Install Tomcat 8 on Debian Wheezy 7 Linux
The Guide shows you How to Install and Getting-Started with Apache Tomcat 8 Server on Debian Wheezy 7 GNOME/KDE/Lxde/Xfce GNU/Linux Desktop/Server.
Tomcat 8 Support Java EE 7, Java Servlet 3.1, JavaServer Pages 2.3, Java Unified Expression Language 3.0 and Java WebSocket 1.0.
Inside the Post you find included instructions on How to Getting-Started with Tomcat 8 Deployment on Debian Linux.
The Apache Tomcat 8 is Java EE 7 Compliant with this New Features:
- Support for Java Servlet 3.1, JavaServer Pages 2.3, Java Unified Expression Language 3.0 and Java WebSocket 1.0.
- The default connector implementation is now the Java non-blocking implementation (NIO) for both HTTP and AJP.
- A new resources implementation that replaces Aliases, VirtualLoader, VirtualDirContext, JAR resources and external repositories with a single, consistent approach for configuring additional web application resources.
Finally, to improve the Visualization of the whole Process the How to install Tomcat 8 on Debian 7 Wheezy Tutorial includes the Essential Screenshots.

Open a Commad Line Shell Session
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.
Download Apache Tomcat 8 Server.
Double-Click on Archive and Extract into /tmp.
Or from Command Line:tar xvzf apache-tomcat*.tar.gz -C /tmp/
Relocate Apache Tomcat 8.
sudo chown -R root:root /tmp/apache-tomcat*
sudo mv /tmp/apache-tomcat-8* /opt/
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Commands to Start and Stop the Tomcat Server
Start
/opt/apache-tomcat-8*/bin/startup.sh
Stop
/opt/apache-tomcat-8*/bin/shutdown.sh
Then to Access Tomcat Admin on Browser Go.
Tomcat 8 Deployment Quick Start: