Tomcat Installation startup.sh not working

So I've followed the list of steps on : .

When I try to run the startup script, I get this message:

$CATALINA_HOME/bin/startup.sh
Using CATALINA_BASE: /usr/share/tomcat7
Using CATALINA_HOME: /usr/share/tomcat7
Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /usr/share/tomcat7/temp
Using JRE_HOME: /usr/lib/jvm/default-java
Using CLASSPATH:
/usr/share/tomcat7/bin/bootstrap.jar:/usr/share/tomcat7/bin/tomcat-juli.jar
touch: cannot touch `/usr/share/tomcat7/logs/catalina.out': No such file or directory
/usr/share/tomcat7/bin/catalina.sh: 389: /usr/share/tomcat7/bin/catalina.sh: cannot create /usr/share/tomcat7/logs/catalina.out: Directory nonexistent

What am I supposed to do to fix this? And am I supposed to modify the CATALINA_BASE variable?

2 Answers

Your problem is that you cannot mix guides. Just revert the modifications to the ~/.bashrc file. With the first command you already have tomcat installed but without starting the webserver. Just run sudo service tomcat7 start then go to your web browser and type and done.

sudo lsof -i:8080
COMMAND PID USER FD TYPE DEVICE SIZE/OFF NODE NAME
java 11399 tomcat7 44u IPv6 632616 0t0 TCP *:http-alt (LISTEN)

You will need to create logs folder and catalina.out file under the folder that it is complaining for 'no such file or directory' and give chmod 766 catalina.out. After that run $CATALINA_HOME/bin/startup.sh again.