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My doubt derive from the INSTALL file (installation file of mod_ssl):
Quote:
To use mod_ssl you need the following packages:
o Package: Apache
Version: 1.3.x
Description: The Apache Group HTTP Server
Reason: The webserver base package on which all is based
Homepage: http://www.apache.org/
Distribution: http://www.apache.org/dist/
Tarball: apache_1.3.x.tar.gz
Location: SF, USA
Author(s): The Apache Group <apache@apache.org>
Type: MANDATORY
o Package: mod_ssl
Version: 2.8.x
Description: The Apache Interface to OpenSSL
Reason: The interface module for Apache
Homepage: http://www.modssl.org/
Distribution: ftp://ftp.modssl.org/source/
Tarball: mod_ssl-2.8.x-1.3.x.tar.gz
Location: Zurich, Switzerland, Europe
Author(s): Ralf S. Engelschall <rse@engelschall.com>
Type: MANDATORY
o Package: OpenSSL
Version: 0.9.x
Description: The Open Source Toolkit for SSL/TLS
Reason: The library which implements SSL/TLS
Homepage: http://www.openssl.org/
Distribution: ftp://ftp.openssl.org/source/
Tarball: openssl-0.9.x.tar.gz
Location: Zurich, Switzerland, Europe
Author(s): The OpenSSL Project <openssl@openssl.org>
Type: MANDATORY
o Package: MM
Version: 1.1.x
Description: Shared Memory Library
Reason: The portable library for shared memory in Apache/EAPI
Homepage: http://www.engelschall.com/sw/mm/
Distribution: http://www.engelschall.com/sw/mm/
Tarball: mm-1.1.x.tar.gz
Location: Zurich, Switzerland, Europe
Author(s): Ralf S. Engelschall <rse@engelschall.com>
Type: OPTIONAL
o Package: GZip
Version: 1.2.4
Description: The compression utility
Reason: To unpack the above tarballs
Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/
Distribution: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/
Tarball: gzip-1.2.4.tar.Z
Location: USA
Author(s): Free Software Foundation (FSF)
Type: MANDATORY
o Package: Perl
Version: 5.6.0
Description: The Practical Extraction and Reporting Language
Reason: To configure OpenSSL and for APXS tool in Apache
Homepage: http://www.perl.com/
Distribution: http://www.cpan.org/src/5.0/
Tarball: perl-5.6.0.tar.gz
Location: USA
Author(s): Larry Wall
Type: MANDATORY
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