How To Install tomcat9-common on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install tomcat9-common on Kali Linux. tomcat9-common is Apache Tomcat 9 - Servlet and JSP engine – common files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install tomcat9-common on Kali Linux.

What is tomcat9-common

tomcat9-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 tomcat9 and tomcat9-user packages (Tomcat 9 scripts and libraries).

There are three methods to install tomcat9-common on Kali Linux. 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-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 tomcat9-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install tomcat9-common

Install tomcat9-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install tomcat9-common using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install tomcat9-common

Install tomcat9-common Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install tomcat9-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install tomcat9-common

How To Uninstall tomcat9-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the tomcat9-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove tomcat9-common

Uninstall tomcat9-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall tomcat9-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove tomcat9-common

Remove tomcat9-common Configurations and Data

To remove tomcat9-common configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge tomcat9-common

Remove tomcat9-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove tomcat9-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tomcat9-common

Dependencies

tomcat9-common have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install tomcat9-common package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.