Installing Apache Tomcat on Mageia

Its as easy as below few steps

Download the tar.gz distribution from the Apache website

tar xvzf apache-tomcat-7* -C /tmp/

Relocate Apache tomcat 7 

su -c "chmod -R root:root /tmp/apache-tomcat*

mv /tmp/apache-tomcat-7* /opt"

Start and Stop tomcat Server by the following two commands

/opt/apache-tomcat-7*/bin/startup.sh

/opt/apache-tomcat-7*/bin/shutdown.sh

references:
http://tutorialforlinux.com/2014/06/16/how-to-install-and-getting-started-apache-tomcat-7-for-mageia-4-cauldron-32-64bit-linux-easy-visual-guide/