The fact that "nothing happens" might be a good sign. If there were problems,
you should see error messages. Then again, if you don't have a terminal window open and aren't starting
Tomcat in it, you likely wouldn't see the error messages.
What are you planning to do with Tomcat? I use it within Eclipse as the server on which to run my attempts at developing server applications. Setting up Tomcat to work with Eclipse is well documented in beginning JSP/Servlet tutorials. So what are you planning to do with it? You might try Googling your intended use to see what advice or tutorials you can find.