Error while installing jasperreports server war file distribution on Ubuntu Linux

[ideo]

 

I am trying to install jasperreports server from the war file distribution (jasperreports-server-cp-5.0.0-bin), for a server with Tomcat7 and MySQL 5.5.29.

Following the instructions (A.8.5 Tomcat 6 Installed Using apt-get), I went to the section of my default_master.properties that looks like this:

# Tomcat app server root dir

appServerDir = C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 7.0

# appServerDir = /home/devuser/apache-tomcat-7.0.26

# if linux package managed tomcat instance, set two properties below

# CATALINA_HOME = /usr/share/tomcat6

# CATALINA_BASE = /var/lib/tomcat6

 

and I have changed it to the following:

 

# Tomcat app server root dir

# appServerDir = C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 7.0

# appServerDir = /home/devuser/apache-tomcat-7.0.26

# if linux package managed tomcat instance, set two properties below

CATALINA_HOME = /usr/share/tomcat7

CATALINA_BASE = /var/lib/tomcat7

 

 

When running js-install-ce.sh, I obtain the following messages.

 

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(1) First, it seems to be ok:

 

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Running JasperReports Server install script at 2013-01-25_15-36

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[default]

Running install-normal-ce Ant task.

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Buildfile: /home/jasperreports-server-cp-5.0.0-bin/buildomatic/build.xml

     [echo] Filtering properties (cleaning out blank spaces)

     [echo] chkIfPackageManagedTomcat: check if package managed tomcat

     [echo] chkIfPackageManagedTomcat: CATALINA_HOME and CATALINA_BASE are BOTH set 

     [echo] chkIfPackageManagedTomcat: CATALINA_HOME folder location exists

     [echo] chkIfPackageManagedTomcat: CATALINA_BASE folder location exists

     [echo] tomcatPackageManaged IS SET

     [echo] Overriding fixedAppServerDir with value from CATALINA_BASE

     [echo] using settings file: /home/jasperreports-server-cp-5.0.0-bin/buildomatic/build_conf/default/maven_settings.xml

 

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(2) But the next lines are no more friendly at all:

 

gen-config:

     [echo] Regen config files if they have already been cleaned:

     [echo] currentConf= /home/jasperreports-server-cp-5.0.0-bin/buildomatic/build_conf/default

 

test-ce-all-props:

     [echo] Checking properties:

     [echo]   appServerType=tomcat7

     [echo]   appServerDir=${appServerDir}

 

BUILD FAILED

/home/jasperreports-server-cp-5.0.0-bin/buildomatic/bin/setup.xml:808: The following error occurred while executing this line:

/home/jasperreports-server-cp-5.0.0-bin/buildomatic/bin/validation.xml:319: The following error occurred while executing this line:

/home/jasperreports-server-cp-5.0.0-bin/buildomatic/bin/validation.xml:335: Error: appServerDir property is not set

 

Total time: 4 seconds

Checking Ant return code: OK

 

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What should I do?

 

Thanks !

 

Rémi

 

 

[ideo]

I found a way out in doing the contrary of the instructions !

I have left the line

 

;appServerDir = ...

 

without colon and I have put :

 

appServerDir = /var/lib/tomcat7

 

and the installation is going ok until the end.

 

(But now I have a new problem. In a new question.)

 

Did I have right to override the instructions?

 

Rémi