How To Install libtomcat8-java on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtomcat8-java on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libtomcat8-java
libtomcat8-java 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 Tomcat core classes which can be used by other Java applications to embed Tomcat.
There are three methods to install libtomcat8-java on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libtomcat8-java Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libtomcat8-java using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libtomcat8-java
Install libtomcat8-java Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libtomcat8-java using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libtomcat8-java
Install libtomcat8-java 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libtomcat8-java using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libtomcat8-java
How To Uninstall libtomcat8-java on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libtomcat8-java package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libtomcat8-java
Uninstall libtomcat8-java And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libtomcat8-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtomcat8-java
Remove libtomcat8-java Configurations and Data
To remove libtomcat8-java configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libtomcat8-java
Remove libtomcat8-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libtomcat8-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtomcat8-java
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtomcat8-java package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
