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

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "tomcat8-common" package

Learn how to install tomcat8-common on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall tomcat8-common on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: tomcat8-common
Architecture: all
Version: 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.13
Priority: optional
Section: java
Source: tomcat8
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Java Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 157
Depends: default-jre-headless | java7-runtime-headless | java7-runtime, libtomcat8-java (>= 8.0.32-1ubuntu1.13)
Filename: pool/main/t/tomcat8/tomcat8-common_8.0.32-1ubuntu1.13_all.deb
Size: 53168
MD5sum: d8fdaa8c26b782f590ca99a9426ac7d5
SHA1: aab04083ef1cdd4be94dc23c67f9b4ed8c1fc0fb
SHA256: 312924b43fb947df780f77ffd0da0ed6f9ec6a2e1d657e4a5a7355d211586700
SHA512: 9864a97f7b516e2c047b9b18cf5c26150655f390ab931875198acad9bdef3e7de768bbc6f842f0e6a0eeea9b9ca27f594312bd85aeaec4da78baa9fa318c8c54
Homepage: http://tomcat.apache.org
Description-en: Apache Tomcat 8 - Servlet and JSP engine -- common files
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 common files needed by the tomcat8 and tomcat8-user
packages (Tomcat 8 scripts and libraries).
Description-md5: c2eca3c452eff7c18647c91989381503
Task: tomcat-server
Supported: 5y

Package: tomcat8-common
Priority: optional
Section: java
Installed-Size: 154
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Java Maintainers
Architecture: all
Source: tomcat8
Version: 8.0.32-1ubuntu1
Depends: default-jre-headless | java7-runtime-headless | java7-runtime, libtomcat8-java (>= 8.0.32-1ubuntu1)
Filename: pool/main/t/tomcat8/tomcat8-common_8.0.32-1ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 53204
MD5sum: 45dad564ada673ffae9273fd637b76a9
SHA1: aee057fe30ff41e52623b64e008c84cf7d24eb7b
SHA256: 7da7a3a37614ddb462552c2bb6da19cef72d24eea79edefd6bd6ed89f31e941a
Description-en: Apache Tomcat 8 - Servlet and JSP engine -- common files
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 common files needed by the tomcat8 and tomcat8-user
packages (Tomcat 8 scripts and libraries).
Description-md5: c2eca3c452eff7c18647c91989381503
Homepage: http://tomcat.apache.org
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: tomcat-server