APR based Apache Tomcat Native library was not found on the java.library.path?

Question

When trying to run my app with eclipse/linux on tomcat I got the following info message:

INFO: The APR based Apache Tomcat Native library which allows optima         


        

Answer 1

For Ubntu Users

 1. Install compilers
    #sudo apt-get install make
    #sudo apt-get install gcc

    2. Install openssl and development libraries
    #sudo apt-get install openssl
    #sudo apt-get install libssl-dev
    3. Install the APR package (Downloaded from http://apr.apache.org/)

    #tar -xzf apr-1.4.6.tar.gz
    #cd apr-1.4.6/
    #sudo ./configure
    #sudo make
    #sudo make install

    You should see the compiled file as
    /usr/local/apr/lib/libapr-1.a

    4. Download, compile and install Tomcat Native sourse package
    tomcat-native-1.1.27-src.tar.gz

    Extract the archive into some folder

    #tar -xzf tomcat-native-1.1.27-src.tar.gz
    #cd tomcat-native-1.1.27-src/jni/native
    #JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0_21/
    #sudo ./configure --with-apr=/usr/local/apr --with-java-home=$JAVA_HOME
    #sudo make
    #sudo make install

    Now I have compiled Tomcat Native library in /usr/local/apr/libtcnative-1.so.0.1.27 and symbolic link file /usr/local/apr/@libtcnative-1.so pointed to the library

    5. Create or edit the $CATALINA_HOME/bin/setenv.sh file with following lines :
    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH='$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/apr/lib'

    6. Restart tomcat and see the desired result: