1 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2 <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
3 <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><head><!--
4 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
5 This file is generated from xml source: DO NOT EDIT
6 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
8 <title>configure - Configure the source tree - Apache HTTP Server</title>
9 <link href="../style/css/manual.css" rel="stylesheet" media="all" type="text/css" title="Main stylesheet" />
10 <link href="../style/css/manual-loose-100pc.css" rel="alternate stylesheet" media="all" type="text/css" title="No Sidebar - Default font size" />
11 <link href="../style/css/manual-print.css" rel="stylesheet" media="print" type="text/css" />
12 <link href="../images/favicon.ico" rel="shortcut icon" /></head>
13 <body id="manual-page"><div id="page-header">
14 <p class="menu"><a href="../mod/">Modules</a> | <a href="../mod/directives.html">Directives</a> | <a href="../faq/">FAQ</a> | <a href="../glossary.html">Glossary</a> | <a href="../sitemap.html">Sitemap</a></p>
15 <p class="apache">Apache HTTP Server Version 2.1</p>
16 <img alt="" src="../images/feather.gif" /></div>
17 <div class="up"><a href="./"><img title="<-" alt="<-" src="../images/left.gif" /></a></div>
19 <a href="http://www.apache.org/">Apache</a> > <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/">HTTP Server</a> > <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs-project/">Documentation</a> > <a href="../">Version 2.1</a> > <a href="./">Programs</a></div><div id="page-content"><div id="preamble"><h1>configure - Configure the source tree</h1>
21 <p><span>Available Languages: </span><a href="../en/programs/configure.html" title="English"> en </a> |
22 <a href="../ko/programs/configure.html" hreflang="ko" rel="alternate" title="Korean"> ko </a></p>
25 <p>The <code>configure</code> script configures the source tree
26 for compiling and installing the Apache HTTP Server on your
27 particular platform. Various options allow the compilation of a
28 server corresponding to your personal requirements.</p>
30 <p>This script, included in the root directory of the source
31 distribution, is for compilation on Unix and Unix-like systems
32 only. For other platforms, see the <a href="../platform/">platform</a> documentation.</p>
34 <div id="quickview"><ul id="toc"><li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#synopsis">Synopsis</a></li>
35 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#options">Options</a></li>
36 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#env">Environment variables</a></li>
37 </ul><h3>See also</h3><ul class="seealso"><li><a href="../install.html">Compiling and Installing</a></li></ul></div>
38 <div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
40 <h2><a name="synopsis" id="synopsis">Synopsis</a></h2>
41 <p>You should call the <code>configure</code> script from within the
42 root directory of the distribution.</p>
44 <p><code><strong>./configure</strong> [<var>OPTION</var>]...
45 [<var>VAR</var>=<var>VALUE</var>]...</code></p>
47 <p>To assign environment variables (e.g. <code>CC</code>,
48 <code>CFLAGS</code> ...), specify them as
49 <code><var>VAR</var>=<var>VALUE</var></code>. See <a href="#env">below</a>
50 for descriptions of some of the useful variables.</p>
51 </div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
53 <h2><a name="options" id="options">Options</a></h2>
55 <li><a href="#configurationoptions">Configuration options</a></li>
56 <li><a href="#installationdirectories">Installation directories</a></li>
57 <li><a href="#systemtypes">System types</a></li>
58 <li><a href="#optionalfeatures">Optional features</a></li>
59 <li><a href="#supportopt">Options for support programs</a></li>
62 <h3><a name="configurationoptions" id="configurationoptions">Configuration options</a></h3>
64 <p>The following options influence the behavior of
65 <code>configure</code> itself.</p>
68 <dt><code>-C</code></dt>
69 <dt><code>--config-cache</code></dt>
70 <dd>This is an alias for <code>--cache-file=config.cache</code></dd>
72 <dt><code>--cache-file=<var>FILE</var></code></dt>
73 <dd>The test results will be cached in file <var>FILE</var>.
74 This option is disabled by default.</dd>
76 <dt><code>-h</code></dt>
77 <dt><code>--help [short|recursive]</code></dt>
78 <dd>Output the help and exit. With the argument <code>short</code> only
79 options specific to this package will displayed. The argument
80 <code>recursive</code> displays the short help of all the included
83 <dt><code>-n</code></dt>
84 <dt><code>--no-create</code></dt>
85 <dd>The <code>configure</code> script is run normally but does
86 not create output files. This is useful to check the test results
87 before generating makefiles for compilation.</dd>
89 <dt><code>-q</code></dt>
90 <dt><code>--quiet</code></dt>
91 <dd>Do not print <code>checking ...</code> messages during the
92 configure process.</dd>
94 <dt><code>--srcdir=<var>DIR</var></code></dt>
95 <dd>Defines directory <var>DIR</var> to be the source file directory.
96 Default is the directory, where configure is located, or the parent
97 directory <code>..</code>.</dd>
99 <dt><code>--silent</code></dt>
100 <dd>Same as <code>--quiet</code></dd>
104 <dd>Display copyright information and exit.</dd>
108 <h3><a name="installationdirectories" id="installationdirectories">Installation
111 <p>These options define the installation directory. The installation
112 tree depends on the selected layout.</p>
115 <dt><code>--prefix=<var>PREFIX</var></code></dt>
116 <dd>Install architecture-independent files in <var>PREFIX</var>.
117 By default the installation directory is set to
118 <code>/usr/local/apache2</code>.</dd>
120 <dt><code>--exec-prefix=<var>EPREFIX</var></code></dt>
121 <dd>Install architecture-dependent files in <var>EPREFIX</var>.
