Install apache tomcat on Ubuntu Linux
First move tar.gz file into /usr/local/src/ directory and now extract here, tar xzvf apache-tomcat-6.0.35.tar.gz It will extract apache-tomcat-6.0.35.tar.gz file into directorty apache-tomcat-6.0.35 Rename this directory to tomcat6, mv apache-tomcat-6.0.35 tomcat6 Now set your environment variable... cat >> ~/.bashrc export CATALINA_HOME=/usr/local/src/tomcat6 Save it using ctrl+d and then source ~/.bashrc Now you can test by starting your tomcat server sudo $CATALINA_HOME/bin/startup.sh