Package: tomcat5.5 Version: 5.5.20-2 When trying to install tomcat5.5 on a new Debian Etch system (vmware virtual server), the install fails:
# apt-get install tomcat5.5 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done tomcat5.5 is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used. Setting up tomcat5.5 (5.5.20-2) ... Starting Tomcat servlet engine: tomcat5.5invoke-rc.d: initscript tomcat5.5, action "start" failed. dpkg: error processing tomcat5.5 (--configure): subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: tomcat5.5 E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) The logs have this to say: # head /var/log/tomcat5.5/catalina_2007-02-16.log Using CATALINA_BASE: /var/lib/tomcat5.5 Using CATALINA_HOME: /usr/share/tomcat5.5 Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /var/lib/tomcat5.5/temp Using JRE_HOME: /usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj The java-gcj-compat-dev environment currently doesn't support a security manager. Please check the TOMCAT5_SECURITY variable in /etc/default/tomcat5.5. After I disable the security manager, the install succeeds: # grep TOMCAT5_SECURITY /etc/default/tomcat5.5 TOMCAT5_SECURITY=no # apt-get install tomcat5.5 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done tomcat5.5 is already the newest version. 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. 1 not fully installed or removed. Need to get 0B of archives. After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used. Setting up tomcat5.5 (5.5.20-2) ... Starting Tomcat servlet engine: tomcat5.5. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]