tomcat 5.5 error

[vedanta_2004]

Hi,
I got following error when I tried to install some python libraries..

Setting up python-matplotlib-doc (0.91.2-0ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for libc6 ...
ldconfig deferred processing now taking place
Errors were encountered while processing:
tomcat5.5
tomcat5.5-webapps
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
A package failed to install. Trying to recover:
Setting up tomcat5.5 (5.5.25-5ubuntu1) ...
* no JDK found - please set JAVA_HOME
invoke-rc.d: initscript tomcat5.5, action "start" failed.
dpkg: error processing tomcat5.5 (--configure):
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of tomcat5.5-webapps:
tomcat5.5-webapps depends on tomcat5.5 (>= 5.5.25-5ubuntu1); however:
Package tomcat5.5 is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing tomcat5.5-webapps (--configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
tomcat5.5
tomcat5.5-webapps


E: tomcat5.5: subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
E: tomcat5.5-webapps: dependency problems - leaving unconfigured

Please help..

-Vedanta.

[prostar]

I had this problem as well. Luckily a Yahoo search turned this up...

http://douglasjarquin.com/articles/java-and-tomcat-on-ubuntu-hardy/

What a PITA! This is so obscure I would have spent hours just like the blogger...