122 By default the installation directory is set to the
123 <var>PREFIX</var> directory.</dd>
126 <p>By default, <code>make install</code> will install all the files in
127 <code>/usr/local/apache2/bin</code>, <code>/usr/local/apache2/lib</code>
128 etc. You can specify an installation prefix other than
129 <code>/usr/local/apache2</code> using <code>--prefix</code>,
130 for instance <code>--prefix=$HOME</code>.</p>
132 <h4><a name="layout" id="layout">Define a directory layout</a></h4>
134 <dt><code>--enable-layout=<var>LAYOUT</var></code></dt>
135 <dd>Configure the source code and build scripts to assume an
136 installation tree based on the layout <var>LAYOUT</var>. This allows
137 you to separately specify the locations for each type of file within
138 the Apache HTTP Server installation. The <code>config.layout</code>
139 file contains several example configurations, and you can also create
140 your own custom configuration following the examples. The different
141 layouts in this file are grouped into <code><Layout
142 FOO>...</Layout></code> sections and referred to by name as
143 in <code>FOO</code>. The default layout is <code>Apache</code>.</dd>
147 <h4><a name="directoryfinetuning" id="directoryfinetuning">Fine tuning of the installation
150 <p>For better control of the installation directories, use the options
151 below. Please note that the directory defaults are set by
152 <code>autoconf</code> and be overwritten by the corresponding layout
157 <dt><code>--bindir=<var>DIR</var></code></dt>
158 <dd>Install user executables in <var>DIR</var>. The user executables
159 are supporting programs like <code class="program"><a href="../programs/htpasswd.html">htpasswd</a></code>,
160 <code class="program"><a href="../programs/dbmmanage.html">dbmmanage</a></code>, etc. which are useful for site
161 administrators. By default <var>DIR</var> is set to
162 <code><var>EPREFIX</var>/bin</code>.</dd>
164 <dt><code>--datadir=<var>DIR</var></code></dt>
165 <dd>Install read-only architecture-independent data in <var>DIR</var>.
166 By default <code>datadir</code> is set to
167 <code><var>PREFIX</var>/share</code>. This option is offered by
168 <code>autoconf</code> and currently unused.</dd>
170 <dt><code>--includedir=<var>DIR</var></code></dt>
171 <dd>Install C header files in <var>DIR</var>. By default
172 <code>includedir</code> is set to
173 <code><var>EPREFIX</var>/include</code>.</dd>
175 <dt><code>--infodir=<var>DIR</var></code></dt>
176 <dd>Install info documentation in <var>DIR</var>.
177 By default <code>infodir</code> is set to
178 <code><var>PREFIX</var>/info</code>. This option is currently
181 <dt><code>--libdir=<var>DIR</var></code></dt>
182 <dd>Install object code libraries in <var>DIR</var>. By default
183 <code>libdir</code> is set to
184 <code><var>EPREFIX</var>/lib</code>.</dd>
186 <dt><code>--libexecdir=<var>DIR</var></code></dt>
187 <dd>Install the program executables (i.e., shared modules) in
188 <var>DIR</var>. By default <code>libexecdir</code> is set to
189 <code><var>EPREFIX</var>/libexec</code>.</dd>
191 <dt><code>--localstatedir=<var>DIR</var></code></dt>
192 <dd>Install modifiable single-machine data in <var>DIR</var>.
193 By default <code>localstatedir</code> is set to
194 <code><var>PREFIX</var>/var</code>. This option is offered by
195 <code>autoconf</code> and currently unused.</dd>
197 <dt><code>--mandir=<var>DIR</var></code></dt>
198 <dd>Install the man documentation in <var>DIR</var>. By default
199 <code>mandir</code> is set to
200 <code><var>EPREFIX</var>/man</code>.</dd>
202 <dt><code>--oldincludedir=<var>DIR</var></code></dt>
203 <dd>Install C header files for non-gcc in <var>DIR</var>.
204 By default <code>oldincludedir</code> is set to
205 <code>/usr/include</code>. This option is offered by
206 <code>autoconf</code> and currently unused.</dd>
208 <dt><code>--sbindir=<var>DIR</var></code></dt>
209 <dd>Install the system administrator executables in <var>DIR</var>.
210 Those are server programs like <code class="program"><a href="../programs/httpd.html">httpd</a></code>,
211 <code class="program"><a href="../programs/apachectl.html">apachectl</a></code>, <code class="program"><a href="../programs/suexec.html">suexec</a></code>, etc. which
212 are neccessary to run the Apache HTTP Server. By default
213 <code>sbindir</code> is set to
214 <code><var>EPREFIX</var>/sbin</code>.</dd>
216 <dt><code>--sharedstatedir=<var>DIR</var></code></dt>
217 <dd>Install modifiable architecture-independent data in <var>DIR</var>.
218 By default <code>sharedstatedir</code> is set to
219 <code><var>PREFIX</var>/com</code>. This option is offered by
220 <code>autoconf</code> and currently unused.</dd>
222 <dt><code>--sysconfdir=<var>DIR</var></code></dt>
223 <dd>Install read-only single-machine data like the server configuration
224 files <code>httpd.conf</code>, <code>mime.types</code>, etc. in
225 <var>DIR</var>. By default <code>sysconfdir</code> is set to
226 <code><var>PREFIX</var>/etc</code>.</dd>
231 <h3><a name="systemtypes" id="systemtypes">System types</a></h3>
233 <p>These options are used to cross-compile the Apache HTTP Server to run on
234 another system. In normal cases, when building and running the server on
235 the same system, these options are not used.</p>
238 <dt><code>--build=<var>BUILD</var></code></dt>
239 <dd>Defines the system type of the system on which the tools are being
240 built. It defaults to the result of the script
241 <code>config.guess</code>.</dd>
243 <dt><code>--host=<var>HOST</var></code></dt>
244 <dd>Defines the system type of the system on which the server will run.
