the "admin" package to use it. , so i downloaded but i dont no how to install..please help me btw i am using solaris express developer edition 1/08 release

bathory · 08-07-2009, 08:40 AM

You should read this howto.

Regards

srinivasmiriyalu · 08-10-2009, 01:36 AM

I tried as you mentioned above post,But not working,mentioned procedure is also same for Unix operating system?

jlliagre · 08-10-2009, 01:49 AM

Did you use gnu tar as advised in the procedure ?
Did you properly copy the admin directory to the webapps one ?

srinivasmiriyalu · 08-10-2009, 10:26 AM

yes I did

bathory · 08-10-2009, 11:52 AM

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I tried as you mentioned above post,But not working,mentioned procedure is also same for Unix operating system?

The procedure is the same for Unix/Linux and Solaris.
When you say it's not working what you mean exactly?

srinivasmiriyalu · 08-12-2009, 06:33 AM

Now I removed tomcat Because I want to install again and The thing is that still my system is showing tomcat configurations files ,is solaris express developers edition comes with tomcat? (as per my knowledge it comes with web-stack which contains PHP,Apache,Mysql)if yes how can i remove these existing files and can you tell me how to install tomcat from scratch

Code:

bash-3.2# cd /var/apache/tomcat/
bash-3.2# ls -la
total 14
drwxr-xr-x   7 root     other        512 Aug  5 13:38 .
drwxr-xr-x   9 root     bin          512 Aug  5 13:38 ..
drwxr-xr-x   3 root     bin         1024 Aug 10 21:34 conf
drwxr-xr-x   2 nobody   nobody       512 Aug  5 13:38 logs
drwxr-xr-x   2 nobody   nobody       512 Aug  5 13:38 temp
drwxr-xr-x   8 root     bin          512 Aug 10 20:52 webapps
drwxr-xr-x   2 nobody   bin          512 Aug  5 13:38 work

bathory · 08-12-2009, 05:59 PM

From this, it looks like SXDE comes with tomcat. You can use pkgrm to remove the packages (SUNWtcatr, SUNWtcatu) if you want.
To install the binary from apache, just read the RUNNING.txt in the directory you have extracted the downloaded binary.

jlliagre · 08-13-2009, 01:35 AM

And by the way, the fact there was two tomcat installations on your machine is likely to explain why you failed to install the administration webapp. You were certainly using the wrong directory.

srinivasmiriyalu · 08-13-2009, 03:01 AM

Yes ,you are right,my machine have two tomcats and i removed everything related to tomcat container,Now I will start with fresh Installations,and I Have got one question that is which is the better way to install tomcat from CLI or installing from binaries(downloaded one)

bathory · 08-13-2009, 03:17 AM

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which is the better way to install tomcat from CLI or installing from binaries(downloaded one)

I guess instead of CLI you mean from source.
I think installing the binaries is OK, unless you want to contribute in tomcat development!

Regadrs