2 APACHE INSTALLATION OVERVIEW
7 For complete installation documentation, see [ht]docs/manual/install.html or
8 http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/install.html
10 $ ./configure --prefix=PREFIX
13 $ PREFIX/bin/apachectl start
15 NOTES: * Replace PREFIX with the filesystem path under which
16 Apache should be installed. A typical installation
17 might use "/usr/local/apache2" for PREFIX (without the
20 * If you are building on FreeBSD, be aware that threads will
21 be disabled and the prefork MPM will be used by default,
22 as threads do not work well with Apache on FreeBSD. If
23 you wish to try a threaded Apache on FreeBSD anyway, use
24 "./configure --enable-threads".
26 * If you are a developer building Apache directly from CVS,
27 you will need to run ./buildconf before running configure.
29 For a short impression of what possibilities you have, here is a
30 typical example which configures Apache for the installation tree
31 /sw/pkg/apache with a particular compiler and flags plus the two
32 additional modules mod_rewrite and mod_speling for later loading
33 through the DSO mechanism:
35 $ CC="pgcc" CFLAGS="-O2" \
36 ./configure --prefix=/sw/pkg/apache \
37 --enable-rewrite=shared \
38 --enable-speling=shared
40 The easiest way to find all of the configuration flags for Apache 2.0
41 is to run ./configure --help.
47 For complete documentation, see [ht]docs/manual/platform/windows.html or
48 http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/platform/windows.html.
50 The Apache/Win32 binaries are primarily distributed as a Windows Installer
51 package (.msi), and may be available as a .zip file as well. These packages
52 are named apache-2.0.xx-win32-x86.msi and apache-2.0.xx-win32-x86.zip.
53 Please choose the .msi package if at all possible.
55 If you have unpacked a source distribution (named httpd-2.0-xx.zip, without
56 any -win32-x86 notation) you must compile the package yourself, see the links
57 mentioned above. Unless you intended to do this, please look again for the
58 binary package from http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/binaries/win32/ and
59 install that .msi (or .zip package, if you must.)
61 If you have unpacked this binary distribution from the .zip package, you
62 _must_ edit the conf/httpd.conf file (with notepad or another text editor)
63 to reflect the correct ServerName, Domain, and directory paths. Search for
64 the text "@@" to discover what you must edit. To install and start the
65 service after you have corrected the httpd.conf file, use the command
70 The .msi package configures the httpd.conf file, and installs and starts
71 the Apache2 service for you. It also installs plenty of useful shortcuts
72 and the taskbar ApacheMonitor. We strongly encourage you to use it.
78 The Apache HTTP Server group cannot field user's installation questions.
79 There are many valuable forums to help you get started. Please refer your
80 questions to the appropriate forum, such as the user supported newsgroups
81 comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix and comp.infosystems.www.servers.ms-windows.
83 Thanks for using the Apache HTTP Server, version 2.0.
85 The Apache Software Foundation
86 http://www.apache.org/