245 <var>HOST</var> defaults to <var>BUILD</var>.</dd>
247 <dt><code>--target=<var>TARGET</var></code></dt>
248 <dd>Configure for building compilers for the system type
249 <var>TARGET</var>. It defaults to <var>HOST</var>. This option is
250 offered by <code>autoconf</code> and not necessary for the Apache HTTP
255 <h3><a name="optionalfeatures" id="optionalfeatures">Optional Features</a></h3>
257 <p>These options are used to fine tune the features your HTTP server will
260 <h4><a name="generaloptfeat" id="generaloptfeat">General syntax</a></h4>
261 <p>Generally you can use the following syntax to enable or disable a
265 <dt><code>--disable-<var>FEATURE</var></code></dt>
266 <dd>Do not include <var>FEATURE</var>. This is the same as
267 <code>--enable-<var>FEATURE</var>=no</code>.</dd>
269 <dt><code>--enable-<var>FEATURE</var>[=<var>ARG</var>]</code></dt>
270 <dd>Include <var>FEATURE</var>. The default value for <var>ARG</var>
271 is <code>yes</code>.</dd>
273 <dt><code>--enable-<var>MODULE</var>=shared</code></dt>
274 <dd>The corresponding module will be build as DSO module.</dd>
276 <dt><code>--enable-<var>MODULE</var>=static</code></dt>
277 <dd>By default enabled modules are linked statically. You can force
278 this explicitly.</dd>
281 <div class="note"><h3>Note</h3>
282 <code>configure</code> will not complain about
283 <code>--enable-<var>foo</var></code> even if <var>foo</var> doesn't
284 exist, so you need to type carefully.
289 <h4><a name="enabledmodules" id="enabledmodules">Modules enabled by default</a></h4>
290 <p>Some modules are compiled by default and have to be disabled
291 explicitly. Use the following options to remove discrete modules from
292 the compilation process.</p>
295 <dt><code>--disable-actions</code></dt>
296 <dd>Disable action triggering on requests, which is provided by
297 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_actions.html">mod_actions</a></code>.</dd>
299 <dt><code>--disable-alias</code></dt>
300 <dd>Disable the mapping of requests to different parts of the
301 filesystem, which is provided by <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_alias.html">mod_alias</a></code>.</dd>
303 <dt><code>--disable-asis</code></dt>
304 <dd>Disable support for as-is filetypes, which is provided by
305 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_asis.html">mod_asis</a></code>.</dd>
307 <dt><code>--disable-auth</code></dt>
308 <dd>Disable user-based access control provided by
309 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_auth.html">mod_auth</a></code>. This module provides for HTTP Basic
310 Authentication, where the usernames and passwords are stored in
311 plain text files.</dd>
313 <dt><code>--disable-autoindex</code></dt>
314 <dd>Disable the directory listing functionality provided by
315 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_autoindex.html">mod_autoindex</a></code>.</dd>
317 <dt><code>--disable-access</code></dt>
318 <dd>Disable host-based access control provided by
319 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_access.html">mod_access</a></code>.</dd>
321 <dt><code>--disable-cgi</code></dt>
322 <dd><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_cgi.html">mod_cgi</a></code>, which provides support for CGI scripts,
323 is enabled by default when using a non-threaded MPM. Use this
324 option to disable CGI support.</dd>
326 <dt><code>--disable-cgid</code></dt>
327 <dd>When using the threaded MPMs <code class="module"><a href="../mod/worker.html">worker</a></code> or
328 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/perchild.html">perchild</a></code> support for CGI scripts is provided by
329 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_cgid.html">mod_cgid</a></code> by default. To disable CGI support use
332 <dt><code>--disable-charset-lite</code></dt>
333 <dd>Disable character set translation provided by
334 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_charset_lite.html">mod_charset_lite</a></code>. This module will be installed by
335 default only on EBCDIC systems.</dd>
337 <dt><code>--disable-dir</code></dt>
338 <dd>Disable directory request handling provided by
339 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_dir.html">mod_dir</a></code>.</dd>
341 <dt><code>--disable-env</code></dt>
342 <dd>Disable setting and clearing of environment variables, which is
343 provided by <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_env.html">mod_env</a></code>.</dd>
346 <dt><code>--disable-http</code></dt>
347 <dd>Disable the HTTP protocol handling. The <code>http</code>
348 module is a basic one, enabling the server to function as an
349 HTTP server. It is only useful to disable it if you want to use
350 another protocol module instead. <strong>Don't disable this
351 module unless you are really sure what you are doing.</strong>
353 Note: This module will always be linked statically.</dd>
355 <dt><code>--disable-imagemap</code></dt>
356 <dd>Disable support for server based imagemaps, which provided by
357 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_imagemap.html">mod_imagemap</a></code>.</dd>
359 <dt><code>--disable-include</code></dt>
360 <dd>Disable Server Side Includes provided by
361 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_include.html">mod_include</a></code>.</dd>
363 <dt><code>--disable-log-config</code></dt>
364 <dd>Disable the logging configuration provided by
365 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_log_config.html">mod_log_config</a></code>. You won't be able to log requests
366 to the server without this module.</dd>
368 <dt><code>--disable-mime</code></dt>
369 <dd><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html">mod_mime</a></code> associates the requested
370 filename's extensions with the file's behavior and content
371 (<a class="glossarylink" href="../glossary.html#mime-type" title="see glossary">mime-type</a>, language, character set and
