How to Install and Uninstall tomcat7 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "tomcat7" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install tomcat7 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                tomcat7
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "tomcat7" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall tomcat7 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                tomcat7
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the tomcat7 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: tomcat7
Architecture: all
Version: 7.0.68-1ubuntu0.4
Priority: optional
Section: universe/java
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Java Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 296
Depends: tomcat7-common (>= 7.0.68-1ubuntu0.4), ucf, adduser, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Recommends: authbind
Suggests: tomcat7-docs (>= 7.0.68-1ubuntu0.4), tomcat7-admin (>= 7.0.68-1ubuntu0.4), tomcat7-examples (>= 7.0.68-1ubuntu0.4), tomcat7-user (>= 7.0.68-1ubuntu0.4), libtcnative-1 (>= 1.1.32~)
Filename: pool/universe/t/tomcat7/tomcat7_7.0.68-1ubuntu0.4_all.deb
Size: 36828
MD5sum: 8af5d2a1ed1d12c2d3c02965f13ed78c
SHA1: ad88645a292135853fa2a7abecb971d11841a885
SHA256: efb4c278c4c67ba79dd93409ad74bf1c0eb385e4f310a298c83f6a2367c1b9b6
SHA512: 4180dccb854b51d74a47ec8903496ae935686f9a06c3312442c95689e5c6e88061a440402796a948cb48af7612fc24aeb8e313b9d85b263834c1966f30fd38da
Homepage: http://tomcat.apache.org
Description-en: Servlet and JSP engine
Apache Tomcat implements the Java Servlet and the JavaServer Pages (JSP)
specifications from Sun Microsystems, and provides a "pure Java" HTTP web
server environment for Java code to run.
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This package contains only the startup scripts for the system-wide daemon.
No documentation or web applications are included here, please install
the tomcat7-docs and tomcat7-examples packages if you want them.
Install the authbind package if you need to use Tomcat on ports 1-1023.
Install tomcat7-user instead of this package if you don't want Tomcat to
start as a service.
Description-md5: 71d2a54f759941814ab4cf7873094b26

Package: tomcat7
Priority: optional
Section: universe/java
Installed-Size: 295
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Java Maintainers
Architecture: all
Version: 7.0.68-1
Depends: tomcat7-common (>= 7.0.68-1), ucf, adduser, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Recommends: authbind
Suggests: tomcat7-docs (>= 7.0.68-1), tomcat7-admin (>= 7.0.68-1), tomcat7-examples (>= 7.0.68-1), tomcat7-user (>= 7.0.68-1), libtcnative-1 (>= 1.1.32~)
Filename: pool/universe/t/tomcat7/tomcat7_7.0.68-1_all.deb
Size: 36700
MD5sum: b2db0449ec48c57b08e8bda81dd57e58
SHA1: 9fcdb2bdd3f1a7b13839675f19ce16e30d9b860a
SHA256: effe4129ef5ab802b87cfaffad6b42cb22e01e5633995e9606dce48fc001edf3
Description-en: Servlet and JSP engine
Apache Tomcat implements the Java Servlet and the JavaServer Pages (JSP)
specifications from Sun Microsystems, and provides a "pure Java" HTTP web
server environment for Java code to run.
.
This package contains only the startup scripts for the system-wide daemon.
No documentation or web applications are included here, please install
the tomcat7-docs and tomcat7-examples packages if you want them.
Install the authbind package if you need to use Tomcat on ports 1-1023.
Install tomcat7-user instead of this package if you don't want Tomcat to
start as a service.
Description-md5: 71d2a54f759941814ab4cf7873094b26
Homepage: http://tomcat.apache.org
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu