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1. Download tomcat 5.5 - http://tomcat.apache.org/download-55.cgi
   • Windows users should get the zip file instead of installing a service
     It makes viewing the tomcat logs easier and it is easier to configure
2. Extract to /opt (symlink the apache-tomcat-5.5.x directory to tomcat after extracting)
   • Windows users should just rename the directory since they cannot symlink
3. Download the java 1.4.2 compat patch (compat.zip)
   • NOTE: You should NOT install this patch if you are using Sakai 2.4 or higher
4. Extract the files to the same location as tomcat itself
5. Modify conf/server.xml for international character support
   1. Add URIEncoding="UTF-8" to the Connector element
      • <Connector port="8080" URIEncoding="UTF-8" ...
6. Set environment variable: CATALINA_HOME=/opt/tomcat
7. Add $CATALINA_HOME/bin to PATH
8. Setup the SETENV file in the tomcat/bin directory with JAVA_OPTS (from Install Java 1.5+)
   1. Mac/Linux: Create a file called setenv.sh with the following:

      Code Block
      export JAVA_OPTS="-server -XX:+UseParallelGC -Xmx768m -XX:MaxPermSize=160m -Djava.awt.headless=true"

   2. Windows(PC): Create a file called setenv.bat with the following:

      Code Block
      set JAVA_OPTS=-server -XX:+UseParallelGC -Xmx768m -XX:MaxPermSize=160m -Djava.awt.headless=true