brandon,
I hear your frustration. I remember my first installation a long time ago
and what got me was the fact that mod_perl does not install httpd for you,
it only compiles it. You have to copy the httpd from the apache src
directory over your current httpd. Anyway, I think this may help you. You
seem to just
want three things installed.
So here is a checklist:
Pre-directions: You might as well get rid of all the weird places httpd and
apache install files are showing up. Just try to clean your system before
you install apache with mod_perl.
1. Download both tar.gz file of apache, mod_perl 1.24, and embperl whatever
version you want.
2. Save and store them all in lets say /usr/local/src
3. Now untar and gunzip all of them in the /usr/local/src file. Now you
shoudl have this configuration at this point before you install anything.
/usr/local/src/apache_1.3.12
/usr/local/src/mod_perl-1.24
/usr/local/src/HTML-Embperl-1.2.1
4. chdir's to /usr/local/apache_1.3.12
run
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/apache
make
make install
5. now chdir's to /usr/local/src/mod_perl-1.24
perl Makefile.PL
when it prompts you to build in support for mod_perl submit yes
now when it asks you for what directory that apache src is in, it should
actually show up like this '../apache_1.3.12/src'
if it doesn't then you should type that in or you can harcode the entire
path of '/usr/local/src/apache_1.3.12/src' in.
Now that should run nicely, and then
make
make test
make install
6. chdir to ../apache_1.3.12/src and type this command in 'httpd -l'
if mod_perl show's up in the list then all is good.
7. make a copy of your old httpd 'cp /usr/local/apache/bin/httpd
/usr/local/apache/bin/httpd.old'
8. cp /usr/local/src/apache_1.3.12/src/httpd /usr/local/apache/bin
9. Edit the /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf file to your liking
10. if you can now start apache correctly by
/usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl start
11. Check the /usr/local/apache/logs/error-log, if mod_perl says it started
then it did.
12. Now if that all works, then its time to run the embperl install
13. just change dir's to /usr/local/src/HTML-Embperl-1.2.1 I thinks its
either a perl Makefile.PL or a ./configure
Either way, embperl installation should be automatic. If it happens to
prompt you for source of apache, you should type in what you typed in for
mod_perl.
These are steps that I have taken to install this combo on a ton of boxes.
Now I also have removed a ton of stuff out of the configuration templates in
the apache_1.3.12/src directory to remove unwanted modules. You might want
to play around with that as well.
14. Setup the <Files> directive the way you had it before in an earlier
email.
If that doesn't work, then you will need more error messages and make sure
that tons of copies of httpd are not lying around.
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-----Original Message-----
From: brandon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 10:13 PM
To: Stephane de Fontaine; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: mod_perl problems
i'm not sure that i want to run mod_perl as a DSO...i just want it to work
so
that i can embed perl into my web pages..i tried installing on a different
system this one being FreeBSD and i'm having a lot of problems getting it to
build...when it asks you where your apache src is what dir am i giving??...i
put /usr/local/include/apache and it seemed to work, but when i tried make
test
failed and said couldn't start server, but it was trying to start
/usr/local/include/apache/httpd and my httpd server is located at
/usr/local/bin/httpd...the reason i thought that the other installation was
correct was b/c i installed it as an rpm...but i did httpd -l and aparently
it
isn't compiled in...so what do i have to do to get it compiled in?
reinstall
apache?
thanks for the help
B
Stephane de Fontaine wrote:
> I have had little success in running mod_perl as a DSO under Apache
> especially with other modules compiled in as DSO's. Try reinstalling
apache
> with statically linked modules
>
> Stephane de Fontaine
> Software Developer
> Commission Junction
> -----Original Message-----
> From: brandon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Wednesday, August 09, 2000 3:28 PM
> Subject: mod_perl problems
>
> >Hi, I'm trying to get HTML::Embperl to work, but for some reason
> >mod_perl won't work or something wrong is definatly happening...i got
> >mod_perl installed, but when i try to go to an *.epl page it won't
> >work..heres how i hav it set up
> >
> >SetEnv EMBPERL_DEBUG 2285
> ><Files *.epl>
> >SetHandler perl-script
> >PerlHandler HTML::Embperl
> >Options +ExecCGI
> ></Files>
> >
> >AddType text/html .epl
> >
> >and that doesn't work...when i go to an epl page it just shows me the
> >code for the page...so i was thinking maybe it was a mod_perl problem
> >and i started playing with it and i found the httpd_modperl command i
> >assume that is supposed to start apache with mod_perl support, but when
> >i run it, it gives me an error
> >env_somemodule.so is garbled maybe it is not an Apache Api DSO?
> >so i commented that module out and it says the same garbage about the
> >next loaded module...i have both mod_perl and embperl installed
> >correctly i assume...i'm using redhat 6.2...if anyone has any ideas it
> >would be EXTREMELY appriciated...
> >
> >Brandon
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
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