How To Install tomcat9-examples on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install tomcat9-examples on Debian 11. tomcat9-examples is Apache Tomcat 9 - Servlet and JSP engine – example web applications

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tomcat9-examples on Debian 11.

What is tomcat9-examples

tomcat9-examples 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 default Tomcat example webapps.

There are three methods to install tomcat9-examples on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install tomcat9-examples Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install tomcat9-examples using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install tomcat9-examples

Install tomcat9-examples Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install tomcat9-examples using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install tomcat9-examples

Install tomcat9-examples 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 tomcat9-examples using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tomcat9-examples

How To Uninstall tomcat9-examples on Debian 11

To uninstall only the tomcat9-examples package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tomcat9-examples

Uninstall tomcat9-examples And Its Dependencies

To uninstall tomcat9-examples and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tomcat9-examples

Remove tomcat9-examples Configurations and Data

To remove tomcat9-examples configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tomcat9-examples

Remove tomcat9-examples configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove tomcat9-examples configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tomcat9-examples

Dependencies

tomcat9-examples have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tomcat9-examples package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.