Tomcat7 cannot find jdk

Question

I have installed tomcat7 (using apt-get install command) and whenever I want to start tomcat7 it says :

• no JDK found - please set JAVA_HOME

I have set JAVA_HOME in my bash.bashrc and also in ~/.bashrc and when I issue "echo $JAVA_HOME" i clearly see that this variable is pointing to my jdk's root folder. Can someone help me with this please? Thanks

Answer 1

You can try this:

Just press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open Terminal. When it opens, run the command below.

gksudo gedit /etc/default/tomcat7

When the file opens, uncomment the line that sets the JAVA_HOME variable.

Save and restart tomcat7 server.

Answer 2

Hit Ctrl+Alt+T to open terminal and run:

sudo gedit /etc/default/tomcat7

Find commented JAVA_HOME, uncomment and change the directory to your JDK environment. No need to restart, and then it's done!