untested unstable beta snapshot ymmv stuff. Binaries build for sid: run tomcat5.5 not with gcj, but with kaffe. See http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-java-maintainers/2006-September/008999.html . You're very likely better off trying to get tomcat5.5 from unstable (e.g. 5.5.17-1) running on Debian etch: stuff published here might build, but very likely won't run. I've managed to get tomcat5.5 5.5.17-1 run with sun-j2re1.5 and sun-j2sdk1.5 1.5.0+update06. -- JvB, 2006-10-06