Install and configure Tomcat 6 in Ubuntu and Eclipse (Ubuntu)

  Menu -> Applications ->Accessories ->Terminal . In Terminal :

sudo apt-get install tomcat6 tomcat6-*

[ administrator password required ]

[finish installing ..]

2. Integarting Tomcat6 to Eclipse


First, open Terminal and type :

 

sudo ln -s /var/lib/tomcat6/conf /usr/share/tomcat6/conf
sudo ln -s /etc/tomcat6/policy.d/03catalina.policy /usr/share/tomcat6/conf/catalina.policy
sudo ln -s /var/log/tomcat6 /usr/share/tomcat6/log
sudo chmod -R 777 /usr/share/tomcat6/conf

/**
 * to avoid the following error :
 * Error : The Tomcat installation directory is not valid. It is missing expected  
  *  file or folder conf


**/

Open Eclipse  


Menu -> Applications -> Programming ->Eclipse

[Eclipse opening.. ]

Eclipse -> Window -> Preferences .

• In left pane, Server , expand Server -> Runtime Environments . 
• In right pane, choose Add to create Server. 
• Apache Tomcat v6.0 (trong Apache) 
• Choose Next , in next wizard,
• Name : Apache Tomcat v6.0 (2)
• Tomcat installation directory : /usr/share/tomcat6

Press Finish.

In next startup, to run web projects in Eclipse, select that project , right click mouse, choose Run As -> Run on Server

* initiate, stop & restart Apache Tomcat manually

In Terminal :

 Run : sudo /etc/init.d/tomcat6 start

Stop : sudo /etc/init.d/tomcat6 stop

Restart: sudo /etc/init.d/tomcat6 restart


[Administrator authorization required]