To setup Apache Tomcat in Linux do the following

1- Download Tomcat latest version from here

http://tomcat.apache.org/download-60.cgi

On the left panel under 'Download' heading, click on your required tomcat version.

select tar.gz (pgp, md5) under 'Core' and 'Binary Distribution' headings.

2- Extract tar at an appropriate place. For example /home/tomcat_home

3- Set Tomcat environment variables

In windows

Right click My Computer> Properties > Advance >Environment Variables > under User variables > New and set CATALINA_HOME to the java home directory.

In Linux

Go to /home/your_home_directory then show the hidden files (View/ Show Hidden Files). Find and open .bashrc file.

Go to the end of the file and insert the following lines.

export CATALINA_HOME=/home/tomcat_home/

export PATH=$PATH:/home/tomcat_home/bin

4- Keep in mind that your JAVA_HOME environment variable must also be set.

You can check whether JAVA_HOME is set or not, type following in terminal

java -version

If it does not return the java version then your JAVA_HOME is not set.

To set JAVA_HOME, insert the following lines ( java installation paths may vary on your machine)

export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.16
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun-1.5.0.16/bin

4- Open Terminal and type

startup.sh

press Enter and you tomcat is now running :)

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