Is Java/Tomcat on FBSD practical?

[Lee Harr]

>Hi. I'm new to FreeBSD, my previous -nix experience coming from OSX and
>Debian/Suse linux.  I've been generally very happy with the performance
>and relative ease of setup on my 4.8 system.
>
>My biggest problem has been Java.  I've done the diablo 1.3 package and
>java seemed to work (java -v), but when I install Tomcat it won't start.
>I've done the same install on mac and windows with no problem.  The
>stack trace is completely alien to me and I can try to get it if it
>would help.
>
>I'm basically wondering if running Tomcat or any other java on this
>machine is realistic or not.
>

How did you install tomcat? Which version?

You say you are new to FreeBSD, so maybe this will help...

cd /usr/ports/
make search name=tomcat


I see 4 different versions in ports... and they all depend on the java-1.4
port (not 1.3) so that is probably one part of the problem.

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