On 15/01/2010 11:57, Graham Dumpleton wrote:
I have a FreeBSD 7.2 image installed under VmWare and think I have
ports installed.
How do I install mod_wsgi 2.8/3.1 ports given that they aren't in
standard ports tree, plus, even the ones at freshports are setup for
Apache 1.3 and not Apache 2.2.
http://www.freshports.org/www/mod_wsgi/
http://www.freshports.org/www/mod_wsgi3/
I have never installed FreeBSD before or used ports, so good
instructions for getting Apache 2.2 and newest mod_wsgi versions
installed from ports appreciated.
Graham
The system I was using to get things working on to begin with runs
FreeBSD 7.2 (amd64), then the machine I built a jail on for a clean
testing environment is running FreeBSD 7.2 (i386).
First you need to make sure your ports tree is present and up-to-date.
For most people, the best way to do this is using portsnap(8). To run
portsnap for the first time, you need to use the following commands:
portsnap fetch
portsnap extract
Naturally the first time portsnap runs, it has quite a lot of work to
do, so it may take a while. Future updates should happen quicker and can
be performed just by issuing the 'portsnap fetch update' command. For
more information on portsnap you may wish to check out the handbook page:
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/portsnap.html
Once the ports tree is updated, you can start installing things.
Personally, I'm using perl-5.10 at the moment (and Apache will want it)
so I like to install it first to get it out the way. If another port has
already installed a different version, it probably doesn't matter for
what you're doing.
To install perl I do:
/usr/ports/lang/perl5.10 && make install clean
A number of ports will display an Options menu when you go to install
them. This is just a simple list of checkbox options that can allow you
to tweak common configure/build options the port uses in a user-friendly
manner. For most ports you'll usually find that the default Options
settings are fine.
As you'd expect, the ports system will automatically install any
dependencies required by the port you are trying to install, so don't be
surprised if it shows you an Options menu for something else at some point.
Next you might like to install Python. You can do this like so:
cd /usr/ports/lang/python26 && make install clean
Then Apache:
cd /usr/ports/www/apache22 && make install clean
Then mod_wsgi 2.x:
cd /usr/ports/www/mod_wsgi && make install clean
Or for mod_wsgi 3.x use:
cd /usr/ports/www/mod_wsgi3 && make install clean
Note that the ports system (quite sensibly) will not allow you to have
both of these installed at the same time. To install a different
version, you must first remove the version currently installed. For
example, you might remove mod_wsgi like this.
pkg_info | grep mod_wsgi
mod_wsgi-3.1 Python WSGI adapter module for Apache
pkg_delete mod_wsgi-3.1
The pkg_info(1) command simply generates a list of all currently
installed ports / packages. Then the pkg_delete(1) command will delete
whatever port / package you tell it to.
Once installed, you'll find your Apache configuration files located in:
/usr/local/etc/apache22/
Note that the mod_wsgi ports will automatically add the LoadModule
directive into your httpd.conf for you. But it always makes sense to
check through it all anyway just in case.
You can let FreeBSD's rc.d help you manage the starting and stopping of
Apache. Doing these commands as root will also tell Apache to start when
your system boots up:
echo 'apache22_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf
echo 'apache22_http_accept_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf
And then use the rc.d control script to start Apache:
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/apache22 start
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/apache22 stop
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/apache22 graceful
etc
Do '/usr/local/etc/rc.d/apache22' with no arguments for a list of
available options.
Hope that helps. If I've missed anything out or something doesn't make
sense, just give me a shout.
mog.
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