How To Install tomcat8-common on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install tomcat8-common on Debian 9. tomcat8-common is Apache Tomcat 8 - Servlet and JSP engine – common files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tomcat8-common on Debian 9.

What is tomcat8-common

tomcat8-common 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 common files needed by the tomcat8 and tomcat8-user packages (Tomcat 8 scripts and libraries).

There are three methods to install tomcat8-common 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-common 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-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install tomcat8-common

Install tomcat8-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install tomcat8-common using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install tomcat8-common

Install tomcat8-common 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-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tomcat8-common

How To Uninstall tomcat8-common on Debian 9

To uninstall only the tomcat8-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tomcat8-common

Uninstall tomcat8-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall tomcat8-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tomcat8-common

Remove tomcat8-common Configurations and Data

To remove tomcat8-common configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tomcat8-common

Remove tomcat8-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove tomcat8-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tomcat8-common

Dependencies

tomcat8-common have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tomcat8-common package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.