Tomcat 6 installation on Ubuntu Feisty
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Download the latest Tomcat to your desktop: http://tomcat.apache.org/, then run
sudo tar zxvf apache-tomcat-6.0.10.tar.gz
sudo cp -R apache-tomcat-6.0.10 /usr/share/tomcat6
Setting JAVA environment
Download the latest J2SE SDK, and run
sudo chmod +x *.bin
sudo sh ./jdk*.bin
Executing the .bin file creates a folder on your desktop named jdk1.6.0_01. Rename that folder to Java6u1. Now move that folder to /usr/lib
sudo mv Java6u1 /usr/lib
sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /usr/lib/Java6u1/bin/java 300
sudo update-alternatives --config java
1 /usr/lib/Java6u1/bin/java
2 /usr/bin/gij-wrapper-4.1
3 /usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj/jre/bin/java
Select 1
Setting the following environment
Edit /etc/environment
gedit /etc/environment, then insert and save two lines
CLASSPATH=.:/usr/lib/Java6u1/bin
JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/Java6u1
Tomcat needs to set JAVA_HOME or JRE_HOME to execute. Open the follow document and edit the lines
sudo gedit ~/.bashrc
then place the following lines in
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/Java6u1
export PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin
Start and stop tomcat
Now start your tomcat: sudo /usr/share/tomcat6/bin/./startup.sh
Type http://localhost:8080 in your browser. If you see the tomcat welcome page, your tomcat is running smoothly. If you are installing below 5.5 version, please try 8180.
Stopping tomcat: sudo /usr/share/tomcat6/bin/./shutdown.sh
Tomcat administrator setting
Edit this document:
sudo gedit /usr/share/tomcat6/conf/tomcat-users.xml
before </tomcat-users> insert this line
<user username="your username" password="your password" roles="admin,manager"/>
Save and restart your tomcat. You can login to your tomcat admin by using your new set id and password now.
