How to Install Tomcat 9 on Oracle Linux 7 Easy Guide

Installing

2. 2. Downloading Tomcat 9

   Download Apache Tomcat 9 Java Server.

   Apache Tomcat 9 tar.gz

   Apache Tomcat 9 tar.gz Release

3. 3. Extracting Tomcat 9

   Then Extract Tomcat 9 into /tmp
   Possibly Double-Click/Right-Click to Open with Archive Manager:

   
   Or from Shell:

   tar xvzf ~/Downloads/apache-tomcat-9*.tar.gz -C /tmp/

4. 4. Installing Tomcat 9

   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