Changeset 2079 for trunk/doc/installation.html

Timestamp:

Mar 15, 2006, 11:02:14 AM (16 years ago)

Author:

Jari Häkkinen

Message:

Fixes #130. The tomcat fix is not needed anymore, updated documentation.

File:

• trunk/doc/installation.html (modified) (2 diffs)

trunk/doc/installation.html

@@ -217 +217 @@
   <p> 
     <i>Tomcat</i> <br>
-    Download and install tomcat 5.0.* or 5.5.*,
+    Download and install tomcat 5.5.15 or later,
     available from <a
     href=http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/>http://jakarta.apache.org/tomcat/</a>.
-    We have tested BASE with 5.0.30 and 5.5.7, but later version should
-    also work. The versions we have tested use a built in Java 1.4
-    compiler, to make it work with Java 1.5 read and follow the
-    instructions in:
-    <code>base-2.0RC1/doc/tomcat_with_java_1.5.txt</code>. 
+    We are now recommending everyone to run a late 5.5 release since
+    the trick described in <a
+    href=http://lev.thep.lu.se/trac/base/browser/trunk/doc/tomcat_with_java_1.5.txt>doc/tomcat_with_java_1.5.txt</a> is not needed anymore.
+
+    We have previously tested BASE with tomcat releases 5.0.30 and
+    5.5.7. However, these versions use a built in Java 1.4 compiler,
+    to make it work with Java 1.5 read and follow the instructions in
+    <a 
+    href=http://lev.thep.lu.se/trac/base/browser/trunk/doc/tomcat_with_java_1.5.txt>doc/tomcat_with_java_1.5.txt</a>
   </p>
   
@@ -233 +237 @@
     <code>CATALINA_OPTS</code> to <code>-server</code>. It is also a good idea
     to specify the maximum allowed memory to use: <code>-server -Xmx500m</code>
-    sets it to 500 megabytes. For more information about Tomcat options see
-    <a href="http://www.chemaxon.com/jchem/doc/admin/tomcat.html">http://www.chemaxon.com/jchem/doc/admin/tomcat.html</a>
+    sets it to 500 megabytes. Basically add the next line close to the
+    top of the <code>catalina.sh</code> script that comes with tomcat
+    (diectory <code>bin</code>):
+<pre>
+    CATALINA_OPTS="-server -Xmx500m"
+</pre>
+  </p>
+  
+  <p>
+  For more information about Tomcat options see
+  <a
+  href="http://www.chemaxon.com/jchem/doc/admin/tomcat.html">http://www.chemaxon.com/jchem/doc/admin/tomcat.html</a>.
   </p>