For Ubntu Users
1. Install compilers
#sudo apt-get install make
#sudo apt-get install gcc
2. Install openssl and development libraries
#sudo apt-get install openssl
#sudo apt-get install libssl-dev
3. Install the APR package (Downloaded from http://apr.apache.org/)
#tar -xzf apr-1.4.6.tar.gz
#cd apr-1.4.6/
#sudo ./configure
#sudo make
#sudo make install
You should see the compiled file as
/usr/local/apr/lib/libapr-1.a
4. Download, compile and install Tomcat Native sourse package
tomcat-native-1.1.27-src.tar.gz
Extract the archive into some folder
#tar -xzf tomcat-native-1.1.27-src.tar.gz
#cd tomcat-native-1.1.27-src/jni/native
#JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0_21/
#sudo ./configure --with-apr=/usr/local/apr --with-java-home=$JAVA_HOME
#sudo make
#sudo make install
Now I have compiled Tomcat Native library in /usr/local/apr/libtcnative-1.so.0.1.27 and symbolic link file /usr/local/apr/@libtcnative-1.so pointed to the library
5. Create or edit the $CATALINA_HOME/bin/setenv.sh file with following lines :
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH='$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/apr/lib'
6. Restart tomcat and see the desired result: