# application\_java Tomcat dependencies

**URL:** <https://discourse.chef.io/t/application-java-tomcat-dependencies/4802>\
**Category:** Chef Infra (archive)\
**Created:** [December 13, 2013, 8:59pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/application-java-tomcat-dependencies/4802 "2013-12-13T20:59:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mark\_Nichols](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Mark\_Nichols](https://discourse.chef.io/u/Mark_Nichols)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 8:59pm UTC](https://discourse.chef.io/t/application-java-tomcat-dependencies/4802/1 "2013-12-13T20:59:35Z")

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I’m working with the application\_java cookbook and I’m getting errors when it tries to setup Tomcat. Specifically this error:

tomcat7 : Depends: tomcat7-common (\>= 7.0.26-1ubuntu1.1) but it is not going to be installed

A Google search only turns up the suggestion that I remove tomcat6-common first. This VM has never had any Tomcat installed so there is no tomcat6-common to remove. Even though I’m using application-java, do I need to add a recipe to install the Tomcat dependencies?

— Mark  
“I don’t believe I understand all I know about this…"