Finally, after your started Tomcat, open your Mac’s Web browser and take a look at the default page:http://localhost:8080
cd Downloads/
sudo scp apache-tomcat-7.0.69.tar.gz /usr/local
cd /usr/local
tar xvf apache-tomcat-7.0.69.tar.gz
sudo rm apache-tomcat-7.0.69.tar.gz
sudo rm -f /Library/Tomcat
sudo ln -s /usr/local/apache-tomcat-7.0.69 /Library/Tomcat
sudo chown -R caimi /Library/Tomcat
sudo chmod +x /Library/Tomcat/bin/*.sh
/Library/Tomcat/bin/startup.sh
/Library/Tomcat/bin/shutdown.sh
Here are the easy to follow steps to get it up and running on your Mac
sudo mkdir -p /usr/local
sudo mv ~/Downloads/apache-tomcat-7.0.69 /usr/local
sudo rm -f /Library/Tomcat
sudo ln -s /usr/local/apache-tomcat-7.0.69 /Library/Tomcat
sudo chown -R <your_username> /Library/Tomcat
sudo chmod +x /Library/Tomcat/bin/*.sh
caimideMacBook-Pro:~ caimi$ /Library/Tomcat/bin/startup.sh
Using CATALINA_BASE: /Library/Tomcat
Using CATALINA_HOME: /Library/Tomcat
Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /Library/Tomcat/temp
Using JRE_HOME: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_79.jdk/Contents/Home
Using CLASSPATH: /Library/Tomcat/bin/bootstrap.jar:/Library/Tomcat/bin/tomcat-juli.jar
Tomcat started.
caimideMacBook-Pro:~ caimi$ /Library/Tomcat/bin/shutdown.sh
Using CATALINA_BASE: /Library/Tomcat
Using CATALINA_HOME: /Library/Tomcat
Using CATALINA_TMPDIR: /Library/Tomcat/temp
Using JRE_HOME: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_79.jdk/Contents/Home
Using CLASSPATH: /Library/Tomcat/bin/bootstrap.jar:/Library/Tomcat/bin/tomcat-juli.jar
Finally, after your started Tomcat, open your Mac’s Web browser and take a look at the default page:http://localhost:8080