How To Install tomcat8-user on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tomcat8-user on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is tomcat8-user
tomcat8-user 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 files needed to create a user Tomcat instance. This user Tomcat instance can be started and stopped using the scripts provided in the Tomcat instance directory.
There are three methods to install tomcat8-user 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-user 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-user using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tomcat8-user
Install tomcat8-user Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tomcat8-user using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tomcat8-user
Install tomcat8-user 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-user using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tomcat8-user
How To Uninstall tomcat8-user on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the tomcat8-user package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tomcat8-user
Uninstall tomcat8-user And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tomcat8-user and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tomcat8-user
Remove tomcat8-user Configurations and Data
To remove tomcat8-user configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tomcat8-user
Remove tomcat8-user configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tomcat8-user configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tomcat8-user
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tomcat8-user package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
