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)
1.#4 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:
*http://localhost:8080/ - 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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