How To Install tomcat9-common on Kali Linux
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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install tomcat9-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tomcat9-commonInstall tomcat9-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install tomcat9-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tomcat9-commonInstall 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install tomcat9-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tomcat9-commonHow 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-commonUninstall 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-commonRemove 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-commonRemove 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-commonDependencies
tomcat9-common have the following dependencies:
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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.
