How to use Tomcat

Hello friends
I want to use some functions which are in Java Servlet Specification 2.3.
I found that I have to use Tomcat for this. Any one who know about it please help, to find where I will get Its setup and required information to run the servlet in this tomcat.
with thanks
Vishwajeet

Hi,
1. go to: http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-tomcat-4.0/release/v4.0.2/bin/
Download tomcat
Ex: jakarta-tomcat-4.0.2.zip (Win)
2. unzip it and put some where, you can rename the dir to C:\tomcat
3. set the path to CATALINA_HOME tomcat:
CATALINA_HOME=c:\tomcat
4. run tomcat:
%CATALINA_HOME%\bin\startup (Win)
$CATALINA_HOME/bin/startup.sh (Unix)
5. go to http://localhost:8080/ on your browser
...Enjoy
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