372 encoding). Disabling this module is normally not recommended.</dd>
374 <dt><code>--disable-negotiation</code></dt>
375 <dd>Disable content negotiation provided by
376 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_negotiation.html">mod_negotiation</a></code>.</dd>
378 <dt><code>--disable-setenvif</code></dt>
379 <dd>Disable support for basing environment variables on headers,
380 which is provided by <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_setenvif.html">mod_setenvif</a></code>.</dd>
382 <dt><code>--disable-status</code></dt>
383 <dd>Disable the process/thread monitoring, which is provided by
384 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_status.html">mod_status</a></code>.</dd>
386 <dt><code>--disable-userdir</code></dt>
387 <dd>Disable the mapping of requests to user-specific directories,
388 which is provided by <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_userdir.html">mod_userdir</a></code>.</dd>
392 <h4><a name="disabledmodules" id="disabledmodules">Modules, disabled by default</a></h4>
393 <p>Some modules are compiled by default and have to be enabled
394 explicitly or by using the keywords <code>most</code> or
395 <code>all</code> (see <code>--enable-mods-shared</code> below for
396 further explanation) to be available. Therefore use the options
400 <dt><code>--enable-auth-anon</code></dt>
401 <dd>Enable anonymous user access provided by
402 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_auth_anon.html">mod_auth_anon</a></code>.</dd>
404 <dt><code>--enable-auth-dbm</code></dt>
405 <dd><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_auth_dbm.html">mod_auth_dbm</a></code> provides for HTTP Basic
406 Authentication, where the usernames and passwords are stored in DBM
407 type database files. Use this option to enable the module.</dd>
409 <dt><code>--enable-auth-digest</code></dt>
410 <dd>Enable RFC2617 Digest authentication provided by
411 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_auth_digest.html">mod_auth_digest</a></code>. This module uses plain text files
412 to store the credentials.</dd>
414 <dt><code>--enable-authnz-ldap</code></dt>
415 <dd>Enable LDAP based authentication provided by
416 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_authnz_ldap.html">mod_authnz_ldap</a></code>.</dd>
418 <dt><code>--enable-cache</code></dt>
419 <dd>Enable dynamic file caching provided by
420 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_cache.html">mod_cache</a></code>. This experimental module may be
421 interesting for servers with high load or caching proxy servers. At
422 least one storage management module (e.g.
423 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_disk_cache.html">mod_disk_cache</a></code> or <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_mem_cache.html">mod_mem_cache</a></code>)
424 is also necessary.</dd>
426 <dt><code>--enable-cern-meta</code></dt>
427 <dd>Enable the CERN-type meta files support provided by
428 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_cern_meta.html">mod_cern_meta</a></code>.</dd>
430 <dt><code>--enable-charset-lite</code></dt>
431 <dd>Enable character set translation provided by
432 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_charset_lite.html">mod_charset_lite</a></code>. This module will be installed by
433 default only on EBCDIC systems. On other systems, you have to enable
436 <dt><code>--enable-dav</code></dt>
437 <dd>Enable the WebDAV protocol handling provided by
438 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_dav.html">mod_dav</a></code>. Support for filesystem resources is
439 provided by the separate module <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_dav_fs.html">mod_dav_fs</a></code>. This
440 module is also automatically enabled with
441 <code>--enable-dav</code>.<br />
442 Note: <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_dav.html">mod_dav</a></code> can only be used together with the
443 <code>http</code> protocol module.</dd>
445 <dt><code>--enable-dav-fs</code></dt>
446 <dd>Enable DAV support for filesystem resources, which is provided by
447 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_dav_fs.html">mod_dav_fs</a></code>. This module is a provider for the
448 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_dav.html">mod_dav</a></code> module, so you should also use
449 <code>--enable-dav</code>.</dd>
451 <dt><code>--enable-dav-lock</code></dt>
452 <dd>Enable <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_dav_lock.html">mod_dav_lock</a></code> which provides generic DAV
453 locking support for backend modules. This module needs at least
454 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_dav.html">mod_dav</a></code> to function, so you should also use
455 <code>--enable-dav</code>.</dd>
457 <dt><code>--enable-deflate</code></dt>
458 <dd>Enable deflate transfer encoding provided by
459 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_deflate.html">mod_deflate</a></code>.</dd>
461 <dt><code>--enable-disk-cache</code></dt>
462 <dd>Enable disk caching provided by
463 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_disk_cache.html">mod_disk_cache</a></code>.</dd>
465 <dt><code>--enable-expires</code></dt>
466 <dd>Enable Expires header control provided by
467 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_expires.html">mod_expires</a></code>.</dd>
469 <dt><code>--enable-ext-filter</code></dt>
470 <dd>Enable the external filter support provided by
471 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_ext_filter.html">mod_ext_filter</a></code>.</dd>
473 <dt><code>--enable-file-cache</code></dt>
474 <dd>Enable the file cache provided by
475 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_file_cache.html">mod_file_cache</a></code>.</dd>
477 <dt><code>--enable-headers</code></dt>
478 <dd>Enable control of HTTP headers provided by
479 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_headers.html">mod_headers</a></code>.</dd>
