Installation for Windows XP based on guide by Jim Bloggs using:
- j2sdk1.5.0_05
- Tomcat 5.5.12
- Cocoon 2.1.7
Installing j2sdk1.5.0_05
Download the file called j2sdk1.5.0_05 from the Sun Microsystems site under java downloads.
Extract everything in that file to the highest level in the root directory you wish to install to, in this case c:\ using Winzip, which should create a directory called:
- C:\jdk1.5.0_05
Installing Tomcat 5.5.12
Download the file called 5.5.12.zip from the Tomcat site in the Tomcat 5.x (see the sidebar)
Look around middle of the page for a section labelled 5.5.12 and download either the zip file or the Windows Executable file.
Extract everything to c:\ using Winzip, which should create a directory called:
- c:\Tomcat 5.5
Set the JAVA_HOME and CATALINA_HOME environment variables.
- Click
Start > Settings > Control Panel > Performance and Maintenance > System > Advanced tab > Environment variables... > System Variable pane, New... etc.
Variable name: JAVA_HOME, Variable value: C:\jdk1.5.0_05
Variable name: CATALINA_HOME, Variable value: C:\Tomcat 5.5
Variable name: PATH', Variable value: C:\jdk1.5.0_05\bin
Variable name: CLASSPATH, Variable value: .; (a period followed by a semi-colon)
Test the server by running it.
Start > Programs > Apache Tomcat 5.5
View the default installation screen. The screen should be available when you see the message on your browser by visiting:
Stop the server by stopping the application.
In the Tomcat console screen, click the Stop button near the bottom left.
Installing Cocoon 2.1.7
Download the file called cocoon-2.1.7-src.zip from the Cocoon site
Extract the source to c:\ using Winzip, which should place everything in a directory called:
- C:\cocoon-2.1.7
Build the binary. It may run for quite a while. (Approximately 15 minutes)
Double-click on the build.bat file found in the direct you installed cocoon.
- Do not be surprised by the many disturbing warning messages.
Copy the Xalan parser to Tomcat.
- copy C:\cocoon-2.1.7\lib\endorsed\xalan-2.6.1-dev-20041008T0304.jar to C:\Tomcat 5.5\common\endorsed\
Copy over the webapp directory hierarchy as a subdirectory of the Tomcat webapps directory named cocoon
Create a folder called cocoon in C:\Tomcat 5.5\webapps
- Copy C:\cocoon-2.1.7\build\webapp and paste into C:\Tomcat 5.5\webapps\cocoon /
Restart Tomcat from the services window:
Start > Programs > Apache Tomcat 5.5
Click on the Start button the lower left of the Tomcat console
View the Cocoon startup screen in your browser which should be avaliable here:
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