Howto: Tomcat 6 installation in Ubuntu

Install:

$ sudo apt-get install tomcat6 tomcat6-admin tomcat6-user

Start/stop:

$ sudo service tomcat6 stop
$ sudo service tomcat6 start

Handy paths:

• /usr/share/tomcat6/bin/{startup.sh,shutdown.sh}
• /usr/share/tomcat6/webapps
• /usr/share/tomcat6-admin
• tail -f /var/log/tomcat6/*
• /etc/default/tomcat6