How To Install tomcat-native on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install tomcat-native on Rocky Linux 8. tomcat-native is Tomcat native library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tomcat-native on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `tomcat-native`

Tomcat can use the Apache Portable Runtime to provide superior scalability, performance, and better integration with native server technologies. The Apache Portable Runtime is a highly portable library that is at the heart of Apache HTTP Server 2.x. APR has many uses, including access to advanced IO functionality (such as sendfile, epoll and OpenSSL), OS level functionality (random number generation, system status, etc), and native process handling (shared memory, NT pipes and Unix sockets). This package contains the Tomcat native library which provides support for using APR in Tomcat.

We can use yum or dnf to install tomcat-native on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install tomcat-native.

Install tomcat-native on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install tomcat-native using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install tomcat-native

Install tomcat-native on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install tomcat-native

How To Uninstall tomcat-native on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove tomcat-native

tomcat-native Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/46
/usr/lib/.build-id/46/5e512bbf3f0512a448404f5a3a5a3d36ef473e
/usr/lib64/libtcnative-1.so
/usr/lib64/libtcnative-1.so.0
/usr/lib64/libtcnative-1.so.0.2.23
/usr/share/doc/tomcat-native
/usr/share/doc/tomcat-native/CHANGELOG.txt
/usr/share/doc/tomcat-native/TODO.txt
/usr/share/licenses/tomcat-native
/usr/share/licenses/tomcat-native/LICENSE
/usr/share/licenses/tomcat-native/NOTICE

References

tomcat-native website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tomcat-native on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.