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Tomcat 6 JAVA_HOME

I try to set the JAVA_HOME path as my Tomcat server is looking for it. I am trying to set it but it doesn't seem to work and causes an error when I do. I am trying to set the JAVA in the setclasspath.bat using

set JAVA_HOME="C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre7"

This is at the start of the setclasspath.bat

set JAVA_HOME="C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre7"
if not "%JAVA_HOME%" == "" goto gotJdkHome
if not "%JRE_HOME%" == "" goto gotJreHome
echo Neither the JAVA_HOME nor the JRE_HOME environment variable is defined
echo At least one of these environment variable is needed to run this program
goto exit

When I set this and run "startup.bat start" it displays

Files was unexpected at this time

Can you help me?

Solution

  • You are pointing to a JRE. You need to point to a JDK, which given the location of your JRE might be something like C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.6.0_26 or similar. Or, if you only have a JRE installed, you'll need to install a full JDK. Tomcat needs to be able to compile JSPs into .class files, which a JRE can't do.