Install Tomcat 7.0.42 in Ubuntu

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Prerequisite : Need to has Java installed, and we need its path. Java is usually installed under  /USR/LIB/JVM . Once You has installed Java, you can run the command  update-alternatives--config Java  to show you The exact path; Look at the first entry, the one with a , *  next to it. You can hit , Enter  to exit this screen). We only need the directory after  /jvm/. On my machine, the directory was  /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-i386/. This answer'll assume that's the Java directory, but you should change the commands accordingly.

2. wget http://mirror.atlanticmetro.net/apache/tomcat/tomcat-7/v7.0.42/bin/apache-tomcat-7.0.42.tar.gz

   • This would download Tomcat 7.0.42 to your the current directory.

4. tar xzvf apache-tomcat-7.0.42.tar.gz

   • This would extract the files.

6. sudo mv apache-tomcat-7.0.42 /usr/local

   • This moves Tomcat to /usr/local . You can choose any path to want. The remaining commands would assume you had used this path.

8. nano ~/.bashrc-This would open up a text editor. Go to the end of the file ( Alt + / ) and add the following lines:

   Export Catalina_home=/usr/local/apache-tomcat-7.0.42export java_home=/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk-i386/

   Remember: This is the path to my Java. Change it to your installed Java.

10. . ~/.bashrc

    • This would apply the changes we made.

12. sudo $CATALINA_HOME/bin/startup.sh-You should see something like this:

    Using catalina_base:   /usr/local/apache-tomcat-7.0.42using catalina_home:   /usr/local/ Apache-tomcat-7.0.42using catalina_tmpdir:/usr/local/apache-tomcat-7.0.42/tempusing JRE_HOME:        /usrUsing CLASSPATH:       /usr/local/apache-tomcat-7.0.42/bin/bootstrap.jar:/usr/local/apache-tomcat-7.0.42/bin/ Tomcat-juli.jar

    and no errors.

You're done. Point your browser to and you should see the http://localhost:8080 Tomcat page:

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Install Tomcat 7.0.42 in Ubuntu