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Whenever i try to download tomcat from url say
http://tomcat.apache.org/download-60.cgi
 i was always confused due to many options like

6.0.33
Please see the README file for packaging information. It explains what every distribution contains.

Binary Distributions
Core:
zip (pgp, md5)
tar.gz (pgp, md5)
32-bit Windows zip (pgp, md5)
64-bit Windows zip (pgp, md5)
64-bit Itanium Windows zip (pgp, md5)
32-bit/64-bit Windows Service Installer (pgp, md5)
Deployer:
zip (pgp, md5)
tar.gz (pgp, md5)

Source Code Distributions
tar.gz (pgp, md5)
zip (pgp, md5)



which one i should use when. what are advantages, disadvantages, uses of each type. Thanks ina dvance
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It depends where you want to install and run it

Usually id you have 32-bit windows machine - you'll want to dowbload 32-bit Wiindows zip
or 32-bit Windows service installer

The latter would be usefuil if youy want to run your Tomcat server on windows machine as
a servic e - which is norrmally very convenient

You normall don't need to to download source code distribution - unless you want to look at code.
Those people who particiapete in Tomcat development they would need the source ciode to do it
But this is whole different type of activity than just to use Tomcat.

Some special people using the code may customize some parts for their needs using the source code, but it is not a very good idea, as next
release would not contain your customization

Anyway, normal uses as a rule do not need source code


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>>>The latter would be usefuil if youy want to run your Tomcat server on windows machine as
a servic e - which is norrmally very convenient


how windows installer is more convenient. How is it different from other. please advise
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my laptop runs on windows 7 with 64 bit configuration. so i should choose


Binary Distributions
Core:
zip (pgp, md5)
//tar.gz (pgp, md5)
//32-bit Windows zip (pgp, md5)
64-bit Windows zip (pgp, md5)'


not the deployer one. please advise
Windows installer is executable which installs tomact as a windows service when you execvute it
After that you can go to ControlPanel- admin-tools -services and start
(or stop ) Tomcat service
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