Problems with a linux tomcat build.

I'm installing a tomcat container from source on redhat 7.

I installed Sun JDK 1.3.1.
I installed the XML Parser and ANT. (Ant built with no errors.)
I installed the SSL extension classes.
I built and installed the servlet API. (Again, no errors.)

The jdk/bin is in $PATH

When I come to run the build.sh for tomcat I get the following
result:Searching for build.xml ...
Buildfile: /usr/local/etc/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat/build.xml

prepare:
tomcat:
[javac] Compiling 5 source files to /usr/local/etc/jakarta/build/tomcat/classes
[javac] /usr/local/etc/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat/src/share/org/apache/jasper/compiler/JspCompiler.java:136:
Method getClassName(java.lang.String) not found in class
org.apache.jasper.compiler.ClassName.
[javac] realClassName = ClassName.getClassName(
getClassFileName() );
[javac] ^
[javac] /usr/local/etc/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat/src/share/org/apache/jasper/compiler/JspCompiler.java:137:
Exception org.apache.jasper.JasperException is never thrown in the
body of the corresponding try statement.
[javac] } catch( JasperException ex) {
[javac] ^
[javac] /usr/local/etc/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat/src/share/org/apache/jasper/compiler/JspParseEventListener.java:867:
Wrong number of arguments in constructor.
[javac] = new GeneratorWrapper(new
ForwardGenerator(start, attrs, param),
[javac] ^
[javac] /usr/local/etc/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat/src/share/org/apache/jasper/compiler/JspParseEventListener.java:877:
Wrong number of arguments in constructor.
[javac] = new GeneratorWrapper(new
IncludeGenerator(start, attrs, param),
[javac] ^
[javac] /usr/local/etc/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat/src/share/org/apache/jasper/JspC.java:367:
Method compile() not found in class
org.apache.jasper.compiler.CommandLineCompiler.
[javac] clc.compile();
[javac] ^
[javac] /usr/local/etc/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat/src/share/org/apache/jasper/servlet/JspServlet.java:462:
Method compile() not found in class
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.
[javac] outDated = compiler.compile();
[javac] ^
[javac] /usr/local/etc/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat/src/share/org/apache/jasper/servlet/JspServlet.java:467:
Method compile() not found in class
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler. [javac]
outDated = compiler.compile();
[javac] ^
[javac] /usr/local/etc/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat/src/share/org/apache/jasper/servlet/JspServlet.java:471:
Exception java.io.FileNotFoundException is never thrown in the body of
the corresponding try statement.
[javac] } catch (FileNotFoundException ex) {
[javac] ^
[javac] /usr/local/etc/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat/src/share/org/apache/jasper/servlet/JspServlet.java:473:
Exception org.apache.jasper.JasperException is never thrown in the
body of the corresponding try statement.
[javac] } catch (JasperException ex) {
[javac] ^
[javac] /usr/local/etc/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat/src/share/org/apache/tomcat/request/JspInterceptor.java:205:
Method compile() not found in class
org.apache.jasper.compiler.Compiler.
[javac] compiler.compile();
[javac] ^
[javac] Note: /usr/local/etc/jakarta/jakarta-tomcat/src/share/org/apache/tomcat/request/JspInterceptor.java
uses or overrides a deprecated API. Recompile with "-deprecation" for
details.
[javac] 10 errors, 1 warning

Total time: 4 seconds

Any guess what I screwed up this time?

A google search threw up 3 other people who had the same problem but
no answer



TIA

Dave P.

It looks like the problem was the ANT jar. It wasn't in my classpath.

Dave P.