Installing on Debian Etch

Installing the necessary software

apt-get update
apt-get install sun-java5-jdk sun-java5-jre
update-alternatives --config java
update-alternatives --config javac
apt-get install tomcat5.5 tomcat5.5-admin tomcat5.5-webapps

In case you want to run an ordinary Apache as a proxy in front of Tomcat, also install the mod-jk package:

apt-get install libapache2-mod-jk