首先要确定你的Linux上已经安装好了JDK，并在/etc/profile 中完成环境变量配置。
安装Tomcat软件 访问http://tomcat.apache.org/download-60.cgi 下载tar.gz版本
[root@localhost ~]# tar -zxvf apache-tomcat-6.0.30.tar.gz
[root@localhost ~]# mv apache-tomcat-6.0.30/ /opt/tomcat
[root@localhost~]cd /opt/tomcat/bin
[root@localhost bin]#ls
[root@localhost local]#chmod +x *.sh
启动tomcat服务
[root@localhost tomcat]# ./startup.sh
Using CATALINA_BASE: /opt/tomcat/apache-tomcat-6.0.39
Using CATALINA_HOME: /opt/tomcat/apache-tomcat-6.0.39
Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /opt/tomcat/apache-tomcat-6.0.39/temp
Using JRE_HOME: /usr/java/jdk1.8.0_05
Using CLASSPATH: /opt/tomcat/apache-tomcat-6.0.39/bin/bootstrap.jar
[root@localhost tomcat]#
没有启动信息！和Windows 平台的不一样，好吧，想看到? 看下面的操作。
[root@localhost bin]# cd /opt/tomcat/logs/
[root@localhost logs]# tail -f catalina.out
Apr 22, 2014 11:20:53 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.HostConfig deployDirectory
INFO: Deploying web application directory docs
Apr 22, 2014 11:20:53 AM org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Protocol start
INFO: Starting Coyote HTTP/1.1 on http-8080
Apr 22, 2014 11:20:53 AM org.apache.jk.common.ChannelSocket init
INFO: JK: ajp13 listening on /0.0.0.0:8009
Apr 22, 2014 11:20:53 AM org.apache.jk.server.JkMain start
INFO: Jk running ID=0 time=0/211 config=null
Apr 22, 2014 11:20:53 AM org.apache.catalina.startup.Catalina start
INFO: Server startup in 3247 ms
在本机浏览器中输入 http://localhost:8080/（如果不是本机，则输入对应的ip地址）
测试出现tomcat页面则测试成功。
