How to install Tomcat on Fedora 10

1. Visit the following url for downloading:

http://tomcat.apache.org/download-60.cgi

(Currently, the latest is Tomcat 6.0.20)

2. Copy the downloaded file to /usr/local (or to into a directory or your choice)

cp apache-tomcat-6.0.20-src.tar.gz /usr/local/

3. Change the current directory

cd /usr/local/

4. Unzip/untar the file

tar -zxvf ./apache-tomcat-6.0.20-src.tar.gz

5. Edit the /etc/profile file

Open /etc/profile file by the following command

vim /etc/profile

Add the following entries at the end of /etc/profile file

CATALINA_HOME=/usr/local/apache-tomcat-6.0.20
export CATALINA_HOME


Save /etc/profile file by the following commands

Esc
Shift+ Collon
:qw
Enter