Information about the package, easy-tomcat7, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The easy-tomcat7 package is designed for, Apache Servlet/JSP Engine, RI for Servlet 3.0/JSP 2.2 API.
Package Name:
easy-tomcat7
Summary:
Apache Servlet/JSP Engine, RI for Servlet 3.0/JSP 2.2 API
Description:
Tomcat is the servlet container that is used in the official Reference Implementation for the Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages technologies. The Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages specifications are developed by Sun under the Java Community Process. Tomcat is developed in an open and participatory environment and released under the Apache Software License version 2.0. Tomcat is intended to be a collaboration of the best-of-breed developers from around the world.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
7.0.42
Release:
3
Size:
310 k
Repository:
installed
From Repository:
Licence:
Apache License, 2.0
Control the easy-tomcat7 package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install easy-tomcat7
This command will install easy-tomcat7 on the server.
yum remove easy-tomcat7
This command will un-install easy-tomcat7 on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove easy-tomcat7, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove easy-tomcat7
This command will un-install easy-tomcat7 on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove easy-tomcat7 when using the -y flag.
yum update easy-tomcat7
This command will update easy-tomcat7 to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove easy-tomcat7, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update easy-tomcat7
This command will update easy-tomcat7 to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove easy-tomcat7 when using the -y flag.
yum info easy-tomcat7
This command will show you core information about the easy-tomcat7 package.
yum deplist easy-tomcat7
This command will show you the dependencies for easy-tomcat7. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update easy-tomcat7
This command will check if there is an update waiting on easy-tomcat7. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.