Install Tomcat Java EE Server on macOS

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∟Install Tomcat Java EE Server on macOS

This section provides a tutorial on how to download and install FOP (Formatting Objects Processor) from Apache website on macOS.

Apache Tomcat is well known Java EE application server developed by Apache. Here is what I did to install it on macOS.

1. Go to Tomcat download Webset at https://tomcat.apache.org/download-90.cgi.

2. Click the "tar.gz" link to download the macOS version.

3. Start a "Terminal" window to open and install the downloaded package:

herong$ cd ~/downloads

herong$ tar -xf apache-tomcat-9.0.26.tar

herong$ sudo mkdir /Library/Tomcat

herong$ sudo mv apache-tomcat-9.0.26 /Library/Tomcat

4. Run the startup.sh script to start the Tomcat Java EE application server:

herong$ /Library/Tomcat/apache-tomcat-9.0.26/bin/startup.sh

Using CATALINA_BASE:   /Library/Tomcat/apache-tomcat-9.0.26
Using CATALINA_HOME:   /Library/Tomcat/apache-tomcat-9.0.26
Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /Library/Tomcat/apache-tomcat-9.0.26/temp
Using JRE_HOME:  /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-13.jdk/Contents/Home
Using CLASSPATH: /Library/Tomcat/apache-tomcat-9.0.26/bin/bootstrap.jar \
                 :/Library/Tomcat/apache-tomcat-9.0.26/bin/tomcat-juli.jar

5. Visit Tomcat server with this URL: http://localhost:8080. You should see the Tomcat default Webpage with the version number like "Apache Tomcat/9.0.26".