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July 24, 2008 |

To install and configure Tomcat on Ubuntu Feisty or Hardy can be easily done.

1. Download and install the Java packages need for Tomcat to work (run in terminal):

sudo apt-get install sun-java6-bin sun-java6-jdk sun-java6-jre

2. Download and install the Tomcat packages (run in terminal):

sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-jk libservlet2.4-java libtomcat5.5-java tomcat5.5 tomcat5.5-admin tomcat5.5-webapps

3. Open the .bashrc file (run in terminal):

sudo gedit ~/.bashrc

4. Add the following line in the opened file:

export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun

save and close the file

5. make the logs directory writable (run in terminal):

sudo chmod -R 777 /var/lib/tomcat5.5/logs

6. if your terminal is opened, close it and open up again

7. to start the tomcat, run the following command:

sh /usr/share/tomcat5.5/bin/startup.sh

8. now you can test to see if it’s working, point your browser at:

http://localhost:8180/

you should be able to see the tomcat splash page :)

9. to shutdown tomcat, use the following command:

sh /usr/share/tomcat5.5/bin/shutdown.sh

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2 Comments so far

rcsprakash on July 25, 2008 10:10 pm
after reading through so many forum help posts, i think your way is so far the only working one. thank you.
zeriano on July 28, 2008 10:31 am
nice and comprehensive, good work!