Installing and compiling the Apache server on Ubuntu machine
step 1:Install the Java JDK
sudo apt install openjdk-11-jdk
sudo gedit /etc/environment
JAVA_HOME="/usr/lib/jvm/openjdk-11"
source /etc/environment
echo $JAVA_HOME
verify the java version
javac --version
**** install Other required packages:**
sudo apt-get install apache2-dev -y
sudo apt-get install libpcre3 libpcre3-dev
Step 2 :To Install Apache HTTP Server
#1 For ubuntu ,install development tools including the C compiler:
sudo apt-get install build-essential checkinstall
#2 Download and Extract the required files
assuming that all the files have been downloaded into the ~/Downloads directory
Download the Apache HTTP Server httpd-2.4.41.tar.gz from Apache download page (https://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi)
and following required libraries for compiling the apache HTTP server:
****Read Requirements Section(http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/install.html)***
#3 Extract the tar files
- tar -xvf httpd-2.4.41.tar.gz
- tar -xvf apr-1.7.0.tar.gz
- tar -xvf apr-util-1.6.1.tar.gz
- tar -xvf pcre2-10.34.tar.gz
after extraction you should see following list of directories in ~/Downloads
- httpd-2.4.41
- apr-1.7.0
- apr-util-1.6.1
- pcre2-10.34
#4 Create a directory for the apache HTTP Server
*make sure to give all rights to this directory so that while compiling files can be read/written
sudo mkdir /home{your username here}/apache
To give all permissions to a apache directory :
sudo chmod -R 777 /home{your username here}/apache
#5 copy the arp and arp-util directory into the ~/Downloads/httpd-2.4.41/srclib/
cd ~/Downloads
mv apr-util-1.6.1 ~/Downloads/httpd-2.4.41/srclib/apr-util
mv apr-1.7.0 ~/Downloads/httpd-2.4.41/srclib/apr
#6 Configure the sources for compilation.
The --prefix option can be used to install the Web server in a location where you can write files.
cd ~/Downloads/httpd-2.4.41/
./configure --prefix=/home/{username here}/apache --with-pcre=~/Downloads/pcre2-10.34
NOTE:
If you have some problems while running above command,you can also try
insallting pcre in /usr/local/pcre, using
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/pcre
make
sudo make install
commands and then by running folllowing commands:
cd ~/Downloads/httpd-2.4.41/
./configure --prefix=/home/{username here}/apache --with-pcre=/usr/local/pcre
make
sudo make install
If you still face some problems ,make sure that ~/apache and its nested directory have read/write permissions. if not run **sudo chmod -R 777 /home{your username here}/apache** command again.
#7 Compile Apache HTTP Server.
cd ~/Downloads/httpd-2.2.25
sudo make
#8 Install Apache HTTP Server.
cd ~/Downloads/httpd-2.2.25
sudo make install
Optional
#9 To Prepare Your Hosts File
sudo gedit /etc/hosts
27.0.0.1 localhost www.example.com
sudo gedit /home/{your username here}/apache/conf/httpd.conf
and copy:
Listen 8000
ServerName www.example.com:8000
#10 Test the installation to ensure Apache HTTP Server is working.
/home/{your username here}//apache/bin/apachectl -k start
