Update Apache2 to the latest version on Debian.

elvisious · 06-12-2009, 04:12 PM

Hi,

When you see an error page on my server you also see this:

Code:

Apache/2.2.9 (Debian) PHP/5.2.6-1+lenny3 with Suhosin-Patch mod_python/3.3.1 Python/2.5.2 mod_perl/2.0.4 Perl/v5.10.0 Server at www Port 80

The latest stable version of Apache2 is 2.2.11 :

http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi

When I want to upgrade Apache 2.2.9 to 2.2.11 on my Debian server with:

Code:

apt-get upgrade -u apache2

nothing happend. Just this:

Code:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

What do I need to do to get the latest version?
Isn't it unsecure to not have the latest version?

Greetz

jlinkels · 06-12-2009, 06:59 PM

If you are running Debian 5.0 you are running Stable a.k.a Lenny. If you haven't changed you repositories and left them to Stable or Lenny you get the package installed which belong to Lenny. If there is no newer Apache in Lenny than you version it won't get installed.

Quote:

Originally Posted by elvisious

What do I need to do to get the latest version?

You could change the version in /etc/apt/sources.list from Lenny or Stable to Squeeze or Testing. That wil install the latest Debian version of Apache, including a few dozens of other upgraded packages.

Quote:

Originally Posted by elvisious

Isn't it unsecure to not have the latest version?

No, not if you follow the security repositories which should be in you sources.list:

Code:

deb-src http://security.debian.org/ lenny/updates main contrib

Security updates are done in Stable, and those are the only updates, no version updates.

In general, if you run a server, stick with Stable. If it is a home project, use Testing.

jlinkels