481 <dt><code>--enable-info</code></dt>
482 <dd>Enable the server information provided by
483 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_info.html">mod_info</a></code>.</dd>
485 <dt><code>--enable-ldap</code></dt>
486 <dd>Enable LDAP caching and connection pooling services provided by
487 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_ldap.html">mod_ldap</a></code>.</dd>
489 <dt><code>--enable-logio</code></dt>
490 <dd>Enable logging of input and output bytes including headers provided
491 by <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_logio.html">mod_logio</a></code>.</dd>
493 <dt><code>--enable-mem-cache</code></dt>
494 <dd>Enable memory caching provided by
495 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_mem_cache.html">mod_mem_cache</a></code>.</dd>
497 <dt><code>--enable-mime-magic</code></dt>
499 automatical determining of <a class="glossarylink" href="../glossary.html#mime-type" title="see glossary">MIME
500 types</a>, which is provided by
501 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_mime_magic.html">mod_mime_magic</a></code>.</dd>
503 <dt><code>--enable-isapi</code></dt>
504 <dd>Enable the isapi extension support provided by
505 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_isapi.html">mod_isapi</a></code>.</dd>
507 <dt><code>--enable-proxy</code></dt>
508 <dd>Enable the proxy/gateway functionality provided by
509 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_proxy.html">mod_proxy</a></code>. The proxying capabilities for
510 <code>AJP13</code>, <code>CONNECT</code>, <code>FTP</code>,
511 <code>HTTP</code> and the balancer are provided by the separate
512 modules <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_proxy_ajp.html">mod_proxy_ajp</a></code>,
513 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_proxy_connect.html">mod_proxy_connect</a></code>, <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_proxy_ftp.html">mod_proxy_ftp</a></code>,
514 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_proxy_http.html">mod_proxy_http</a></code> and
515 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_proxy_balancer.html">mod_proxy_balancer</a></code>.
516 These five modules are also automatically enabled with
517 <code>--enable-proxy</code>.</dd>
519 <dt><code>--enable-proxy-ajp</code></dt>
520 <dd>Enable proxy support for <code>AJP13 (Apache JServ Protocol 1.3)</code>
521 request handling, which is provided by <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_proxy_ajp.html">mod_proxy_ajp</a></code>.
522 This module is an extension for the <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_proxy.html">mod_proxy</a></code> module,
523 so you should also use <code>--enable-proxy</code>.</dd>
525 <dt><code>--enable-proxy-balancer</code></dt>
526 <dd>Enable load balancing support for the <code>AJP13</code>,
527 <code>FTP</code> and <code>HTTP</code> protocols, which is provided by
528 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_proxy_balancer.html">mod_proxy_balancer</a></code>. This module is an extension for the
529 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_proxy.html">mod_proxy</a></code> module, so you should also use
530 <code>--enable-proxy</code>.</dd>
532 <dt><code>--enable-proxy-connect</code></dt>
533 <dd>Enable proxy support for <code>CONNECT</code> request handling,
534 which is provided by <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_proxy_connect.html">mod_proxy_connect</a></code>. This module
535 is an extension for the <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_proxy.html">mod_proxy</a></code> module, so you
536 should also use <code>--enable-proxy</code>.</dd>
538 <dt><code>--enable-proxy-ftp</code></dt>
539 <dd>Enable proxy support for <code>FTP</code> requests, which is
540 provided by <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_proxy_ftp.html">mod_proxy_ftp</a></code>. This module
541 is an extension for the <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_proxy.html">mod_proxy</a></code> module, so you
542 should also use <code>--enable-proxy</code>.</dd>
544 <dt><code>--enable-proxy-http</code></dt>
545 <dd>Enable proxy support for <code>HTTP</code> requests, which is
546 provided by <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_proxy_http.html">mod_proxy_http</a></code>. This module
547 is an extension for the <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_proxy.html">mod_proxy</a></code> module, so you
548 should also use <code>--enable-proxy</code>.</dd>
550 <dt><code>--enable-rewrite</code></dt>
551 <dd>Enable rule based URL manipulation provided by
552 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_rewrite.html">mod_rewrite</a></code>.</dd>
554 <dt><code>--enable-so</code></dt>
555 <dd>Enable DSO capability provided by <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_so.html">mod_so</a></code>. This
556 module will be automatically enabled if you use the
557 <code>--enable-mods-shared</code> option.</dd>
559 <dt><code>--enable-speling</code></dt>
560 <dd>Enable the functionality to correct common URL misspellings, which
561 is provided by <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_speling.html">mod_speling</a></code>.</dd>
563 <dt><code>--enable-ssl</code></dt>
564 <dd>Enable support for SSL/TLS provided by
565 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_ssl.html">mod_ssl</a></code>.</dd>
567 <dt><code>--enable-unique-id</code></dt>
568 <dd>Enable the generation of per-request unique ids, which is provided
569 by <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_unique_id.html">mod_unique_id</a></code>.</dd>
571 <dt><code>--enable-usertrack</code></dt>
572 <dd>Enable user-session tracking provided by
573 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_usertrack.html">mod_usertrack</a></code>.</dd>
575 <dt><code>--enable-vhost-alias</code></dt>
576 <dd>Enable mass virtual hosting provided by
