linux

If you need to install and start Apache Tomcat quickly, probably this article can help you.

1) Sun JDK 5 need to be installed. It can be installed from Debian repository with unstable software

Add to /etc/apt/sources.list following lines (if not present yet):

# for sun-java packages in unstable
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable non-free
deb-src http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ unstable non-free