That was definitely *not* to obvious! Thank you. Linux Newbie that I am I did not realize that a ./ in front of the filename was required if the file is not on my path. That allowed me to start the domain and JSPs now compiled correctly. I still don't know how to make this work via apt-get without running into errors, but I have a means of getting it working.
Thanks to all for the much needed help!
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