Tomcat 6.0 service does not start: java/lang/NoClassDefFoundError

Question

I installed Tomcat on my Windows server but I can't get it to start. I start the service and I see the progress bar, but it fails.

I installed the Java Runtime Environment Version 6 and created JRE_HOME Environment variable. (C:\Program Files\Java\jre6)

Below is the jakarta_serviceYYYMMDD.log entries:

[2010-04-08 14:22:42] [info] Commons Daemon procrun (1.0.2.0) started
[2010-04-08 14:22:42] [info] Running Service...
[2010-04-08 14:22:42] [info] Starting service...
[2010-04-08 14:22:42] [info] Error occurred during initialization of VM
[2010-04-08 14:22:42] [info] java/lang/NoClassDefFoundError
[2010-04-08 14:22:42] [info] : java/lang/Object

How can I fix this problem?

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 09 '10 at 06:21

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By the look of the error the Tomcat native launcher does not find the rt.jar file in your JRE install.

Make sure that:

the JVM is correctly installed;
the JRE_HOME variable points to it.

answered Apr 09 '10 at 06:21

Robert Munteanu

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Yep. The rt.jar file was missing for some reason. Uninstalled and reinstalled the JRE and now Tomcat works. Thanks! – James Lawruk Apr 09 '10 at 13:44

score 6 · Answer 2 · edited Feb 22 '12 at 05:28

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I had the same error with Windows 7, Tomcat 7.0, and JDK 1.6.0_31. I fixed it by changing the path to the JVM from C:\Program Files\Java\jre6\bin\server\jvm.dll to C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_31\jre\bin\server\jvm.dll. To do that, run Tomcat7w.exe from the Tomcat bin directory, switch to the Java tab, and change the Java Virtual Machine entry.

edited Feb 22 '12 at 05:28

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answered Feb 22 '12 at 03:09

Kevin Condon

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+1 Thanks.. I just had the issue today and this fixed my issue – wirey00 Aug 20 '12 at 13:30
+1 Great answer. This exact solution was what I needed to fix this issue. – Christian Nov 06 '12 at 16:41

score 2 · Answer 3 · edited Feb 22 '12 at 05:25

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I also got the same problem. rt.jar file was missing from ../JRE/lib. I copied the rt.jar file from JDK/jre/lib to /JRE/lib and Tomcat worked fine after that.

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Wesley

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answered May 25 '10 at 04:24

score 0 · Answer 4 · edited Feb 22 '12 at 05:27

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Look for a file called tomcat(4|5|6)w.exe in your Tomcat directory? If you see one, run the file and you will get a configuration dialogue up. Check the Java tab and see if this all seems ok.

Make sure the paths to the files jvm.dll and bootstrap.jar are fine.

This works for Tomcat 4 and 5, but I'm not sure about Tomcat 6.

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answered Apr 08 '10 at 21:33

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score -1 · Answer 5 · answered Jun 22 '10 at 09:50

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A simple reinstall of Java fixes this immediatey!

answered Jun 22 '10 at 09:50

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Tomcat 6.0 service does not start: java/lang/NoClassDefFoundError

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