We assume that you have Ubuntu 12.04 installed (64bit recommended).
First we update default packages –
apt-get update apt-get upgrade
Once this is complete, we install Oracle Java 7. As this has been excluded from Ubuntu’s repositories, we need to add a new repository using the add-apt-repository command. To use this command, we first install –
apt-get install python-software-properties
To install Oracle Java 7 –
add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java apt-get update apt-get install oracle-java7-installer
Ref: http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-install-oracle-java-7-in-ubuntu-12-04.html
Debian user: check syntax in
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/webupd8team-java- .....
and choose the most recent stable version that you can find at the address
http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu
, in my case is
http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu saucy main
To make sure you have correctly installed it, run –
java -version
You should get the following (or similar) if everything has been installed –
Once Java is installed, let us install Tomcat 7. As Ubuntu 12.04 includes Tomcat 7 by default, no additional repository is required. Just run –
apt-get install tomcat7 tomcat7-admin tomcat7-common tomcat7-docs tomcat7-examples tomcat7-user
tomcat7-docs tomcat7-examples tomcat7-user tomcat7-admin are suggested packages but not necessary for installation / running of Tomcat 7.
After installation, Tomcat 7 will try to start but will fail due to following error –
* no JDK found – please set JAVA_HOME invoke-rc.d: initscript tomcat7, action “start” failed.
This error tells us that JAVA_HOME is not set. To resolve this open the file
vi /etc/default/tomcat7
Add the following line and save the file. –
# The home directory of the Java development kit (JDK). You need at least #JDK version 1.5. If JAVA_HOME is not set, some common directories for # OpenJDK, the Sun JDK, and various J2SE 1.5 versions are tried. #JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/openjdk-6-jdk JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle
Now you can try starting Tomcat using the following command –
service tomcat7 start
from http://leapswitch.com/blog/technical-solutions/how-to-install-tomcat7-oracle-java-apache-virtualhosts-ubuntu-12-04-lts/