577 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_vhost_alias.html">mod_vhost_alias</a></code>.</dd>
581 <h4><a name="developermodules" id="developermodules">Modules for developers</a></h4>
582 <p>The following modules are useful only for developers and testing
583 purposes and are disabled by default. Use the following options to
584 enable them. If you are not sure whether you need one of these
585 modules, omit them.</p>
589 <dt><code>--enable-bucketeer</code></dt>
590 <dd>Enable the manipulation filter for buckets, which is provided by
591 <code>mod_bucketeer</code>.</dd>
594 <dt><code>--enable-case-filter</code></dt>
595 <dd>Enable the example uppercase conversion output filter support of
596 <code>mod_case_filter</code>.</dd>
599 <dt><code>--enable-case-filter-in</code></dt>
600 <dd>Enable the example uppercase conversion input filter support of
601 <code>mod_case_filter_in</code>.</dd>
603 <dt><code>--enable-echo</code></dt>
604 <dd>Enable the ECHO server provided by
605 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_echo.html">mod_echo</a></code>.</dd>
607 <dt><code>--enable-example</code></dt>
608 <dd>Enable the example and demo module
609 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_example.html">mod_example</a></code>.</dd>
612 <dt><code>--enable-optional-fn-export</code></dt>
613 <dd>Enable the example for an optional function exporter, which is
614 provided by <code>mod_optional_fn_export</code>.</dd>
617 <dt><code>--enable-optional-fn-import</code></dt>
618 <dd>Enable the example for an optional function importer, which is
619 provided by <code>mod_optional_fn_import</code>.</dd>
622 <dt><code>--enable-optional-hook-export</code></dt>
623 <dd>Enable the example for an optional hook exporter, which is provided
624 by <code>mod_optional_hook_export</code>.</dd>
627 <dt><code>--enable-optional-hook-import</code></dt>
628 <dd>Enable the example optional hook importer, which is provided by
629 <code>mod_optional_hook_import</code>.</dd>
633 <h4><a name="modules" id="modules">MPMs and third-party modules</a></h4>
634 <p>To add the necessary Multi Processing Module and additional third-party
635 modules use the following options:</p>
638 <dt><code>--with-module=<var>module-type</var>:<var>module-file</var>[,
639 <var>module-type</var>:<var>module-file</var>]</code></dt>
640 <dd><p>Add one or more third-party modules to the list of statically linked
641 modules. The module source file <code><var>module-file</var></code>
642 will be searched in the <code>modules/<var>module-type</var></code>
643 subdirectory of your Apache HTTP server source tree. If it is not found
644 there <code>configure</code> is considering <var>module-file</var> to be
645 an absolute file path and tries to copy the source file into the
646 <var>module-type</var> subdirectory. If the subdirectory doesn't
647 exist it will be created and populated with a standard
648 <code>Makefile.in</code>.</p>
649 <p>This option is useful to add small external modules consisting of
650 one source file. For more complex modules you should read the
651 vendor's documentation.</p>
652 <div class="note"><h3>Note</h3>
653 If you want to build a DSO module instead of a statically linked
654 use <code class="program"><a href="../programs/apxs.html">apxs</a></code>.</div>
657 <dt><code>--with-mpm=MPM</code></dt>
658 <dd>Choose the process model for your server. You have to select
659 exactly one <a href="../mpm.html">Multi-Processing Module</a>.
660 Otherwise the <a href="../mpm.html#defaults">default MPM</a> for
661 your operating system will be taken. Possible MPMs are
662 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/beos.html">beos</a></code>, <code class="module"><a href="../mod/leader.html">leader</a></code>,
663 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mpmt_os2.html">mpmt_os2</a></code>, <code class="module"><a href="../mod/perchild.html">perchild</a></code>,
664 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/prefork.html">prefork</a></code>, <code class="module"><a href="../mod/threadpool.html">threadpool</a></code> and
665 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/worker.html">worker</a></code>.</dd>
669 <h4><a name="otheroptfeat" id="otheroptfeat">Cumulative and other options</a></h4>
671 <dt><code>--enable-maintainer-mode</code></dt>
672 <dd>Turn on debugging and compile time warnings.</dd>
674 <dt><code>--enable-mods-shared=<var>MODULE-LIST</var></code></dt>
676 <p>Defines a list of modules to be enabled and build as dynamic
677 shared modules. This mean, these module have to be loaded
678 dynamically by using the <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_so.html#loadmodule">LoadModule</a></code> directive.</p>
679 <p><var>MODULE-LIST</var> is a space separated list of modulenames
680 enclosed by quotation marks. The module names are given without the
681 preceding <code>mod_</code>. For example:</p>
682 <div class="example"><p><code>
683 --enable-mods-shared='headers rewrite dav'
685 <p>Additionally you can use the special keywords <code>all</code> and
686 <code>most</code>. For example,</p>
687 <div class="example"><p><code>
688 --enable-mods-shared=most
690 <p>will compile most modules and build them as DSO modules.
694 <dt><code>--enable-modules=<var>MODULE-LIST</var></code></dt>
695 <dd>This option behaves similar to <code>--enable-mods-shared</code>,
696 but will link the given modules statically. This mean, these modules
697 will always be present while running <code class="program"><a href="../programs/httpd.html">httpd</a></code>. They need
698 not be loaded with <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_so.html#loadmodule">LoadModule</a></code>.</dd>
700 <dt><code>--enable-v4-mapped</code></dt>
701 <dd>Allow IPv6 sockets to handle IPv4 connections.</dd>
703 <dt><code>--with-port=<var>PORT</var></code></dt>
704 <dd>This defines the port on which <code class="program"><a href="../programs/httpd.html">httpd</a></code> will listen.
