Eclipse 4.2 (Juno) 'Cannot create a server using the selected type' in Tomcat 7

Question

I have installed:

• eclipse juno
• java-6-openjdk-i386 (selected as default JRE in Eclipse)
• java-7-openjdk-i386

When I try to add

Answer 1

This is a known issue that can happens, to resolve this error, try one or all of the following:

Go to

Window–>Preferences–>Server–>Runtime Environments

and fix the broken path/link for the server.

Or rename the

org.eclipse.jst.server.tomcat.core.prefs to org.eclipse.jst.server.tomcat.core.prefs.bak

(or you can delete this file). This file can be found at \workspace\.metadata\.plugins\org.eclipse.core.runtime\.settings

Rename the

org.eclipse.wst.server.core.prefs to org.eclipse.wst.server.core.prefs.bak (or delete the file).

This file also can be found at the same location as above.