Building httpd-2.0.53 on fedora 9

azard · 01-23-2009, 02:14 AM

Hi,
Due to some software requirement, I need to run apache 2.0. I have a fedora 9 box. I have to build the source rpm but face some errors (Something to do with FNM_PERIOD). Is there someone out there that can help me please? Thanks

knudfl · 01-23-2009, 04:21 AM

Welcome to Linux Questions.

May be you can use a package :

httpd-2.0.40
http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3?stat...h=httpd-2&dist[]=64&dist[]=54&dist[]=52&dist[]=55&field[]=1&field[]=2
httpd-2.0.40 legacy
http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3?stat...h=httpd-2&dist[]=64&dist[]=54&dist[]=52&dist[]=55&field[]=1&field[]=2

Your errors could be caused by gcc-4.3 , just guessing.
The 'compat-gcc' might work.

'make CC=gcc34 CXX=g++34'
( Haven't checked, if any c++ code in httpd )
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EDIT : The links seem incomplete,
but "Search" > "Advanced Search" 'httpd-2' Fedora 9
would work or
http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3?stat...egacy.i386.rpm
http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3?stat...21.11.i386.rpm
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azard · 01-23-2009, 07:13 PM

Hi knudfl,
Thanks for the reply. Will try out your suggestion.

azard · 02-02-2009, 03:56 AM

Hi knudfl,
Finally I managed to try your suggestion after a long holiday here in Asia. I have downloaded httpd-2.0.21-21. I uninstall the httpd 2.2 and installed the rpm I just downloaded. However there are some dependencies issue like;

libcrypto.so.4 is required by httpd-2.0.21-21
libdb-4.0.so is required by httpd-2.0.21-21
libexpat.so.0 is required by httpd-2.0.21-21
libssl.so.4 is required by httpd-2.0.21-21
libcom_err.so.3 is required by httpd-2.0.21-21

How do I overcome this issue. Thanks again.

knudfl · 02-02-2009, 05:51 PM

I think you will have to go for a package build for Fedora 9,

httpd-2.0.40
http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3?stat...21.11.i386.rpm
or httpd-2.0.40-21.16.legacy
http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3?stat...egacy.i386.rpm

Will version 2.0.40 not be OK ? ?

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azard · 02-02-2009, 08:29 PM

Hi knudfl,
I have downloaded and install the rpms from both links but I got the same dependencies error. I tried to build from rpm source but got other errors. Any another ideas. Thanks.

anomie · 02-02-2009, 09:54 PM

@azard: Is there a reason you are not installing Apache httpd using yum?

# yum install httpd

knudfl · 02-03-2009, 12:21 AM

anomie........see #1 :

Quote:

Due to some software requirement, I need to run apache 2.0.

Version 2.2 was installed regularly, but now uninstalled ......

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knudfl · 02-03-2009, 01:43 AM

azard .....

http://archive.apache.org/dist/httpd/

> > httpd-2.0.63.tar.gz

version 2.0 > 2.0.63 will compile on Fedora 9 with no errors
and no warnings at all ( did not test extra options, just
'sh configure' + 'make' )

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azard · 02-03-2009, 02:29 AM

Let me be honest to you knudfl. I have never install with this method before. I have downloaded the tar file. Untar, sh configure and make. What next. Thanks

azard · 02-03-2009, 02:50 AM

Manage to install it. There is no error but no modules are being compiled. Guess that is why it returns no error.

knudfl · 02-03-2009, 06:07 AM

OK, there is of course a lot of options usually to be
added, when building httpd.

I can ask you, if the modules / options etc. in the
just uninstalled version 2.2.8 were satisfactory ?

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azard · 02-03-2009, 10:39 AM

I believe it should be fine.

knudfl · 02-03-2009, 12:10 PM

Then this is a starter ........

Code:

 ./configure --enable-mods-shared=all

There are a few other options, may be you can do with "all" modules ?

azard · 02-04-2009, 07:05 PM

Hi,
Let me explain what I am trying to do. We used to have a box running on fedora core 3 and coldfusion 5. The box is failing. I have got a new hardware HP DL320G5. However I cannot install FC3 on the new box as it cannot detect the storage controller. On the coldfusion, it is meant to run on apache 1.3 but there some great people out there modified the apache module so that it can run on apache 2.0. I chose to install F9 as it can detect the hardware but I have other issues with apache and coldfusion. After the guidance from knudfl, I manage to get apache 2.0 to run but there are some error where it try to load mod_coldfusion.so. I guess it is a dead end. Another approach would be to build the kernel src rpm from F9 in a FC3 machine and rebuild the installation cd or create a driver disk. This method should work. Anyone can help me