705 This port number is used when generating the configuration file
706 <code>httpd.conf</code>. The default is 80.</dd>
708 <dt><code>--with-program-name</code></dt>
709 <dd>Define an alternative executable name. The default is
710 <code>httpd</code>.</dd>
715 <h3><a name="packages" id="packages">Optional packages</a></h3>
716 <p>These options are used to define optional packages.</p>
718 <h4><a name="generalpackages" id="generalpackages">General syntax</a></h4>
719 <p>Generally you can use the following syntax to define an optional
723 <dt><code>--with-<var>PACKAGE</var>[=<var>ARG</var>]</code></dt>
724 <dd>Use the package <var>PACKAGE</var>. The default value for
725 <var>ARG</var> is<code>yes</code>.</dd>
727 <dt><code>--without-<var>PACKAGE</var></code></dt>
728 <dd>Do not use the package <var>PACKAGE</var>. This is the same as
729 <code>--with-<var>PACKAGE</var>=no</code>. This option is provided by
730 <code>autoconf</code> but not very useful for the Apache HTTP
737 <h4><a name="packageopt" id="packageopt">Specific packages</a></h4>
739 <dt><code>--with-apr=<var>DIR</var>|<var>FILE</var></code></dt>
740 <dd>The <a class="glossarylink" href="../glossary.html#apr" title="see glossary">Apache Portable Runtime</a> (APR)
742 source distribution and will automatically be build together with the
743 HTTP server. If you want to use an already installed APR instead you
744 have to tell <code>configure</code> the path to the
745 <code>apr-config</code> script. You may set the absolute path and name
746 or the directory to the installed APR. <code>apr-config</code> must
747 exists within this directory or the subdirectory
748 <code>bin</code>.</dd>
750 <dt><code>--with-apr-util=<var>DIR</var>|<var>FILE</var></code></dt>
751 <dd>The Apache Portable Runtime Utilities (APU) are part of the
752 httpd source distribution and will automatically be build
753 together with the HTTP server. If you want to use an already installed
754 APU instead you have to tell <code>configure</code> the path to the
755 <code>apu-config</code> script. You may set the absolute path and name
756 or the directory to the installed APU. <code>apu-config</code> must
757 exists within this directory or the subdirectory
758 <code>bin</code>.</dd>
760 <dt><code>--with-ssl=<var>DIR</var></code></dt>
761 <dd>If <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_ssl.html">mod_ssl</a></code> has been enabled <code>configure</code>
762 searches for an installed OpenSSL. You can set the directory path
763 to the SSL/TLS toolkit instead.</dd>
765 <dt><code>--with-z=<var>DIR</var></code></dt>
766 <dd><code>configure</code> searches automatically for an installed
767 <code>zlib</code> library if your source configuration requires one
768 (e.g., when <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_deflate.html">mod_deflate</a></code> is enabled). You can set the
769 directory path to the compression library instead.</dd>
772 <p>Several features of the Apache HTTP Server, including
773 <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_authn_dbm.html">mod_authn_dbm</a></code> and <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_rewrite.html">mod_rewrite</a></code>'s DBM
774 <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_rewrite.html#rewritemap">RewriteMap</a></code> use simple
775 key/value databases for quick lookups of information. SDBM is included
776 in the APU, so this database is always available. If you would like to
777 use other database types, use the following options to enable
781 <dt><code>--with-gdbm[=<var>path</var>]</code></dt>
782 <dd>If no <var>path</var> is specified, <code>configure</code> will
783 search for the include files and libraries of a GNU DBM
784 installation in the usual search paths. An explicit
785 <var>path</var> will cause <code>configure</code> to look in
786 <code><var>path</var>/lib</code> and
787 <code><var>path</var>/include</code> for the relevant files.
788 Finally, the <var>path</var> may specify specific include and
789 library paths separated by a colon.</dd>
791 <dt><code>--with-ndbm[=<var>path</var>]</code></dt>
792 <dd>Like <code>--with-gdbm</code>, bur searches for a New DBM
795 <dt><code>--with-berkeley-db[=<var>path</var>]</code></dt>
796 <dd>Like <code>--with-gdbm</code>, but searches for a Berkeley DB
800 <div class="note"><h3>Note</h3>
801 <p>The DBM options are provided by the APU and passed through to its
802 configuration script. They are useless when using an already
803 installed APU defined by <code>--with-apr-util</code>.</p>
804 <p>You may use more then one DBM implementation together with your
805 HTTP server. The appropriated DBM type will be configured within
806 the runtime configuration at each time.</p>
811 <h3><a name="supportopt" id="supportopt">Options for support programs</a></h3>
813 <dt><code>--enable-static-support</code></dt>
814 <dd>Build a statically linked version of the support binaries. This
815 means, a stand-alone executable will be built with all the necessary
816 libraries integrated. Otherwise the support binaries are linked
817 dynamically by default.</dd>
819 <dt><code>--enable-suexec</code></dt>
820 <dd>Use this option to enable <code class="program"><a href="../programs/suexec.html">suexec</a></code>, which allows you to set
821 uid and gid for spawned processes. <strong>Do not use this
822 option unless you understand all the security implications of
823 running a suid binary on your server.</strong> Further options
824 to configure <code class="program"><a href="../programs/suexec.html">suexec</a></code> are described <a href="#suexec">below</a>.</dd> </dl>
826 <p>It is possible to create a statically linked binary of a single
827 support program by using the following options:</p>
830 <dt><code>--enable-static-ab</code></dt>
831 <dd>Build a statically linked version of <code class="program"><a href="../programs/ab.html">ab</a></code>.</dd>
834 <dt><code>--enable-static-checkgid</code></dt>
835 <dd>Build a statically linked version of <code>checkgid</code>.</dd>
837 <dt><code>--enable-static-htdbm</code></dt>
838 <dd>Build a statically linked version of <code class="program"><a href="../programs/htdbm.html">htdbm</a></code>.</dd>
840 <dt><code>--enable-static-htdigest</code></dt>
841 <dd>Build a statically linked version of <code class="program"><a href="../programs/htdigest.html">htdigest</a></code>.</dd>
843 <dt><code>--enable-static-htpasswd</code></dt>
844 <dd>Build a statically linked version of <code class="program"><a href="../programs/htpasswd.html">htpasswd</a></code>.</dd>
846 <dt><code>--enable-static-logresolve</code></dt>
847 <dd>Build a statically linked version of <code class="program"><a href="../programs/logresolve.html">logresolve</a></code>.</dd>
849 <dt><code>--enable-static-rotatelogs</code></dt>
850 <dd>Build a statically linked version of <code class="program"><a href="../programs/rotatelogs.html">rotatelogs</a></code>.</dd>
853 <h4><a name="suexec" id="suexec">suexec configuration options</a></h4>
854 <p>The following options are used to fine tune the behavior of <code class="program"><a href="../programs/suexec.html">suexec</a></code>. See <a href="suexec.html#install">Configuring and installing suEXEC</a>
855 for further information.</p>
858 <dt><code>--with-suexec-bin</code></dt>
859 <dd>This defines the path to suexec binary. Default is
860 <code>--sbindir</code> (see <a href="directoryfinetuning">Fine
861 tuning of installation directories</a>).</dd>
863 <dt><code>--with-suexec-caller</code></dt>
864 <dd>This defines the user allowed to call <code class="program"><a href="../programs/suexec.html">suexec</a></code>.
