In order to use Tomcat for developing web applications, you must first install it (and the software it depends on). The required steps are outlined in the following subsections.<\/p>\n
JDK<\/strong><\/p>\n Tomcat 8.0 was designed to run on Java SE 7.<\/p>\n Compatible JDKs for many platforms (or links to where they can be found) are available at http:\/\/www.oracle.com\/technetwork\/java\/javase\/downloads\/index.html.<\/p>\n Tomcat<\/strong><\/p>\n Binary downloads of the Tomcat server are available from http:\/\/tomcat.apache.org\/. This manual assumes you are using the most recent release of Tomcat 8. Detailed instructions for downloading and installing Tomcat are available here.<\/p>\n In the remainder of this manual, example shell scripts assume that you have set an environment variable CATALINA_HOME that contains the pathname to the directory in which Tomcat has been installed. Optionally, if Tomcat has been configured for multiple instances, each instance will have its own CATALINA_BASE configured.<\/p>\n