How To Install solr-tomcat on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install solr-tomcat on Debian 9. solr-tomcat is Enterprise search server based on Lucene3 - Tomcat integration

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install solr-tomcat on Debian 9.

What is solr-tomcat

solr-tomcat is:

Solr is an open source enterprise search server based on the Lucene Java search library, with XML/HTTP and JSON APIs, hit highlighting, faceted search, caching, replication, and a web administration interface. It runs in a Java servlet container such as Tomcat.

This package provides the Tomcat integration files for Solr.

There are three methods to install solr-tomcat on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install solr-tomcat Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install solr-tomcat using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install solr-tomcat

Install solr-tomcat Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install solr-tomcat using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install solr-tomcat

Install solr-tomcat Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install solr-tomcat using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install solr-tomcat

How To Uninstall solr-tomcat on Debian 9

To uninstall only the solr-tomcat package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove solr-tomcat

Uninstall solr-tomcat And Its Dependencies

To uninstall solr-tomcat and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove solr-tomcat

Remove solr-tomcat Configurations and Data

To remove solr-tomcat configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge solr-tomcat

Remove solr-tomcat configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove solr-tomcat configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge solr-tomcat

Dependencies

solr-tomcat have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install solr-tomcat package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.