How do I install Apache Tomcat 7?

Question

Troubleshooting with apache Tomcat 7 steps should be followed ....

after downloading apache-Tomcat 7 // open terminal go to that downloading file folder in which tar.gz file is still.

Untar the tar file

• tar -xzvf filename.tar.gz

  move a extracted directory of apache-Tomcat7 in current path

• sudo mv Directory_Name(Extracted eg.apache-Tomcat 7.0.32) /usr/local/Tomcat7

to set environment variable for Tomcat7

• sudo nano /usr/local/Tomcat7/bin/setenv.sh

then Nano editor will open ..

 JAVA_HOME =/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun
 export CATALINA_OPTS="$CATALINA_OPTS -Xms128m -Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m

after hit ctrl+X to save file

• to set the role and username and password.

sudo nano /usr/local/Tomcat7/conf/./tomcat-users.xml

<role rolename="manager-gui" />
<role rolename="manager-script" />
<role rolename="manager-jmx" />
<role rolename="manager-status" />
<user username="admin" password="admin" roles="manager-gui,manager-script,manager-jmx,manager-status"/>

Ctrl+X to save file

• If Port no confliction comes in a way then open file to change the port no.

sudo nano /usr/local/Tomcat7/conf/./server.xml

then change the connector port as you want....

Solution 1

11.10 or later

sudo apt-get install tomcat7

or the really easy way:

Solution 2

Tomcat 7 is available for Precise and Oneiric https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/tomcat7

Backports for Natty are here:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/tomcat7-ubuntu/backports/ubuntu natty main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/tomcat7-ubuntu/backports/ubuntu natty main

Comments

[Jorge Castro]

Welcome to askubuntu, I've fixed the formatting for you, but it looks to me like you should have most of your question posted as an answer to your initial question.

[Paul Gregoire]

This doesn't work for me on Natty

[tumbleweed]

@Mondain: Yup, tomcat7 first landed in oneiric.

[Paul Gregoire]

Its certainly confusing for newbies. I just used the tar.gz from apache and it works as expected.

[Varuna]

I asked the question because I install Tomcat as described here <coderanch.com/t/551474/Linux-UNIX/install-tomcat-Ubuntu-whe‌​n-it> and I can't figure out what is the reason for different descriptions

[Eliah Kagan]

Whilst this may theoretically answer the question, it would be preferable to include the essential parts of the answer here, and provide the link for reference.