On Fri, Jan 30, 2004 at 06:43:20AM -0800, Allan Peda wrote: > I typically install apache from source, then > recompill with apaci so that I could add optional > modules such as mod_perl, mod_auth etc. With redhat > what I typically do/did was compile with a special > --prefix, and possibly --exec-prefix and set aside any > custom packages in my own spot > (/opt/stow/apache-x.yy), then use GNU stow to symlink > the compiled build (after I did a "make install") to a > "normal" spot in the $PATH. This kept things (mostly) > neatly divided between rpm binaries, and the source > based install. > > Since Gentoo is a source based distro, is there any > reason to do things differently? If so, how? Any > links to read up on?
The Gentoo way is:
# emerge apache
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