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The os is running is Arch Linux x86-64. I'm trying to start tomcat7.service via systemctl start tomcat7.service, but it throws a error message:

Job for tomcat7.service failed because the control process exited with error code. See "systemctl status tomcat7.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.

When I execute systemctl status tomcat7.service, it shows this message:

● tomcat7.service - Tomcat 7 servlet container Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/tomcat7.service; disabled; vendor preset: disabled) Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2018-04-02 04:28:40 CEST; 2min 40s ago Process: 2979 ExecStop=/usr/bin/jsvc -pidfile /var/run/tomcat7.pid -stop org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap (code=exited, status=255) Process: 2972 ExecStart=/usr/bin/jsvc -Dcatalina.home=${CATALINA_HOME} -Dcatalina.base=${CATALINA_BASE} -Djava.io.tmpdir=/var/tmp/tomcat7/temp -cp /usr/share/java/commons-daemon.jar:/usr/share/java/eclipse-ecj.> Main PID: 2977 abr 02 04:28:40 carlos-pc systemd[1]: Starting Tomcat 7 servlet container... abr 02 04:28:40 carlos-pc jsvc[2972]: Cannot find any VM in Java Home /usr/lib/jvm/default-runtime abr 02 04:28:40 carlos-pc systemd[1]: tomcat7.service: Can't open PID file /var/run/tomcat7.pid (yet?) after start: No such file or directory abr 02 04:28:40 carlos-pc systemd[1]: tomcat7.service: Supervising process 2977 which is not our child. We'll most likely not notice when it exits. abr 02 04:28:40 carlos-pc jsvc.exec[2976]: 2018-04-02 04:28:40 2977 jsvc.exec error: Cannot find any VM in Java Home /usr/lib/jvm/default-runtime 2018-04-02 04:28:40 2977 jsvc.exec error: Cannot locate JVM library file abr 02 04:28:40 carlos-pc systemd[1]: tomcat7.service: Control process exited, code=exited status=255 abr 02 04:28:40 carlos-pc systemd[1]: tomcat7.service: Killing process 2977 (n/a) with signal SIGKILL. abr 02 04:28:40 carlos-pc systemd[1]: tomcat7.service: Killing process 2977 (n/a) with signal SIGKILL. abr 02 04:28:40 carlos-pc systemd[1]: tomcat7.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. abr 02 04:28:40 carlos-pc systemd[1]: Failed to start Tomcat 7 servlet container.

If I make ls /usr/lib/jvm/default-runtime to check if I have a Java environment, it shows:

bin conf demo include jmods legal lib man release

So, directory exists.

What could be happening? Thank you

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  • wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/… Commented Apr 2, 2018 at 2:43
  • It gives the same error, but, instead of show /usr/lib/jvm/default-runtime, it shows /usr/lib/jvm/java-9-openjdk (as excepted) Commented Apr 2, 2018 at 2:56
  • Are you sure you have a Java installed in your Arch Linux? Check this page for more instructions. If you use the command archlinux-java status, does it list one or more versions of Java installed? Commented Apr 2, 2018 at 5:00
  • I think so. I can run and compile java programas via java and javac respectively. When I execute archlinux-java status, it is only show one version: java-9-openjdk (default) Commented Apr 2, 2018 at 6:09

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You need to set java-8 or earlier as your default java version to work with tomcat on archlinux. Follow the arch wiki guide to get the correct version installed. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Java#Officially_supported_packages

To do that run:

sudo archlinux-java set java-8-openjdk
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  • I tried with java 8 and java 7 Commented Jul 6, 2018 at 19:28
  • Does the output of journalctl -xe change after trying to restart systemctl start tomcat<version#>.service ? Commented Jul 6, 2018 at 19:33
  • No. Also, I tried to stop and star the service again Commented Jul 6, 2018 at 19:34
  • I had the same problem, with tomcat8 on arch, and setting the default to java-8 fixed the problem for me. If you have the option to migrate to tomcat8, that may solve your problem. Commented Jul 6, 2018 at 19:38
  • At first time, I was working with tomcat8 Commented Jul 6, 2018 at 19:38

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