can someone email me steps to download apache?

pcdctr · 07-25-2004, 08:12 PM

I been trying to get apache going. I download it but i dont know what to do with it after i download it. can someone email me in laymans terms how to extract it after i download it and where i need to put the files. and how to start it in the gui terminal?

I know its a lot of typing but i cant understand all that document stuff on those sites that tell you.

pcdctr email - pcdctr@hotmail.com

darin3200 · 07-25-2004, 08:16 PM

Why do people have to email you? If you do it that way no one can search and find how to install apache. If you downloaded the source use

tar -zxvf apache_filename.tar.gz

to uncompress. After that go into that directory and type

./configure

followed by

make

and the
make install

For more info check out this