Eclipse 3.7 (Indigo) + Tomcat7 — Cannot create a server using the selected type

Question

Setup:

• Eclipse 3.7 + the WEB tools from the indigo update site
• Tomcat7
• Ubuntu

Problem:

When I try to add a new Tomcat

Answer 1

If you have installed Tomcat 7 with apt-get in a Debian/Ubuntu system, the cleanest solution to this problem is to assign the user under which Eclipse is running to the tomcat7 group.

If for example that user's username is pippo then you just need to run:

sudo adduser pippo tomcat7

Note: you need to log out and log back in for the changes to take effect.