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I am not able to start Tomcat v6.0 from Eclipse Helios.

I have my Java bin path set properly.

Moreover, I can start the server from outside of Eclipse manually. I could start it from Windows Services as well as using tomcat6.exe and see that it works correctly in my browser by typing localhost:8080 in the URL, but when I start from Eclipse a window appears saying that it encountered a problem while starting tomcat.

And my Console shows the following error:-

 java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.start(Bootstrap.java:288) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:413) Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/springframework/context/ApplicationListener at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method) at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:620) at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:124) at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findClassInternal(WebappClassLoader.java:1847) at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findClass(WebappClassLoader.java:890) at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1354) at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1233) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassInternal(ClassLoader.java:319) at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method) at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(ClassLoader.java:620) at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(SecureClassLoader.java:124) at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findClassInternal(WebappClassLoader.java:1847) at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.findClass(WebappClassLoader.java:890) at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1354) at org.apache.catalina.loader.WebappClassLoader.loadClass(WebappClassLoader.java:1233) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.loadServlet(StandardWrapper.java:1094) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapper.load(StandardWrapper.java:992) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.loadOnStartup(StandardContext.java:4058) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContext.start(StandardContext.java:4371) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1045) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHost.start(StandardHost.java:719) at org.apache.catalina.core.ContainerBase.start(ContainerBase.java:1045) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine.start(StandardEngine.java:443) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService.start(StandardService.java:516) at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardServer.start(StandardServer.java:710) at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.start(Catalina.java:578) ... 6 more 

I also tried a solution here, but the problem still persists. However, the problem there is different from what I get.

How do I solve this?

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    when you are trying to start from the eclipse are you trying to run some project? java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/springframework/context/ApplicationListener seems you are trying something with spring and might be you have not included the required jars Commented Dec 22, 2011 at 10:01

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Seems that you're building some web-app with spring support.

You have to export dependencies into tomcat.

project_properties -> Java build path -> Order and Export tab.

On this tab check all checkboxes which are relevant (you have to check spring at least). Push OK. Redeploy

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