I just did a quick install from source
I'm sorry if I prematurely dissed Ubuntu a couple of posts back

I think it's worth posting as a new solution message (IMHO)
I never did an apache 2.2 before and I was wondering if I was missing something. So out of curiousity...
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Download source from apache

I took the .bz2 file
Unix Source: httpd-2.2.3.tar.bz2 [PGP] [MD5]

# cd /usr/local/
# cp whereverFromDownload/httpd-2.2.3.tar.bz2 .


tar xvjf filename
# tar -xvjf httpd-2.2.3.tar.bz2

Note: where xvjf is execute and tvjf is list


./configure --with-layout=GNU \
--prefix=/usr/local/apache



ooops fails no C compiler

this is ubuntu

# apt-get install gcc

configure again

# ./configure --with-layout=GNU \
--prefix=/usr/local/apache2.2.3

No make file - go figgure


# apt-get install make

# make

# make install

# cd ../apache2.2.3/
# ls -l

# cd conf
edit httpd.conf
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# If your host doesn't have a registered DNS name, enter its IP address here.
#
#ServerName www.example.com:80
ServerName gandalf.athlone.com:80
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# cd ../bin

# apachectl start

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Now to the browser
http://gandalf.athlone.com/


It works!

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Make it happen!

Does it work locally, at least?

Hi Robert,

Ooops. Thanks for pointing that out. I failed to mention that athlone.com is a name I made up for my internal netwok.

To get to a home web-server from outside you will have to register with a service like DynDNS
http://www.dyndns.com/

Note: To set up a development environment in Ubuntu
Add extra repos and do:

Although
# apt-get install gcc
# apt-get install make

Works too...