wget http://download.osgeo.org/gdal/2.2.4/gdal-2.2.4.tar.gz
# 3) Go to swig/java folder of sources, edit java.opt: set JAVA_HOME var
# JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle/jre/
# ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle /usr/java
cd /home/ubuntu/gdal-2.2.4
./configure --with-java --with-proj=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libproj.la
make
# From swig/java run: make
# set env vars
sudo vim /etc/default/tomcat8
GDAL_BIN=/home/ubuntu/gdal-2.2.4/apps/
GDAL_DATA=/home/ubuntu/gdal-2.2.4/data/
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/home/ubuntu/gdal-2.2.4/swig/java/
JAVA_OPTS="${JAVA_OPTS} -Djava.library.path="/home/ubuntu/gdal-2.2.4/swig/java/"
# 8) In java project set VM options -Djava.library.path="/swig/java/"