Installing Apache, Java, Tomcat, and MySQL

Finally, it's time to start working. In the following exercises, you will download and install all the software components required to run Apache Roller on a Linux PC. There are a lot of similarities between Windows and Linux installations, but there are a lot of differences also. As strange as that may sound, don't worry, I'll guide you all the way through.

Apache web server

The Apache web server (or HTTP server) is the most popular open source web server for Linux and Windows. Trust me, I've been using it since the year 2000 and have never had a performance problem, not even on slow hardware and low memory systems. Now it's your turn to try it on your PC. I'm sure you won't be disappointed.

Note

In case you didn't know, a Linux distribution, or "distro", is a collection of software applications included with the Linux operating system, and each distro is oriented towards a specific class of users. For example, the Ubuntu Linux distribution is oriented...