Tomcat is a well known and widely used java servlet container. These days I am planning a project, which needs a tomcat 6 in ubuntu server. I found that to make tomcat work in ubuntu is very easy, but you need have a little trick to change your server listening port from 8080 to 80. Here I give you the way that I make it work. 1. Install tomcat 6 in ubuntu normally, you just need to type the following command to install it sudo apt-get install tomcat6 tomcat6-admin tomcat6-common tomcat6-user tomcat6-docs tomcat6-examples 2. Start tomcat sudo /etc/init.d/tomcat6 start Now, you can use your browser to navigate this address: http://<your ip>:8080 And you will see the tomcat It works! page Usually, HTTP server works with the port 80, but the default port for tomcat is 8080, that is why we need specify 8080 after your ip address. To change the default port from 8080 to 80, type the following command in the terminal: sudo vim /etc/tomcat6/serv...