[Bug 526222] [NEW] Problems installing Tomcat

[ptdecker]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: tomcat6

I couldn't get Tomcat running, messed around trying various fixes found
on the net, gave up and decided to start again.  But, after purging and
re-installing things still seem to be a mess.  Thank you for helping me
out in advance.

Here is my session purging and reinstalling:

ptdecker at rocky:~$ sudo apt-get purge tomcat6 tomcat6-admin
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Package tomcat6-admin is not installed, so not removed
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  tomcat6*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 14 not upgraded.
After this operation, 258kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]? Y
(Reading database ... 57065 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing tomcat6 ...
 * tomcat6 is not installed
invoke-rc.d: initscript tomcat6, action "stop" failed.
Purging configuration files for tomcat6 ...
Removing user `tomcat6' ...
Warning: group `tomcat6' has no more members.
Done.
dpkg: warning: while removing tomcat6, directory '/var/lib/tomcat6/webapps' not empty so not removed.
dpkg: warning: while removing tomcat6, directory '/var/lib/tomcat6' not empty so not removed.


ptdecker at rocky:~$ sudo apt-get install tomcat6 tomcat6-admin
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
  tomcat6-docs tomcat6-examples
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  tomcat6 tomcat6-admin
0 upgraded, 2 newly installed, 0 to remove and 14 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/64.7kB of archives.
After this operation, 496kB of additional disk space will be used.
Selecting previously deselected package tomcat6.
(Reading database ... 57031 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking tomcat6 (from .../tomcat6_6.0.20-2ubuntu2.1_all.deb) ...
Selecting previously deselected package tomcat6-admin.
Unpacking tomcat6-admin (from .../tomcat6-admin_6.0.20-2ubuntu2.1_all.deb) ...
Setting up tomcat6 (6.0.20-2ubuntu2.1) ...
Adding system user `tomcat6' (UID 104) ...
Adding new group `tomcat6' (GID 111) ...
Adding new user `tomcat6' (UID 104) with group `tomcat6' ...
Not creating home directory `/usr/share/tomcat6'.
 * tomcat6 is not installed
invoke-rc.d: initscript tomcat6, action "start" failed.

Setting up tomcat6-admin (6.0.20-2ubuntu2.1) ...

** Affects: tomcat6 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Problems installing Tomcat
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