Information about the package, tomcat, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The tomcat package is designed for, Apache Servlet/JSP Engine, RI for Servlet 3.0/JSP 2.2 API.
Package Name:
tomcat
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:
7.0.85
Release:
1.el6
Size:
92 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
ASL 2.0
Control the tomcat package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install tomcat
This command will install tomcat on the server.
yum remove tomcat
This command will un-install tomcat on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove tomcat, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove tomcat
This command will un-install tomcat 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 tomcat when using the -y flag.
yum update tomcat
This command will update tomcat to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove tomcat, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update tomcat
This command will update tomcat 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 tomcat when using the -y flag.
yum info tomcat
This command will show you core information about the tomcat package.
yum deplist tomcat
This command will show you the dependencies for tomcat. 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 tomcat
This command will check if there is an update waiting on tomcat. 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.