[How to] Install Apache Tomcat on MacOsX

There are a few steps to follow:

• Download latest version of tomcat -> Apache Tomcat Homepage
• Extract it and rename the folder to “Tomcat”
• Now move it to /Library folder with this command (after “cd”ing to the folder before the unzipped one, apache version may changes)
  • mv apache-tomcat-6.0.26 /Library/Tomcat
• Get a script to simplify tomcat starting and stopping

#!/bin/bash

case $1 in

start)

sh /Library/Tomcat/bin/startup.sh

;;

stop)

sh /Library/Tomcat/bin/shutdown.sh

;;

restart)

sh /Library/Tomcat/bin/shutdown.sh

sh /Library/Tomcat/bin/startup.sh

;;

*)

echo “Usage: start|stop|restart”

;;

esac

exit 0

• Put it in a file named “tomcat” and move it to /usr/bin (“chmod +x tomcat” before run it)
• Now set the system variable “JAVA_HOME” to “/Library/Java/Home” using $ENV preference panel (Simple)
• Now use tomcat “tomcat start” and stop it with “tomcat stop”

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