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if I install JDK 1.7 do I also need to install JRE 1.7 to support Tomcat? I have installed the openJDK package and that seems to include JRE. java -version shows that java 1.7 has been installed

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You do not need to install JRE then, as JDK usually consists of both development & run-time environments in it. If you install JDK then JRE will already be packaged in it and installed automatically along with JDK.

Generally to do javac <filename.java>, you need to have JDK which already has JRE in it. To do java filename you need only JRE.

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