Hi there, On Sun, 17 Mar 2002, John Kolvereid wrote:
> In order to try and install mod_perl-1.26 in RedHat > 6.2 w/ Apache 1.3.22 I, as ROOT, run the following > in my /home/ssl/mod_perl-1.26: > perl Makefile.PL \ [snip] [snip] > Then I try running > /usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl startssl I think you're getting confused with too many Apache modules. Try to build without ssl to begin with, so that you can check that what you're doing for mod_perl is OK. Please read the installation section of the Guide and follow the instructions carefully. You will see that it suggests that you do the 'make' and 'make test' steps NOT as root, then 'make install' as root. It's not unknown for things to get a little screwy if you try to build as root, and especially if sometimes you're logged in as root and sometimes you're not. It might be best if you delete the source trees in /home/ssl/mod_perl-1.26 and /home/ssl/apache_1.3.22 and start again, or start again in a new directory, say something like this: $ cd /home/fred/src/apache_1.3.22/ $ tar xzvf .../apache_1.3.22.tar.gz $ cd /home/fred/src/mod_perl-1.26/ $ tar xzvf .../mod_perl-1.26.tar.gz $ cp makepl_args.mod_perl . $ perl Makefile.PL $ make $ su # make install # ls -l /usr/local/sbin/httpd ... (Check here that the date and time of the binary look sensible:) # /usr/local/sbin/httpd -f /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf # tail /usr/local/apache/logs/error_log ... (Check that Apache started and that it says it's a mod_perl Apache:) The file makepl_args.mod_perl is below, and there is a sample in the mod_perl/eg directory too. You might want to adjust these a little to suit your needs. You can also put the file in the home directory of the user who does 'make' but then you need to prefix the filename with a dot, i.e. ".makepl_args.mod_perl". > Invalid command 'LoadModule', perhaps mis-spelled or > defined by a module not included in the server > configuration > could not locate Module SSL (line 206 httpd.conf) > > My only recourse is then to rebuild Apache w/o mod_perl. This error has nothing to do with mod_perl. You have a 'loadmodule' directive in httpd.conf but you don't have mod_so.c compiled into the Apache which you are trying to start using that httpd.conf - as you will see if you will get the output of 'httpd -l' as I asked you to do in my previous message. Try to understand what you're doing, it's not really that complicated if you are methodical. You are going to build a binary called 'httpd' and you can run it without 'apachectl'. This is a script that does some other stuff too. You can try for example 'apachectl configtest'. 'apachectl' is created by 'make install'. You need to check that it is starting the right Apache, i.e. the one you just built! Be careful, there may be several of them (both httpd and apachectl) kicking around if you have been trying lots of builds in desperation... > I am having a great deal of difficulty installing mod_perl. I am > not sure it is worth it. It's worth it but you will have to do quite a bit of reading and it won't all happen overnight. Your difficulties at the moment do not seem to stem primarily from mod_perl itself. > I have been reading installation excerpts frm various sources ...and then you have to do what it says in the things you've read. :) > w/ Perl and C', and the internet CPAN sites. My build in ? Your message seems to have been truncated here. 73, Ged. 8<---------------------------------------------------------------------- USE_APACI=1 APACHE_PREFIX=/usr/local APACHE_SRC=../apache_1.3.12/src DO_HTTPD=1 EVERYTHING=1 ALL_HOOKS=1 PERL_SSI=1 PERL_SECTIONS=1 APACI_ARGS=--sbindir=/usr/local/sbin/ APACI_ARGS=--sysconfdir=/usr/local/apache/conf APACI_ARGS=--runtimedir=/usr/local/apache/run APACI_ARGS=--logfiledir=/usr/local/apache/logs 8<----------------------------------------------------------------------
