tomcat for os x 10.4.11

[rich tan]

hi i have the latest tomcat installed which is apache-tomcat-5.5.26
after may crude attempts at getting it to run from various sources of:
http://www.bartbusschots.ie/blog/?p=240#comment-43367
and
http://mamamusings.net/archives/2004/04/28/installing_tomcat_5_on_os_x.php
i use the command line of

/usr/local/tomcat/bin/startup.sh

i am logged on as root as well so i get the successful:

sh-2.05b# /usr/local/tomcat/bin/startup.sh
Using CATALINA_BASE: /usr/local/tomcat
Using CATALINA_HOME: /usr/local/tomcat
Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /usr/local/tomcat/temp
Using JRE_HOME: /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.4.2/Home


when i do the http://localhost:8080
i get the cannot connect to server message.
what could be wrong or further things do i need to do?
thanks

[rich tan]

this is n addition to proceed using the book of head first jsp and servlets
how come there is not particular install instructions to get this working within the book?
thanks

[Bear Bibeault]

Originally posted by rich tan:
this is n addition to...

Please use real words when posting to the forums. Abbreviations such as "n" in place of "in" only serve to make your posts more difficult to read and less likely to generate useful responses.

Please read this for more information.

Originally posted by rich tan:
hi i have the latest tomcat installed which is apache-tomcat-5.5.26

While that's not the latest, it's a fine version to run on OS X.

after may crude attempts at getting it to run from various sources of:

Installing Tomcat is as simple as unpacking the .tar file which you should obtain from the official download site.

I wrote a document on installing Tomcat which you can find here.