Step-by-step – Tomcat 9 Installation in Ubuntu 20.04

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
   Eventually Double-Click on Archive to Open with Archive Manager:

   
   Or from Shell:

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

4. 4. Installing Tomcat 9

   And to Install Apache Tomcat 9 on Ubuntu
   First, Set Permissions & Ownership with:

   sudo chown -R root:root /tmp/apache-tomcat-9*

   sudo chmod -R +xr /tmp/apache-tomcat-9*

   Authenticate with the User Admin Pass.
   If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo.
   Then Switch the contents into the Target:

   sudo mv /tmp/apache-tomcat-9* /opt/apache-tomcat-9

   This for a System-wide Setup.

5. 5. Installing Oracle JDK

   How to Install Required Oracle-Sun JDK 8+ on Ubuntu

   Install Oracle JDK for Ubuntu

   Installing Oracle Java JDK on Ubuntu

6. 6. Starting Tomcat 9

   Now the Commands to Start and Stop Tomcat 9 Server
   To Start it Up:

   sudo /opt/apache-tomcat-9/bin/startup.sh

   And to Shut it Down:

   sudo /opt/apache-tomcat-9/bin/shutdown.sh