JAVA_HOME env var requirements

Does anyone know if Java2 must be installed on the system where Tomcat is installed (ie. deployment machine), i have seen JAVA_HOME that needs to be set, so i set it to /usr/java, but that is only JAVA1.1. It seems that all my example jsp and test jsp pages work, but that variable concerns me.

I only want to have the bare minimum installed really on the deployment machine and what i thought i needed was:

apache httpd package

jakarta tomcat package (port 8080 disabled, 8007 enabled)

jakarta servletapi package

mod_jserv OR mod_jk (did not make my own mod_jk yet)

If I need anything else as far as running efficiently JSP please let me know. I am still browsing through the pages, but JAVA_HOME i know i need it, but is it actually used to compile?

Thanks,

Lec

[833 byte] By [lec20] at [2007-9-26 2:48:58]
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Yeah, you need the SDK; JSPs are translated into servlets and then compiled. Do you really only want to use SDK 1.1 functionality in your JSPs?
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