How to Install and Uninstall tomcat8 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "tomcat8" package

This guide let you learn how to install tomcat8 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                tomcat8
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "tomcat8" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall tomcat8 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                tomcat8
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the tomcat8 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: tomcat8
Architecture: all
Version: 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.13
Priority: optional
Section: java
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Java Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 303
Depends: adduser, tomcat8-common (>= 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.13), ucf, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Recommends: authbind
Suggests: libtcnative-1 (>= 1.1.30), tomcat8-admin (>= 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.13), tomcat8-docs (>= 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.13), tomcat8-examples (>= 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.13), tomcat8-user (>= 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.13)
Filename: pool/main/t/tomcat8/tomcat8_8.0.32-1ubuntu1.13_all.deb
Size: 42422
MD5sum: 672e91a1196b94e35232bef903e7b496
SHA1: 7f7dbb7efe88ba4d4760e64c358f2e9e42b618ca
SHA256: f8d7ed31ed32b49bc11b12e1b7cea45f69f459ba331ec356a49b31ae8d98d71b
SHA512: 809a02ec57606fa61a8c4cbb093ea7e752960284b5809325df079bb03ecd0015cd1ae984a29bbfd1169f9e9335757e5eb40617ac80ff5e202af7be81352b847e
Homepage: http://tomcat.apache.org
Description-en: Apache Tomcat 8 - Servlet and JSP engine
Apache Tomcat implements the Java Servlet and the JavaServer Pages (JSP)
specifications from Oracle, 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 tomcat8-docs and tomcat8-examples packages if you want them.
Install the authbind package if you need to use Tomcat on ports 1-1023.
Install tomcat8-user instead of this package if you don't want Tomcat to
start as a service.
Description-md5: 222d7392f8d16ebb149756c192015426
Task: tomcat-server
Supported: 5y

Package: tomcat8
Priority: optional
Section: java
Installed-Size: 299
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Java Maintainers
Architecture: all
Version: 8.0.32-1ubuntu1
Depends: adduser, tomcat8-common (>= 8.0.32-1ubuntu1), ucf, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Recommends: authbind
Suggests: libtcnative-1 (>= 1.1.30), tomcat8-admin (>= 8.0.32-1ubuntu1), tomcat8-docs (>= 8.0.32-1ubuntu1), tomcat8-examples (>= 8.0.32-1ubuntu1), tomcat8-user (>= 8.0.32-1ubuntu1)
Filename: pool/main/t/tomcat8/tomcat8_8.0.32-1ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 42094
MD5sum: 2a1c60d91f96d29dad4a55c2d55004b6
SHA1: 716db912ebe514cc1f08e3dab6de4bcb437d3476
SHA256: 520c1a58b19808410f3c7c64bec507a83cd893e0c945d202e80df8fd986c2504
Description-en: Apache Tomcat 8 - Servlet and JSP engine
Apache Tomcat implements the Java Servlet and the JavaServer Pages (JSP)
specifications from Oracle, 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 tomcat8-docs and tomcat8-examples packages if you want them.
Install the authbind package if you need to use Tomcat on ports 1-1023.
Install tomcat8-user instead of this package if you don't want Tomcat to
start as a service.
Description-md5: 222d7392f8d16ebb149756c192015426
Homepage: http://tomcat.apache.org
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: tomcat-server