title: How to use external Tomcat server in Netbeans on Linux?
body: <p>I am trying to use the external tomcat server installed on my machine (Ubuntu 11.10) and I a going through the motions of adding a new server to Netbeans, in the Server Location field I enter the <code>/usr/share/tomcat6</code> directory but it gives an error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>The specified Server Location (Catalina Home) folder is not valid
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I have searched Google, used the Netbeans wiki, and have searched here also but nothing seems to be able to get me past this point.</p>