INSTALL AND REMOVE TOMCAT USING APT-GET IN UBUNTU

This post will serve as a guide to installing the tomcat using apt-get manager using two simple steps.

STEP 1: INSTALLING TOMCAT
STEP 2: INSTALLING DEPENDENCIES

Step 1: Install the Tomcat
Update the package list using the command.
$ sudo apt-get update
Install the tomcat using the command
$ sudo apt-get install tomcat8
Check the tomcat status
$ sudo service tomcat8 status
Go to the browser to view your tomcat
http:localhost:8080

Step 2: Installing dependencies
Install the necessary packages
$ sudo apt-get install tomcat8-docs tomcat8-admin tomcat8-examples
Restart the tomcat
$ sudo service tomcat8 restart

Step 3: Configuring the tomcat (Optional)
To configure the tomcat properties such as memory allocated for tomcat enter the details in the following file
$ sudo nano /etc/default/tomcat8
Restart to apply the changes
$ sudo service tomcat8 restart
To configure the users with password and roles use the following XML
$ sudo nano /etc/tomcat8/tomcat-users.xml
<tomcat-users>
<user username=”admin” password=”password”     roles=”manager-gui,admin-gui”/>
</tomcat-users>
Sample configuration for tomcat is as follows
Restart to apply changes

Step 0: Remove the tomcat
To remove the tomcat first stop the tomcat process
$ sudo service tomcat8 stop
To verify it’s status below command will give the status
$ sudo service tomcat8 status
The remove
$ sudo apt-get remove tomcat8
To remove configuration files
$ sudo apt-get purge tomcat8