Install OpenMRS on Ubuntu 14.04 server

1) Install Java
    Download Java from Oracle site
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/java-archive-javase8-2177648.html

extract the tar file

tar -zxvf jdk-7*

Install java 

mv jdk1* /usr/local/
ln -s /usr/local/jdk1* /usr/local/java

After this step type java in terminal if you get "command not found error" then execute following commands based on the location you specified in above step.

#To update java command alternatives
update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/java" "java" "/usr/local/java/bin/java" 1
#To update javac command alternatives
update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/javac" "javac" "/usr/local/java/bin/javac" 1
#To udate javaws command alternatives
update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/javaws" "javaws" "/usr/local/java/bin/javaws" 1

2) Install Tomcat

Download tomcat latest tar file for linux and do the following steps

Extract the tar file.

tar -zxvf apache-tomcat-*

Move the extracted files to the specific location.

mv apache-tomcat-* /usr/local/

Create Symlink for tomcat files/

ln -s /usr/local/apache-tomcat-7.0.52 /usr/local/tomcat 

Add user for the tomcat

/usr/sbin/adduser tomcat

3) Install Mysql
apt-get install mysql-server-5.5

An intermediate GUI appears to provide mysql root user  password. Please provide the password and repeat the same password again in the next screen.

4) Download and deploy OpenMRS
http://openmrs.org/download/
download platform war file in the above visited page.

5) Create the properties file in 
/usr/local/apache-tomcat-7.0.52/bin/openmrs-runtime.properties
The contents of the properties file should be like

### Database connection properties

connection.username=root

connection.password=root

6) Copy the openmrs.war file into tomcat webapps folder.
cp openmrs.war /usr/local/tomcat/webapps/

7) open the browser and go to your local openmrs application.
http://localhost:8080/openmrs
or
http://{Ubuntu-serverip}:8080/openmrs.

8) The initial setup wizard will appear to create the database schema and to load the sample data to the openmrs application. Follow the instructions.