Install Tomcat 9 Linux Mint 17
Hello Mint User! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install Tomcat 9 Linux Mint 17.x Mate/Cinnamon/KDE/Xfce GNU/Linux Desktops.
First, the Apache Tomcat 9 supports the Java Servlet 4.0, JavaServer Pages 2.4, Java Unified Expression Language 3.1 and Java API for WebSocket 2.0 specifications.
Moreover, in the Guide is included a Link to Tomcat 9 Deployment Getting-Started Guide.
Finally, to improve the Visualization of the whole process the How to install Tomcat 9 on Mint Linux includes the essentials Screenshots.

First, Open a Shell Terminal emulator window
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.
Download Apache Tomcat 9 Java Server
Then Double-Click on Archive and Extract into /tmp
Or from Shell:tar xvzf ~/Downloads/apache-tomcat-9*.tar.gz -C /tmp/
And Relocate Apache Tomcat 9
First, Set Permissions & Ownership with:sudo chown -R root:root /tmp/apache-tomcat-9*
sudo chmod -R +xr /tmp/apache-tomcat-9*
Then Switch contents:
sudo mv /tmp/apache-tomcat-9* /opt/apache-tomcat-9
How to Install Required Oracle-Sun Java JDK 8+ on Mint:
Now the Commands to Start and Stop the Tomcat Server.
To Start Up:
sudo /opt/apache-tomcat-9/bin/startup.sh
To Shut Down:
sudo /opt/apache-tomcat-9/bin/shutdown.sh
Finally, to Access Tomcat Server Admin on Browser Go to.
Tomcat 9 Deployment Quick Start.