Tomcat ClassNotFoundException after switching from openjdk to sun java

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We switched our java version from openjdk jre 1.7 to sun jre 1.7 and now starting tomcat gives the following errors:

SEVERE: Begin event threw error
java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org.apache.catalina.mbeans.ServerLifecycleListener
   at java.lang.Class.initializeClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.lang.Class.newInstance(libgcj.so.10)
   at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.ObjectCreateRule.begin(ObjectCreateRule.java:206)
   at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Rule.begin(Rule.java:153)
   at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.startElement(Digester.java:1356)
   at gnu.xml.stream.SAXParser.parse(libgcj.so.10)
   at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1642)
   at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Catalina.java:524)
   at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Catalina.java:562)
   at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(libgcj.so.10)
   at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.load(Bootstrap.java:261)
   at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:413)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.management.modelmbean.ModelMBeanNotificationBroadcaster not found in org.apache.catalina.loader.StandardClassLoader{urls=[file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/el-api.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/jasper-el.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/tomcat-i18n-fr.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/jsp-api.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/catalina.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/jasper.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/servlet-api.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/catalina-tribes.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/catalina-ha.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/tomcat-dbcp.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/tomcat-coyote.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/tomcat-i18n-ja.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/ecj-3.7.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/catalina-ant.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/tomcat-i18n-es.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/annotations-api.jar], parent=gnu.gcj.runtime.SystemClassLoader{urls=[file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/bin/bootstrap.jar], parent=gnu.gcj.runtime.ExtensionClassLoader{urls=[], parent=null}}}
   at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.lang.VMClassLoader.defineClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.lang.VMClassLoader.defineClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.lang.Class.forName(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.lang.Class.initializeClass(libgcj.so.10)
   ...11 more
java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
   at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(libgcj.so.10)
   at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.load(Bootstrap.java:261)
   at org.apache.catalina.startup.Bootstrap.main(Bootstrap.java:413)
Caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org.apache.catalina.mbeans.ServerLifecycleListener
   at java.lang.Class.initializeClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.lang.Class.newInstance(libgcj.so.10)
   at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.ObjectCreateRule.begin(ObjectCreateRule.java:206)
   at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Rule.begin(Rule.java:153)
   at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.startElement(Digester.java:1356)
   at gnu.xml.stream.SAXParser.parse(libgcj.so.10)
   at org.apache.tomcat.util.digester.Digester.parse(Digester.java:1642)
   at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Catalina.java:524)
   at org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina.load(Catalina.java:562)
   at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(libgcj.so.10)
   ...2 more
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: javax.management.modelmbean.ModelMBeanNotificationBroadcaster not found in org.apache.catalina.loader.StandardClassLoader{urls=[file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/el-api.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/jasper-el.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/tomcat-i18n-fr.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/jsp-api.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/catalina.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/jasper.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/servlet-api.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/catalina-tribes.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/catalina-ha.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/tomcat-dbcp.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/tomcat-coyote.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/tomcat-i18n-ja.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/ecj-3.7.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/catalina-ant.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/tomcat-i18n-es.jar,file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/lib/annotations-api.jar], parent=gnu.gcj.runtime.SystemClassLoader{urls=[file:/opt/apache-tomcat-6.0.35/bin/bootstrap.jar], parent=gnu.gcj.runtime.ExtensionClassLoader{urls=[], parent=null}}}
   at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.lang.VMClassLoader.defineClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.lang.VMClassLoader.defineClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.security.SecureClassLoader.defineClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.lang.Class.forName(libgcj.so.10)
   at java.lang.Class.initializeClass(libgcj.so.10)
   ...11 more

Best Answer

It looks like you are not running the Sun JRE but GCJ, the GNU Java compiler, based on the "libgcj.so" present at the end of the stack trace lines. It is most likely a problem with either the JAVA_HOME, the JRE_HOME or the PATH variable.

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