Error running Tomcat 7.0.34: Can't find catalina.jar

Question

I have a Java web application that I have been working on 6 months ago and when I last worked on it, it would run perfectly. When I ran it again 6 months later I got this error "Can't find catalina.jar". I'm using IntelliJ 13.0 and tomcat 7.0.34. Can anybody help me with this problem?

Phantasm

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Answer 1

I had the same problem and solved it like this:

The method is to chose right Tomcat Home and Tomcat base directory in the wizard Run/Debug Configuration -> Server -> Configure...

Devolution

Answer 2

Catalina.jar should already be present in tomcat/lib directory.

Is your tomcat home set up correctly, and is the jar there.

Hogtie

Answer 3

Also ensure that the user trying to access the lib directory and Catalina.jar etc.. has access to do so (Unix).

Faxan

Answer 4

This problem may have occurred because Tomcat was loaded into the Program Files directory. Intellij IDEA cannot read files from Tomcat/lib inside program files. It can be decide: to run the IDEA with administrator rights or download Tomcat to another directory.

Derision

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Answer 5

Reconfigure the Tomcat server in your Intelij IDE then configure it in the project that you want to run on it.

Fibula

Answer 6

I have already fixed this problem,you need to correct the Tomcat Home's path.

My problem is that I renamed the file of apache-tomcat-8.5.9 to Tomcat,then the Idea could not distinguish the version.

Trachyte

Answer 7

in the tomcat home you have to specify the right directory and you should add a backslash to the end of the[enter image description here][1] path; C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat 10.1.

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