Preferably through apt-get. I know there's this package for 16.04, but I don't know how to add it to apt-get. Would it work?
I have java8 installed. Not sure what additional information I can provide.
I also found this: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/artful/+source/tomcat7 which is for 17.10
sudo apt-get install tomcat
and press tab, it goes straight totomcat8
and there is no sight of the tomcat7 packages. I figured I need to add some kind of repository to apt. – m_highlanderish Mar 25 '18 at 19:25