how to set catalina home

[komala nilima]

i downloaded the tomcat5.0.27 as a zip file. I din't find any exe file in that and tell me how to set catalina home pls tell it by taking ur own path as example.

thank u in advance

[Joe Ess]

In a command prompt:

  
C:\>set CATALINA_HOME=C:\software\tomcat-5.0.28
C:\>%CATALINA_HOME%\bin\startup.bat

[komala nilima]

still the path is not set.By doing that also the msg shows like this This environment variable is needed to run this program

%CATALINA_HOME% means we have to give the previous path i.e c:\software\tomcat5.0.28

sir pls tell me this more clearly sir

Thank u once again for replying me sir

[Craig Jackson]

Try editing your autoexec.bat file. Please bare with me, it has been awhile since I used DOS.

Then insert the following:

 
set JAVA_HOME=C:\"top level directory of your java install"
set CATALINA_HOME=C:\"top level directory of your Tomcat install"
set PATH=%PATH%;%JAVA_HOME%\bin;%CATALINA_HOME%\bin

Then reboot your PC.

Open up a DOS window and echo the following commands, but I like to cd to the environment variables, this will tell me if I set them correctly:

 
>cd %java_home%
>cd %catalina_home%
>%catalina_home%\bin\startup.bat
>startup.bat
 

Like I stated earlier, it has been awhile since I used DOS, so "buyer" beware.
I hope this helps.

[William Brogden]

To set environment variables that are always there as opposed to only being valid in one Command Prompt, use the Control Panel -> System -> Advanced -> Environment Variables dialog.
Bill