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A wierd perl version problem...

Ok, I'm installing mod_perl-1-99_05 for Apache and when I do what it says I get a wierd error saying this:

Quote:

[root@MyHost mod_perl-1.99_05]# perl Makefile.PL \
> EVERYTHING=1 \
> APACHE_SRC=../apache_1.3.27/src \
> USE_APACI=1 \
> PREP_HTTPD=1 \
> DO_HTTPD=1

That's what I typed, this is what it gave me:

Reading Makefile.PL args from @ARGV
!!! Unable to determine server version, aborting.
!!! Please specify MP_APXS or MP_AP_PREFIX.

and the HowTo says this:

Quote:

3.3.2. Download the source

Origin-Site: [http://www.apache.org/dist/perl] http://www.apache.org/dist/
perl
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

3.3.3. Building and installing

+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|cd /usr/local |
| |
|tar -xvzf mod_perl-1.27.tar.gz |
| |
|cd mod_perl-1.27 |
| |
|perl Makefile.PL \ |
|EVERYTHING=1 \ |
|APACHE_SRC=../apache_1.3.27/src \ |
|USE_APACI=1 \ |
|PREP_HTTPD=1 \ |
|DO_HTTPD=1 |
| |
|make |
|make install |
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Caution Mod_perl can not be compiled as DSO
Do not compile mod_perl as DSO (Dynamic Shared Object)! According to
various sources, Apache will crash (I never tried).
--------------------------------------------------------------

Just to ask the brutally obvious, is your apache source code really in ../apache_1.3.27/src or is it somwhere else? My first guess from the error message is that it isn't finding apache.

why are you compiling it?

http://fr2.rpmfind.net//linux/RPM/co...1mdk.i586.html

much easier...

Quote:

Originally posted by Hangdog42
Just to ask the brutally obvious, is your apache source code really in ../apache_1.3.27/src or is it somwhere else? My first guess from the error message is that it isn't finding apache.

It's located there.

and much easier way to mange apache is to get the apachetoolbox http://freshmeat.net/projects/apache...C90%2C253%2C45