[Builds] getting sakai to run

[Frank Jones]

Hi,

I am new to sakai, and am trying to get it up and running.  I am using
ubuntu 8.10 on my testing machine, which is running on standard 32bit
intel hardware.  I am not very familiar with tomcat (v5.5), which is the
application server on this machine.  However, it seems to be up and
alive and well, since I get the default tomcat server page if I navigate
to http://localhost:8080.  I have done almost nothing to configure this
server beyond installing the default ubuntu tomcat 5.5 packages (though
I did edit the configuration files in accordance with the sakai
instructions).

My situation is that I have downloaded and built sakai 2.5.x using the
instructions on the website: this step completes with no errors.  I am
not using any mysql/oracle database at this time.  I just want to get
sakai up and running first.

After compilation, I go to the http://localhost:8080/portal address, and
get an error page that says Error 404 - The requested resource () is not
available.

I have a feeling this is a misconfiguration issue.  Has anybody got a
brief summary of what to do in the case of an ubuntu server to get sakai
up and running?

Thanks,

F Jones