On Mon, 21 May 2012, James Pifer wrote: > I know this question could be asked on tomcat or possibly other > mailing lists, but I'm hoping I can get some help here instead of > joining yet another list. > > I'm running tomcat5 on CentOS 5.8. I'm trying to setup Oracle/Sun > java rather than icedtea. I've installed the latest jdk 1.7 and > setup alternatives on centos for java and javac: > > # java -version > java version "1.7.0_03" > Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_03-b05) > Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 22.1-b02, mixed mode) > > > I've also set /etc/tomcat5/tomcat5.conf to point JAVA_HOME to this jdk. > > When I try to start tomcat5 I get: > > Starting tomcat5: /usr/bin/rebuild-jar-repository: error: Could not find jdbc-stdext Java extension for this JVM If you want to run Tomcat under Oracle's JVM, then you can't use the CentOS Tomcat; you'll need to download it directly from Apache. http://tomcat.apache.org/download-55.cgi Note that Tomcat 5 reaches EOL later this year. -- Paul Heinlein heinlein at madboa.com 45°38' N, 122°6' W