mod_perl with Slack11 / php4.4 /Apache 1.3.37/mysql 5

bgeddy · 01-19-2007, 04:02 PM

I have been trying to get mod_perl working with a Slackware 11, Apache 1.3.37, php 4.4, mysql 5.0.24 setup. I have the Apache/Mysql/Php setup all working OK as tested with localhost/phpinfo() and have download the source to mod_perl 1.29, loaded the Apache source from Slack disks and ran the makefile.pl, make, make install as per instructions on the web. The make complains about libww-perl not being present but states that this is not mandatory. I seem to be getting nowhere with this and have been searching for some time. Anyone any experience of getting mod_perl working with Slackware ? Thanks in advance..

msantinho · 01-22-2007, 09:16 AM

This is waht I do to get mod_perl working under Apache 1.3.* on Slackware 11.0:

1. You need these modules from CPAN:
MIME::Base64
URI
HTML::Tagset
HTML::Parser
Digest-MD5

2. Download the source from http://perl.apache.org/download/index.html and extract it as root;

3. Go to the new folder and type:
# perl Makefile.PL USE_APXS=1 WITH_APXS=/usr/bin/apxs EVERYTHING=1
# cp apaci/libperl.so /usr/libexec/apache/libperl.so
# chmod 755 /usr/libexec/apache/libperl.so

4. Verify if /etc/apache/http.conf has this line:
AddModule mod_perl.c

5. Stop & start Apache
# apachectl stop
# apachect start

bgeddy · 01-22-2007, 06:12 PM

Thanks for the help. Finally got round to building all the modules you suggested and ended up with a libperl.so. I then followed the rest of your instructions but when I started httpd after making the change to /etc/apache/ httpd.conf (i.e. adding Addmodule mod_perl) I got the following error:

Code:

Cannot add module via name 'mod_perl.c': not in list of loaded modules

Do I need a loadmodule statement first and if so what is the correct syntax ?

msantinho · 01-23-2007, 03:38 AM

Sorry, I forgot to mention this line on httpd.conf (__before__ AddModule mod_perl.c):
Something like:

Code:

(load modules...)
LoadModule perl_module        libexec/apache/libperl.so

(...)

AddModule mod_php4.c
AddModule mod_perl.c

bgeddy · 01-23-2007, 11:30 AM

Thats fixed it - all is well - thank you very much for your help