Install Apache

Installation of the ModPerl Apache Web Server

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This section describes the steps for installing the Apache Mod_Perl Web Server. DataBreeze uses Mod_Perl to accelerate the speed of the program execution.

This example places the Mod_Perl Apache Server in the /opt/apache-perl directory.

Prepare Apache Server - httpd.apache.org

Unpack the Apache distribution

Download latest from http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/ Move distribution to /opt/tmp/ # cd /opt/tmp/ # gunzip apache_1.3.22.tar.gz # tar xvf apache_1.3.22.tar

Install Mod_Perl Module - perl.apache.org

Fetch, unpack and build Mod_Perl

Download latest from http://perl.apache.org/dist/mod_perl_1.26.tar.gz Move distribution to /opt/tmp/ # cd /opt/tmp/ # tar xvf mod_perl-1.26.tar # cd mod_perl-1.26/ # perl Makefile.PL APACHE_SRC=../apache_1.3.22 DO_HTTPD=1 USE_APACI=1 PREP_HTTPD=1 EVERYTHING=1 # make # make install

Install Apache

Configure, compile and install Apache with Mod_Perl

# ./configure --prefix=/opt/apache-perl --activate-module=src/modules/perl/libperl.a # make # make install

Clean Up

Remove the install packages

Remove the temporary directory used to build the Apache Sources # rm -rf /opt/tmp/*