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How can I install apache2 and tomcat7 without using apt-get? The only command I'm allowed to use to download stuff is wget.

I download apache2 from http://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/apache2. Downloaded apache2-bin as well. However, I can't figure out how to install it. I get .deb packages and since I'm new to Linux, I really don't know how to proceed.

For tomcat7, it's a bit different since I can't find tomcat7 in Ubuntu's package website. So I downloaded it from here: https://tomcat.apache.org/download-70.cgi. But that comes in a tar.gz file.

Any help would be appreciated, thank you!

o.o
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  • you install .deb by typing in sudo dpkg -i <package name> – Neil Oct 29 '15 at 21:07
  • Are you saying you don't have access to apt-get somehow, or that the current instructions you're reading just don't use apt-get? – Mr. B Oct 29 '15 at 21:12
  • Thanks Neil. @BrianVisel When I use apt-get, I get a bunch of "Failed to fetch" messages. But wget works fine. – o.o Oct 29 '15 at 21:13
  • You may want to try doing sudo apt-get update. Sometimes older package versions with security flaws don't resolve anymore. This isn't a guaranteed fix for you, but if you can, you should use apt-get (because it does provide updates, whereas installing via .deb won't) – Mr. B Oct 29 '15 at 21:15
  • @Maru i thought you where challenging yourself. you package system sounds broken. post the output of sudo apt-get update and sudo apt-get dist-upgrade – Neil Oct 29 '15 at 21:16
  • Yea, apt-get update gives me the same messages. – o.o Oct 29 '15 at 21:16
  • ..looks like @Neil is on the right track. You'll definitely want to fix your packaging system, first. – Mr. B Oct 29 '15 at 21:17
  • So I just asked my boss and it turns out it's the company blocking it. wget works because it goes through a proxy to download. But here's the output anyways: https://gist.github.com/anonymous/670e5650dd882b7e0fac – o.o Oct 29 '15 at 21:24
  • @Maru can you run this command ping security.ubuntu.com -c 5 – Neil Oct 29 '15 at 21:29
  • Turns out I needed configure apt-get to use the proxy. Pinging didn't work before that. Also, thank you for telling me about the dpkg command. – o.o Oct 29 '15 at 21:45

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Ok, so it looks from our comments like the issue is that you're behind a proxy. Reference this question for an answer:

Configure proxy for APT?

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