[SOLVED] Difference between installing Apache httpd from "source" and "yum"

Iyyappan · 03-23-2012, 12:03 AM

I have default httpd server in /etc/httpd location. This came along with OS installation. In this httpd.conf file "LoadModule" are present with most of the modules enabled and modules folder in /etc/httpd/modules many modules are listed. But when i installed apache httpd from source using "./configure --prefix=/usr/local/apache --enable-shared=max --enable-module=rewrite --enable-module=so" "LoadModules"are commented out and there are no modules listed in modules folder in /usr/local/apache/modules ....

Do i need to place all the modules manually by installing them one by one like mod_jk.so

Slackyman · 03-23-2012, 02:09 AM

Apache (httpd) comes with most of its modules in its sources.
Try to configure by using:

Code:

--enable-modules=all

wich version of apache are you compiling?

Iyyappan · 03-23-2012, 02:11 AM

httpd-2.2.20. Will try now n update

Iyyappan · 03-23-2012, 02:17 AM

I used ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/apache --enable-shared=max --enable-modules=all

cd /usr/local/apache/modules . only httpd.exp file is there

Slackyman · 03-23-2012, 02:38 AM

Recompile apache configuring it using --enable-mods-shared=all if you're making a shared build.
By configuring with enable-mods-shared you will compile and build shared modules.

knudfl · 03-23-2012, 03:01 AM

CentOS 5 :
httpd-2.2.2x-jason.1.<arch>.rpm is in the 'Utter Ramblings' repo.

The configure line is like : (ref. httpd.spec in httpd-2.2.20-jason.1.src.rpm)
--enable-mods-shared=all --enable-ssl --with-ssl --enable-distcache --enable-proxy --enable-cache --enable-mem-cache --enable-file-cache --enable-disk-cache --enable-ldap --enable-authnz-ldap --enable-cgid --enable-authn-anon --enable-authn-alias --disable-imagemap

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Slackyman · 03-23-2012, 08:16 AM

Try the following:

Code:

./configure --enable-modules=all --enable-mods-shared=all --enable-ssl --with-ssl --enable-distcache \
 --enable-proxy --enable-cache --enable-mem-cache --enable-file-cache --enable-disk-cache --enable-ldap \
 --enable-authnz-ldap --enable-cgid --enable-authn-anon --enable-authn-alias --disable-imagemap --enable-shared

MensaWater · 03-23-2012, 08:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slackyman

Ubuntu is an african word meaning "Slackware is too hard for me" or, maybe, "I can't configure Debian"

That is funny as heck.

John VV · 03-23-2012, 03:35 PM

Quote:

Difference between installing Apache httpd from "source" and "yum"

the differences in a source build and installing a prebuilt rpm ?

a lot and/or none

for a red hat based OS Apache would be installed in the default /var/www and not in /usr/local

using yum
auto update to the current version for the OS

source
you manually REBUILD for most updates
that can be easy to hard -- it depends

Iyyappan · 03-24-2012, 06:07 AM

Thanks slackyman & knudfl. Got the modules in modules folder.