How To Install tomcat9-admin on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tomcat9-admin on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is tomcat9-admin
tomcat9-admin 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 administrative web interfaces.
There are three methods to install tomcat9-admin 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 tomcat9-admin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install tomcat9-admin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tomcat9-admin
Install tomcat9-admin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tomcat9-admin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tomcat9-admin
Install tomcat9-admin 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 tomcat9-admin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tomcat9-admin
How To Uninstall tomcat9-admin on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the tomcat9-admin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tomcat9-admin
Uninstall tomcat9-admin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tomcat9-admin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tomcat9-admin
Remove tomcat9-admin Configurations and Data
To remove tomcat9-admin configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tomcat9-admin
Remove tomcat9-admin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tomcat9-admin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tomcat9-admin
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tomcat9-admin package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