865 It should be the same as the user under which <code class="program"><a href="../programs/httpd.html">httpd</a></code>
868 <dt><code>--with-suexec-docroot</code></dt>
869 <dd>This defines the directory tree under which <code class="program"><a href="../programs/suexec.html">suexec</a></code> access is allowed for executables. Default value is
870 <code>--datadir/htdocs</code>.</dd>
872 <dt><code>--with-suexec-gidmin</code></dt>
873 <dd>Define this as the lowest GID allowed to be a target user for
874 <code class="program"><a href="../programs/suexec.html">suexec</a></code>. The default value is 100.</dd>
876 <dt><code>--with-suexec-logfile</code></dt>
877 <dd>This defines the filename of the <code class="program"><a href="../programs/suexec.html">suexec</a></code> logfile.
878 By default the logfile is named <code>suexec_log</code> and located in
879 <code>--logfiledir</code>.</dd>
881 <dt><code>--with-suexec-safepath</code></dt>
882 <dd>Define the value of the environment variable <code>PATH</code> to
883 be set for processes started by <code class="program"><a href="../programs/suexec.html">suexec</a></code>. Default
884 value is <code>/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin</code>.</dd>
886 <dt><code>--with-suexec-userdir</code></dt>
887 <dd>This defines the subdirectory under the user's directory that
888 contains all executables for which <code class="program"><a href="../programs/suexec.html">suexec</a></code> access
889 is allowed. This setting is necessary when you want to use
890 <code class="program"><a href="../programs/suexec.html">suexec</a></code> together with user-specific directories (as
891 provided by <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_userdir.html">mod_userdir</a></code>). The default is
892 <code>public_html</code>.</dd>
894 <dt><code>--with-suexec-uidmin</code></dt>
895 <dd>Define this as the lowest UID allowed to be a target user for
896 <code class="program"><a href="../programs/suexec.html">suexec</a></code>. The default value is 100.</dd>
898 <dt><code>--with-suexec-umask</code></dt>
899 <dd>Set <code>umask</code> for processes started by
900 <code class="program"><a href="../programs/suexec.html">suexec</a></code>. It defaults to your system settings.</dd>
904 </div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div>
905 <div class="section">
906 <h2><a name="env" id="env">Environment variables</a></h2>
907 <p>There are some useful environment variables to override the choices made by
908 <code>configure</code> or to help it to find libraries and programs with
909 nonstandard names or locations.</p>
913 <dt><code>CC</code></dt>
914 <dd>Define the C compiler command to be used for compilation.</dd>
916 <dt><code>CFLAGS</code></dt>
917 <dd>Set C compiler flags you want to use for compilation.</dd>
919 <dt><code>CPP</code></dt>
920 <dd>Define the C preprocessor command to be used.</dd>
922 <dt><code>CPPFLAGS</code></dt>
923 <dd>Set C/C++ preprocessor flags, e.g. <code>-I<var>includedir</var></code>
924 if you have headers in a nonstandard directory <var>includedir</var>.</dd>
926 <dt><code>LDFLAGS</code></dt>
927 <dd>Set linker flags, e.g. <code>-L<var>libdir</var></code> if you have
928 libraries in a nonstandard directory <var>libdir</var>.</dd>
931 <div class="bottomlang">
932 <p><span>Available Languages: </span><a href="../en/programs/configure.html" title="English"> en </a> |
933 <a href="../ko/programs/configure.html" hreflang="ko" rel="alternate" title="Korean"> ko </a></p>
934 </div><div id="footer">
935 <p class="apache">Copyright 1995-2005 The Apache Software Foundation or its licensors, as applicable.<br />Licensed under the <a href="http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0">Apache License, Version 2.0</a>.</p>
936 <p class="menu"><a href="../mod/">Modules</a> | <a href="../mod/directives.html">Directives</a> | <a href="../faq/">FAQ</a> | <a href="../glossary.html">Glossary</a> | <a href="../sitemap.html">Sitemap</a></p></div>