How To Install tomcat8-admin on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tomcat8-admin on Debian 9.
What is tomcat8-admin
tomcat8-admin is:
Apache Tomcat implements the Java Servlet and the JavaServer Pages (JSP) specifications from Oracle, and provides a “pure Java” HTTP web server environment for Java code to run.
This package contains the administrative web interfaces.
There are three methods to install tomcat8-admin 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 tomcat8-admin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tomcat8-admin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tomcat8-admin
Install tomcat8-admin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tomcat8-admin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tomcat8-admin
Install tomcat8-admin 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 tomcat8-admin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tomcat8-admin
How To Uninstall tomcat8-admin on Debian 9
To uninstall only the tomcat8-admin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tomcat8-admin
Uninstall tomcat8-admin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tomcat8-admin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tomcat8-admin
Remove tomcat8-admin Configurations and Data
To remove tomcat8-admin configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tomcat8-admin
Remove tomcat8-admin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tomcat8-admin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tomcat8-admin
Dependencies
tomcat8-admin have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tomcat8-admin package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
