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Tomcat Install On OpenBSD

Posted by timothy on from the feed-back dept.

Dan writes "Adam Getchell has published instructions on installing Tomcat on OpenBSD in the form of install logs. The config is setup as non-root so that anyone can start/stop Tomcat. He has not tried loading any EJB's and is playing with Cocoon to make the setup work with XML publishing framework. Adam is looking for feedback relating to his setup."

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  1. Re:Unix and the standard install by Elwood+P+Dowd · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Boy, could I not disagree more.

    With something that does use the standard GNU build system, I can set it to install into ~/bin and ~/lib instead of /usr/bin and /usr/lib, or /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/lib.

    In fact, I can make ~groupname/bin and ~groupname/lib directories, so that everyone in a certain project will get access to the results.

    Sure, porting tomcat might have been a pain... and that pain might hilight weaknesses in the Unix design philosophy, but portability and installation are not those weaknesses. For many system administrators, portability and installation ease/flexibility are wonderful features of Unix that do not exist on Windows.

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