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For complete installation documentation, see [ht]docs/manual/install.html or
- http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/install.html
+ http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.3/install.html
$ ./configure --prefix=PREFIX
$ make
might use "/usr/local/apache2" for PREFIX (without the
quotes).
- * If you are building on FreeBSD, be aware that threads will
- be disabled and the prefork MPM will be used by default,
- as threads do not work well with Apache on FreeBSD. If
- you wish to try a threaded Apache on FreeBSD anyway, use
- "./configure --enable-threads".
-
- * If you are a developer building Apache directly from CVS,
- you will need to run ./buildconf before running configure.
+ * Consider if you need to use the bundled APR and APR-Util
+ via ./configure's --with-included-apr option, to use the
+ bundled source instead of a previously installed APR and
+ APR-Util (such as those provided with many OSes). This
+ is required if you don't have the compiler which the
+ system APR was built with. This can be advantageous if
+ you are a developer who will be linking your code with
+ Apache or using a debugger to step through server code,
+ as it removes the possibility of version or compile-option
+ mismatches with APR and APR-util code.
+
+ * If you are a developer building Apache directly from
+ Subversion, you will need to run ./buildconf before running
+ configure. This script bootstraps the build environment and
+ requires Python as well as GNU autoconf and libtool. If you
+ build Apache from a release tarball, you don't have to run
+ buildconf.
+
+ * If you want to build a threaded MPM (for instance worker)
+ on FreeBSD, be aware that threads do not work well with
+ Apache on FreeBSD versions before 5.4-RELEASE. If you wish
+ to try a threaded Apache on an earlier version of FreeBSD,
+ use the --enable-threads parameter to ./configure in
+ addition to the --with-mpm parameter.
+
+ * If you are building directly from Subversion on Mac OS X
+ (Darwin), make sure to use GNU Libtool 1.4.2 or newer. All
+ recent versions of the developer tools on this platform
+ include a sufficiently recent version of GNU Libtool (named
+ glibtool, but buildconf knows where to find it).
For a short impression of what possibilities you have, here is a
typical example which configures Apache for the installation tree
--enable-rewrite=shared \
--enable-speling=shared
- The easiest way to find all of the configuration flags for Apache 2.0
+ The easiest way to find all of the configuration flags for Apache 2.3
is to run ./configure --help.
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For complete documentation, see [ht]docs/manual/platform/windows.html or
- http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/platform/windows.html.
+ http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.3/platform/windows.html.
The Apache/Win32 binaries are primarily distributed as a Windows Installer
package (.msi), and may be available as a .zip file as well. These packages
- are named apache-2.0.xx-win32-x86.msi and apache-2.0.xx-win32-x86.zip.
- Please choose the .msi package if at all possible.
+ are named apache-2.3.xx-win32-x86.msi and apache-2.3.xx-win32-x86.zip.
+ Please choose the .msi package if at all possible. Note that Apache version
+ 2.3 is a development version and binaries may not be available. Use a
+ released version from the stable 2.2 branch instead.
- If you have unpacked a source distribution (named httpd-2.0-xx.zip, without
+ If you have unpacked a source distribution (named httpd-2.3-xx.zip, without
any -win32-x86 notation) you must compile the package yourself, see the links
mentioned above. Unless you intended to do this, please look again for the
binary package from http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/binaries/win32/ and
the text "@@" to discover what you must edit. To install and start the
service after you have corrected the httpd.conf file, use the command
- bin\Apache -k install
- bin\Apache -k start
+ bin\httpd.exe -k install
+ bin\httpd.exe -k start
The .msi package configures the httpd.conf file, and installs and starts
the Apache2 service for you. It also installs plenty of useful shortcuts
The Apache HTTP Server group cannot field user's installation questions.
There are many valuable forums to help you get started. Please refer your
- questions to the appropriate forum, such as the user supported newsgroups
- comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix and comp.infosystems.www.servers.ms-windows.
+ questions to the appropriate forum, such as the Users Mailing List at
+ http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html or the usenet newsgroups
+ comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix or
+ comp.infosystems.www.servers.ms-windows.
- Thanks for using the Apache HTTP Server, version 2.0.
+ Thanks for using the Apache HTTP Server, version 2.3.
The Apache Software Foundation
http://www.apache.org/