How To Install tomcat8-docs on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install tomcat8-docs on Ubuntu 18.04. tomcat8-docs is Apache Tomcat 8 - Servlet and JSP engine – documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tomcat8-docs on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is tomcat8-docs

tomcat8-docs 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 online documentation web application.

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

sudo apt-get -y install tomcat8-docs

Install tomcat8-docs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install tomcat8-docs

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

sudo aptitude -y install tomcat8-docs

How To Uninstall tomcat8-docs on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove tomcat8-docs

Uninstall tomcat8-docs And Its Dependencies

To uninstall tomcat8-docs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tomcat8-docs

Remove tomcat8-docs Configurations and Data

To remove tomcat8-docs configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tomcat8-docs

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tomcat8-docs package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.