Monday, July 4, 2011

Apache : Compiling and installing

STEP 1:Download $ lynx http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi

STEP 2:Extract $ gzip -d httpd-NN.tar.gz //Where NN must be replaced with the version number
$ tar xvf httpd-NN.tar
$ cd httpd-NN
STEP 3:Configure $ ./configure --prefix=PREFIX //Where PREFIX has to replaced with the installation directory

STEP 4:Compile
$ make

STEP 5:Install
$ make install
STEP 6:Customize
$ vi PREFIX/conf/httpd.conf
STEP 7:Test
$ PREFIX/bin/apachectl -k start

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