Comments on: Installing Eclipse on Ubuntu, Hardy http://tombrander.wordpress.com/2008/05/31/installing-eclipse-on-ubuntu-hardy/ Tom's travels and other thoughts Sun, 07 Jun 2009 18:25:48 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: [BOFH]Basilisk http://tombrander.wordpress.com/2008/05/31/installing-eclipse-on-ubuntu-hardy/#comment-28 [BOFH]Basilisk Sat, 14 Jun 2008 20:43:33 +0000 http://tombrander.wordpress.com/?p=29#comment-28 If you install Tomcat using a package manager, you may have to do some stuff such as privileges for the security policies (which are set to be very strict, as it is "part of the server packages"). You might be more successful installing Tomcat into you home dir instead, avoid all the hassle and be very up-to-date with the latest Tomcat install. The Tomcat Eclipse WTP plugin allows configurations to be stored outside of the Tomcat install directory, which I like very much (I even think this should become a standard amongst servlet containers/ application servers). If you do want to use the Tomcat downloaded by your package manager in Eclipse, make sure all files are at least go+r (e.g. security policy files; hey! we're not running a server, right? ;-) Check <a href="http://beerholder.blogspot.com/2007/11/deploying-web-application-outside.html" rel="nofollow">Deploying Web Applications Outside the Tomcat Install Directory</a> for a very precise description on how to setup a multi user Tomcat install. Regards, the [BOFH] If you install Tomcat using a package manager, you may have to do some stuff such as privileges for the security policies (which are set to be very strict, as it is “part of the server packages”). You might be more successful installing Tomcat into you home dir instead, avoid all the hassle and be very up-to-date with the latest Tomcat install.
The Tomcat Eclipse WTP plugin allows configurations to be stored outside of the Tomcat install directory, which I like very much (I even think this should become a standard amongst servlet containers/ application servers).
If you do want to use the Tomcat downloaded by your package manager in Eclipse, make sure all files are at least go+r (e.g. security policy files; hey! we’re not running a server, right? ;-)
Check Deploying Web Applications Outside the Tomcat Install Directory for a very precise description on how to setup a multi user Tomcat install.
Regards, the [BOFH]

]]> By: Anders Jackson http://tombrander.wordpress.com/2008/05/31/installing-eclipse-on-ubuntu-hardy/#comment-26 Anders Jackson Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:49:47 +0000 http://tombrander.wordpress.com/?p=29#comment-26 Propper place for your own installation of software for all users on your computer is in /usr/local/* or /opt/* Propper place for your own installation of software for all users on your computer is in /usr/local/* or /opt/*

]]> By: Anders Jackson http://tombrander.wordpress.com/2008/05/31/installing-eclipse-on-ubuntu-hardy/#comment-25 Anders Jackson Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:48:05 +0000 http://tombrander.wordpress.com/?p=29#comment-25 I run Eclipse from Debian stable, and it works ok. You have to install sun-java5-jdk and set it to default java. You might have to change /etc/eclipse too, so it uses more RAM (or ~/.eclispe/eclipse.ini, use Google). It works with gcj, but it is sooo slow :-/ I could update most package from my account, so all Eclipse packages was in my $HOME, as it should. Just a few packages needed to be updated as root. Only update those packages as root, and you might get through, at least I did :) About Tomcat, the "problem" is that Tomcat is installed in two different places (as it should). One for binaries and one for data. Eclipse didn't understod this. So you have to make some hard links, or make a copy of the data files into your $HOME. But you only need to copy a few files/directories. Rest is in the other places. Think that the places is named CATALINA_BASE and CATALINA_HOME in documentation, and is in two different places (default dummy installation places those in same place). This is GOOD thing, as you may run many different Tomcat instanses from same installation binary, just by useing a different CATALINA_HOME for each instances configfiles. This is from top of my head, might be some errors. I run Eclipse from Debian stable, and it works ok. You have to install sun-java5-jdk and set it to default java. You might have to change /etc/eclipse too, so it uses more RAM (or ~/.eclispe/eclipse.ini, use Google). It works with gcj, but it is sooo slow :-/

I could update most package from my account, so all Eclipse packages was in my $HOME, as it should. Just a few packages needed to be updated as root. Only update those packages as root, and you might get through, at least I did :)

About Tomcat, the “problem” is that Tomcat is installed in two different places (as it should). One for binaries and one for data. Eclipse didn’t understod this. So you have to make some hard links, or make a copy of the data files into your $HOME. But you only need to copy a few files/directories. Rest is in the other places.
Think that the places is named CATALINA_BASE and CATALINA_HOME in documentation, and is in two different places (default dummy installation places those in same place).
This is GOOD thing, as you may run many different Tomcat instanses from same installation binary, just by useing a different CATALINA_HOME for each instances configfiles.
This is from top of my head, might be some errors.

]]> By: Derek Williams http://tombrander.wordpress.com/2008/05/31/installing-eclipse-on-ubuntu-hardy/#comment-23 Derek Williams Sun, 08 Jun 2008 16:56:35 +0000 http://tombrander.wordpress.com/?p=29#comment-23 Very similar to my experience, I've always thought of eclipse to be self contained with only the Java dependency. By the way Tomcat has some of the same issues. Very similar to my experience, I’ve always thought of eclipse to be self contained with only the Java dependency. By the way Tomcat has some of the same issues.

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