8 Apache is an HTTP server designed as a plug-in replacement for
9 the NCSA server version 1.3 (or 1.4). It fixes numerous bugs in
10 the NCSA server and includes many frequently requested new
11 features, and has an API which allows it to be extended to meet
12 users' needs more easily.
17 Details of the latest version can be found on the Apache HTTP
18 server project page under http://httpd.apache.org/.
23 The documentation available as of the date of this release is
24 also included, in HTML format, in the htdocs/manual/ directory.
25 For the most up-to-date documentation can be found on
26 http://httpd.apache.org/docs/.
31 Apache 2.0 uses autoconf for configuration and installation. To create
32 Apache's autoconf script, you will need libtool 1.3.3 or higher, and
33 autoconf 2.13 or newer. Those tools will not be required if you are just
34 using a package downloaded from apache.org, they are only required for
37 To configure Apache 2.0 run the following commands.
39 ./buildconf (not required unless you are a developer)
40 ./configure [autoconf arguments] [apache arguments]
44 The buildconf script is very important. Just running autoconf will not
45 leave the directory tree in a usable state.
50 Please see the file called LICENSE.
55 We wish to acknowledge the following copyrighted works that
56 make up portions of the Apache software:
58 Portions of this software were developed at the National Center
59 for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of
60 Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
62 This software contains code derived from the RSA Data Security
63 Inc. MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm, including various
64 modifications by Spyglass Inc., Carnegie Mellon University, and
65 Bell Communications Research, Inc (Bellcore).
67 This package contains software written by Philip Hazel and copyrighted by
68 the University of Cambridge. Please see the file called
71 The NT port was started with code provided to the Apache Group
72 by Ambarish Malpani of ValiCert, Inc. (http://www.valicert.com/).
74 Apache 2.0 relies heavily on the use of autoconf and libtool to provide