Re: [TCLUG-DEVEL:33] jakarta - tomcat

[Perry Hoekstra <dutchman@uswest.net>]

Erick Stohr wrote:
> 
> I have installed and pretty much have tomcat running on my box. One
> question, when i startup.sh the server everything goes fine, but then i
> get this error even though my xml.jar file is set in the classpath, or
> alteast is says it is:
> 
> Loaded configuration from: file:/opt/tomcat/server.xml
> Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError:
> com/sun/xml/parser/ValidatingParser
>  at
> org.apache.tomcat.shell.deployment.Config.loadConfig(Config.java:168) at
> org.apache.tomcat.shell.deployment.Config.loadConfig(Config.java:143) at
> org.apache.tomcat.shell.deployment.Config.loadConfig(Config.java:115) at
> org.apache.tomcat.shell.Startup.getConfig(Startup.java:386)
>  at org.apache.tomcat.shell.Startup.configure(Startup.java:110)
>  at org.apache.tomcat.shell.Startup.main(Startup.java:355)
> 
> Do i need to set the class path some other way? I have not really spent
> much time on this but if anybody has any help to lend I would appreciate
> it. Thanks.
> 
> Erick
> 

Many times, you may see a NoClassDefFoundError when the class you are
executing cannot find a class.  Did you use the standard setup whereby
xml.jar, jasper.jar, and servlet.jar are added to the CLASSPATH within
tomcat.sh?  You can see the xml.jar within your CLASSPATH upon tomcat
startup?

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Perry Hoekstra
Consultant
Talent Software Services
dutchman@mn.uswest.net	
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