How to set JAVA_HOME for multiple Tomcat instances?

Question

I have 2 Java Web Projects. One runs on JDK 1.5 and the other runs on JDK 1.6. I want to run both of them on the same computer, but the JAVA_HOME environment variable can on

Answer 1

Linux based Tomcat6 should have /etc/tomcat6/tomcat6.conf

# System-wide configuration file for tomcat6 services
# This will be sourced by tomcat6 and any secondary service
# Values will be overridden by service-specific configuration
# files in /etc/sysconfig
#
# Use this one to change default values for all services
# Change the service specific ones to affect only one service
# (see, for instance, /etc/sysconfig/tomcat6)
#

# Where your java installation lives
#JAVA_HOME="/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0"

# Where your tomcat installation lives
CATALINA_BASE="/usr/share/tomcat6"
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