[opencms-dev] installation error with version 5 rc 2

[David Tildesley (DSLWN)]

The installation notes are incorrect - the setting for RC2 cataline_opts
should be ISO-8859-1 not UTF8 - this is noted elsewhere on the site. 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gwelding at softhome.net [mailto:gwelding at softhome.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, 26 February 2003 3:19 a.m.
> To: opencms-dev at www.opencms.org
> Subject: [opencms-dev] installation error with version 5 rc 2
> 
> 
> Hi, 
> 
> try to install the latest build on a W2K PC using: 
> 
> Tomcat 4.1.12
> MySQL 3.23.54 
> 
> I did include, according to the installation notes, the CATALINA_OPTS 
> setting for UTF-8, copied the "opencms.war" to the Tomcat 
> webapps directory, 
> did unpack it and was able to get the .../opencms/ocsetup 
> fist page. When 
> hitting the "continue" button a HTTP 500 error occured with a 
> NullPointerException starting at 
> com.opencms.boot.CmsSetup.getExtProperty 
> 
> Thanks for your help. 
>