Eclipse 3.7 (Indigo) + Tomcat7 — Cannot create a server using the selected type

Question

Setup:

• Eclipse 3.7 + the WEB tools from the indigo update site
• Tomcat7
• Ubuntu

Problem:

When I try to add a new Tomcat

Answer 1

The error occurs due to the server running in some other Java(TM) Platform.

1. Start Task manager->Processes->Select Java(TM)
2. Click "End Processes".

After finishing this procedure you can add the server without any error.

Answer 2

Another way is to remove the Servers directory if was already created. That worked for me.

Answer 3

I removed the files mentioned above...still no luck. On a whim, I decided to download and install NetBeans. I was up and running with Postgres DB and Apache server running, etc. in just a few minutes! No extra downloads, etc.

Anyway, switching to Netbeans is what worked for me. Goodbye Eclipse.

Answer 4

Neither of the above solutions worked for me. Neither of the files listed exist in that location or anywhere else on my machine. I tried backing up all the files in the .settings folder and restarting Eclipse, but still got the same error.

The only thing that worked was to reinstall Tomcat.