[opencms-dev] installation problems with opencms

[debal abidi]

i have been trying to install opencms for a while now and it seems that i 
cant
figure this problem out at all. i am looking for help if someone can help me 
i
would highly appreciate it. i need to get opemcms up and running soon. this 
is
critical for me. the problem that i am encountering is that when i get to 
the
setup part. http://localhost:8080/opencms/ocsetup and try the standard or
advanced setup it gives a list of java null pointer exceptions. these are 
the
following errors that i recieve:

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type Exception report

message Internal Server Error

description The server encountered an internal error (Internal Server Error)
that prevented it from fulfilling this request.

exception

java.lang.NullPointerException
	at com.opencms.boot.CmsSetup.getExtProperty(CmsSetup.java:163)
	at com.opencms.boot.CmsSetup.getDefaultContentEncoding
(CmsSetup.java:1061)
	at org.apache.jsp.content_0005fencoding$jsp._jspService
(content_0005fencoding$jsp.java:94)
	at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:107)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
	at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet$JspServletWrapper.service
(JspServlet.java:201)
	at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile
(JspServlet.java:381)
	at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:473)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:853)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter
(ApplicationFilterChain.java:247)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter
(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke
(StandardWrapperValve.java:243)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext
(StandardPipeline.java:566)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke
(StandardPipeline.java:472)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke
(ContainerBase.java:943)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke
(StandardContextValve.java:190)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext
(StandardPipeline.java:566)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.CertificatesValve.invoke
(CertificatesValve.java:246)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext
(StandardPipeline.java:564)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke
(StandardPipeline.java:472)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke
(ContainerBase.java:943)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.invoke
(StandardContext.java:2347)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke
(StandardHostValve.java:180)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext
(StandardPipeline.java:566)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorDispatcherValve.invoke
(ErrorDispatcherValve.java:170)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext
(StandardPipeline.java:564)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke
(ErrorReportValve.java:170)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext
(StandardPipeline.java:564)
	at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke
(AccessLogValve.java:468)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext
(StandardPipeline.java:564)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke
(StandardPipeline.java:472)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke
(ContainerBase.java:943)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke
(StandardEngineValve.java:174)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invokeNext
(StandardPipeline.java:566)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardPipeline.invoke
(StandardPipeline.java:472)
	at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.invoke
(ContainerBase.java:943)
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.http.HttpProcessor.process
(HttpProcessor.java:1027)
	at org.apache.catalina.connector.http.HttpProcessor.run
(HttpProcessor.java:1125)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536)

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i am using tomcat 4.0 the install image version. from what i know it setups
all the environment variables. let me know if any one can help me out. i 
need
help desperately. thanks a lot in advance.

bye.

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