Monday, February 15, 2010

How to install Apache/httpd on Fedora 10

Note: If gcc, libtool, automake, autoconf and other related tools are missing then install those with yum like:
yum install toolname
For Example:
yum install libtool

1. Visit the following url for downloading:

http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi

(currently, the latest is 2.2.14)

2. Copy the downloaded file to /usr/local (or to into a directory or your choice)

cp httpd-2.2.14.tar.gz /usr/local/

3. Change the current directory

cd /usr/local/

4. Unzip/untar the file

tar -zxvf httpd-2.2.14.tar.gz

5. Configure and build

cd httpd-2.2.14
./configure --with-layout=Apache --prefix=/usr/local/apache2 --enable-rule=SHARED_CORE --enable-module=so

make
make install

6. Edit the /etc/profile file

Open /etc/profile file by the following command

vim /etc/profile

Add the following entries at the end of /etc/profile file

APACHE_HOME=/usr/local/apache2
export APACHE_HOME


Save /etc/profile file by the following commands

Esc
Shift+ Collon
:qw
Enter

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