>> i have the modperl in /root/.cpan/build/mod_perl-1.2.24 > Funny place to put it. that's right :) but i must confess, i didn't find the "right" place yet... i changed that to /tools/CPAN/build/mod_perl-1.2.24 > Is that where you have Apache too? More > commonly things are in /usr/src/ or /usr/local/. I had some problems > with 'make test' a while ago when the directories were laid out in an > unusual way. ok, apache is under /tools/apache_1.3.14, installation is in /usr/local/httpd >> perl Makefile.PL USE_APXS=1 WITH_APXS=/sbin/apxs EVERYTHING=1 > Have you tried it without APXS? yes, but then i cannot do anything, because with perl Makefile.PL APACHE_SRC=/tools/apache_1.3.14/src DO_HTTPD=1 USE_APACI=1 PREP_HTTPD=1 EVERYTHING=1 i get the ugly message: ************* WARNING ************* Apache Version 1.3.0 required, aborting... ************* WARNING ************* >> 1. the "make install" installs the library in /usr/lib/apache >> and i dont know where i can do that in my >> /usr/local/httpd/libexec, > Don't understand what you're saying. You can move the library if you > like. that's right, but we have so many options what to do and where to do put it... where can i say "go to MY libdir" ? >> 2. the "make install" tries to update the (wrong) >> /etc/httpd/httpd.conf > 'make install' doesn't update an existing httpd.conf as far as I know. > If you have junk config files lying around get rid of them, things are > confusing enough as it is. hmm, make install told me: [activating module 'perl' in /etc/httpd/httpd.conf] just another configuration thing... i just wanted to do anything with apache in /usr/local/httpd, so my httpd.conf resides in /usr/local/httpd/conf/ perhaps it would be better to have a "straight" way of doing things, but how??? Kindly regards Ulrich