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Install Java 7

We need to download and install Java 7 ARM v6/7 Linux headless edition and tomcat 7.

• go to the usr directory and create a new directory and name it java
• from within this directory download and install java
  • wget http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/ejre/7u10-b18/ejre-7u10-fcs-b18-linux-arm-vfp-client_headless-28_nov_2012.tar.gz > java7.tar.gz
  • apt-get install openjdk-7-jdk
• clean up the install: apt-get clean

Install Tomcat 7

• now download and decompress Tomcat:
  • wget http://mirrors.axint.net/apache/tomcat/tomcat-7/v7.0.34/bin/apache-tomcat-7.0.34.tar.gz
  • tar xzf apache-tomcat-7.0.34.tar.gz
• Now all is installed you can verify the version of java installed by typing: java -version
• start tomcat
  • from the directory where you installed tomcat type: bin/startup.sh
  • to start tomcat type: bin/shutdown.sh
• Now go to your PC and open a browser and type the IP address of the Pi and the console of tomcat will appear: http://192.168.1.200:8080/

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