Installing Tomcat 7 on Ubuntu

Apache Tomcat uses the Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages technologies. Java Servlet uses Java to extend the functionality of a web server. JavaServer Pages (JSP) provides a fast way to create a dynamic website.Tomcat 7

Because tomcat is written in Java you will need to have an up to date Java runtime installed before you can actually run tomcat.

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