configure: error: APR not found. Please read the documentation
 

I am trying to install apache in my linux machine. But when I tried ./configure --prefix = /usr/local/apache it shows an error configure: error: APR not found. Please read the documentation. I tried to install apr with yum install apr apr-deve and it says

Package apr-1.4.6-1.fc15.x86_64 already installed and latest version No package apr-deve available.

Nothing to do What should I do now? Please excuse I am a newbie to LINUX

I'm guessing it's NOT a typo, as it's there twice.. you need to install apr-devel, not apr-deve

What version of apache are you installing? What distro are you installing on?

If your install on apache 2.2 or less thatn add flag
--with-included-apr

If you are using 2.4 than you can go to apr.apache.org and download the latest apr and apr-util. unpack them and move them into the apache source file into /srclib. make sure they are named apr and apr-util not apr.x.x.x. then you can use the --with-included-apr flag