Installing Tools on AWS

You can find the complete reference here if you want more details to the topics covered here. Specifically, the tools we will be installing are:

1. java (specifically Oracle's java)
2. Apache Tomcat
3. mySQL
4. Jenkins
5. Git and Maven

First, you will need to be on your AWS instances. See instructions how to open a command window here

Installing Oracle java

Inside the command window, run following command:
prompt> sudo apt-get update
prompt> sudo apt-get install python-software-properties
prompt> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
prompt> sudo apt-get update

Your window will display installation messages: