Hi All,

  I am trying to set up tomcat setup and getting the below error.
-------------Environment details---------
OS : Windows NT
Server : jakarta-tomcat-4.1.30
Java : JDK1.3
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Error is
Using CATALINA_BASE: ..
Using CATALINA_HOME: ..
Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: ..\temp
Using JAVA_HOME: C:\jdk1.3
[ERROR] Digester - -Begin event threw error <java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/catalin
a/Connector>java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/catalina/Connector
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass0(Native Method)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java :486)
        at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(Secure ClassLoader.java:111)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader .java:248)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader. java:56)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java: 195)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.j ava:188)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:2 97)
        at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launche r.java:286)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:2 53)
        at org.apache.catalina.loader.StandardClassLoader.loa dClass(StandardClassLoader.java:94
1)
        at org.apache.catalina.loader.StandardClassLoader.loa dClass(StandardClassLoader.java:85
7)
        at org.apache.catalina.loader.StandardClassLoader.loa dClass(StandardClassLoader.java:94
1)
        at org.apache.catalina.loader.StandardClassLoader.loa dClass(StandardClassLoader.java:85
7)
        at org.apache.commons.digester.ObjectCreateRule.begin (ObjectCreateRule.java:252)
        at org.apache.commons.digester.Rule.begin(Rule.java:2 00)
        at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.startElement( Digester.java:1273)
        at org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser.startElement(S AXParser.java:1376)
        at org.apache.xerces.validators.common.XMLValidator.c allStartElement(XMLValidator.java:
1214)
        at org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLDocumentScanner.sca nElement(XMLDocumentScanner.java:1
806)
        at org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLDocumentScanner$Con tentDispatcher.dispatch(XMLDocumen
tScanner.java:1182)
        at org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLDocumentScanner.par seSome(XMLDocumentScanner.java:381
)
        at org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLParser.parse(XMLPar ser.java:1081)
        at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.parse(Digeste r.java:1548)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalin a.java:449)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.execute(Catal ina.java:400)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.process(Catal ina.java:180)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstr ap.java:203)

Exception during startup processing
java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/catalin
a/Connector
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass0(Native Method)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java :486)
        at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(Secure ClassLoader.java:111)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.defineClass(URLClassLoader .java:248)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.access$100(URLClassLoader. java:56)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java: 195)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.j ava:188)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:2 97)
        at sun.misc.Launcher$AppClassLoader.loadClass(Launche r.java:286)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:2 53)
        at org.apache.catalina.loader.StandardClassLoader.loa dClass(StandardClassLoader.java:94
1)
        at org.apache.catalina.loader.StandardClassLoader.loa dClass(StandardClassLoader.java:85
7)
        at org.apache.catalina.loader.StandardClassLoader.loa dClass(StandardClassLoader.java:94
1)
        at org.apache.catalina.loader.StandardClassLoader.loa dClass(StandardClassLoader.java:85
7)
        at org.apache.commons.digester.ObjectCreateRule.begin (ObjectCreateRule.java:252)
        at org.apache.commons.digester.Rule.begin(Rule.java:2 00)
        at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.startElement( Digester.java:1273)
        at org.apache.xerces.parsers.SAXParser.startElement(S AXParser.java:1376)
        at org.apache.xerces.validators.common.XMLValidator.c allStartElement(XMLValidator.java:
1214)
        at org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLDocumentScanner.sca nElement(XMLDocumentScanner.java:1
806)
        at org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLDocumentScanner$Con tentDispatcher.dispatch(XMLDocumen
tScanner.java:1182)
        at org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLDocumentScanner.par seSome(XMLDocumentScanner.java:381
)
        at org.apache.xerces.framework.XMLParser.parse(XMLPar ser.java:1081)
        at org.apache.commons.digester.Digester.parse(Digeste r.java:1548)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalin a.java:449)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.execute(Catal ina.java:400)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.process(Catal ina.java:180)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
        at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstr ap.java:203)
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Please resolve this error as soon as possible.

Check whether TOMCAT_HOME = [D:\jakarta-tomcat-4.1.30\] or set to the install-dir-tomcat-4.1.30

Are you using any IDE?
If yes. Pls add the same install-dir\bin\ to the class path.

Hi

The link will be helpful for the step by step setup. Search thru links provided for more help

http://www.coreservlets.com/Apache-T...figured-Tomcat
Gokul