tomcat4 dependencies?

[Barry Hawkins]

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Juho Tepponen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have found problems with running apt-get install tomcat4. I consulted
> my more skillful friend and he came to a conclusion that depecencys are
> broke.
> If this is the case, could someone fix it?
> 
> My debian is "unstable" version.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Juho
[...]
Juho,
    Thank you for using Debian software.  Although the assertion that
the tomcat4 package dependencies are broken is a pretty sweeping claim,
I have seen this sort of question enough to intuit that someone is
probably talking about the fact that a simple 'apt-get install tomcat4'
doesn't necessarily pull in everything they may need for the
configuration they desire to have.  Unfortunately, the dependencies in
tomcat4 are such that expressing them in a package control file is a bit
problematic.
    Installing an application server with a simple apt-get install is
not an approach I would recommend.  Looking at what packages it suggests
and recommends is also a good idea.  If you wish to run tomcat4, I would
also recommend installing tomcat4-webapps and tomcat4-admin.  However,
if you are installing this to run as a production server, the minimal
tomcat4 and some additional configuration would be necessary.
    Also, be sure your JDK is appropriately set in /etc/default/tomcat4;
this is often overlooked by those getting started with the tomcat4
package.  A number of issues can arise related to this issue; search the
last 6 months of the mailing list archives for serveral threads.

Regards,
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Barry Hawkins
All Things Computed
site: www.alltc.com
weblog: www.yepthatsme.com

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