[NTLUG:Discuss] Help installing Apache on Debian

[David Stanaway]

jose sanchez said:

> Hello:
>
> I'm trying to install Apache on Debian 3.0 and I'm
> getting an error when trying to configure it.
>
> ./configure -v --prefix=/usr/apache

Whats wrong with the debian package for apache?

If you want to tweak the config it is not too hard.

Step 1: add a deb-src entry to /etc/apt/sources.list
Step 2: apt-get source apache
Step 3: tweak apache-*/debian/rules to config/build the way you want
(Take a note of this some place)
Step 4: build
   cd apache-*/
   dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot
Step 5: install
   cd ..
   echo *.deb
   sudo dpkg -i <list of debs you want to install>
Step 6: Place apache on hold (And other apache packaes that you built that
you installed)
   sudo dpkg --set-selections <<EOF
apache-common hold
libapache hold
<etc ...>
EOF

Now you can keep uptodate with security packages fine, and when a new
version of apache comes out, you will see that it is not upgraded as it is
on hold, and you will need to repeat steps 1-6 again.

-- 
David Stanaway