Install Tomcat 6?

[Garrett Smith]

I installed tomcat 4 several years ago, with a variant approach to the article on developer.apple.com. Was kind of a pain then. I can't remember how I did it.

I like on windows how you can use the installer to run a net service. Then make batch files "net start tomcat" and "net stop tomcat" and put those on the taskbar, then add respective start/stop icons w/them. click the icon to start or stop tomcat. Simple and easy to set up and use,

I reread the article on Developer.apple.com but want tomcat visible in the finder, not hidden. I can't seem to get it right. I checked the permissions and the ownership but it doesn't work. tomcat 5 does not appear to start, tomcat 6 fails with "permission denied" in Terminal.

I searched for, but did not find an installer for os x. It is really taking too much time to get this done; should be a 15 min job (that's how long it takes on Windows) but I've spent over half a day and can't figure it out.

I love how simple and easy to use macs are...

Is there an installer with instructions for OS X?

[Ulf Dittmer]

Just like for you, Tomcat 4 was the first one I installed on OS X, and while it was a pain to get it right the first time, the later installations of newer versions went quite well. I went by this article which provides all the details.

You don't have to run Tomcat under its own user account, but to mirror a proper production environment, I do. Just remember that everything in the TOMCAT_HOME directory needs to be owned and have the proper permissions accordingly.

[Mathias Nilsson]

To install tomcat just unpack the file copy to /usr/local/tomcat6 or

chmod -R 777 tomcat6 or whatever the permissons. Start tomcat , done

[Garrett Smith]

lets see. that was about 3 weeks ago. I got it up and running, eventually.

It is much easier to do on windows, though.