Problems Compiling Apache

Hi All,

I've been trying to compile Apache in a P3 700Mhz, 128 MB RAM, running RedHat 7.0.

I started by uninstalling mod_ssl, mod_perl and Apache. Then I configured make with:

env CC=gcc CFLAGS="-O2 -Wall" EXTRA_LIBS=-lgdbm ./configure --enable-module=most --enable-shared=max --with-layout=Apache --prefix=/usr/local/apache --with-port=80

It worked pretty well. Then I tried make, and got an error (after the usual compile messages):

gcc -c -I../../os/unix -I../../include -DLINUX=22 -DUSE_HSREGEX -DUSE_EXPAT -I.
./../lib/expat-lite -O2 -Wall `../../apaci` -fpic -DSHARED_MODULE mod_auth_dbm.c & & mv mod_auth_dbm.o mod_auth_dbm.lo
mod_auth_dbm.c:84:18: ndbm.h: No such file or directory
make[4]: *** [mod_auth_dbm.so] Error 1
make[3]: *** [all] Error 1
make[2]: *** [subdirs] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/root/apache_1.3.20/src'
make[1]: *** [build-std] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/apache_1.3.20'
make: *** [build] Error 2

The file ndbm.h file is in /usr/include/gdbm.

I'm new to Linux and even newer to compiling in Linux. Any direction is VERY welcome!

Thanks,

Ed.

>> The file ndbm.h file is in /usr/include/gdbm

You don't need to compile Apache that way. The Configure script is smart enough to detect and locate gdbm automatically, if you choose to enable whatever non-default modules that rely on gdbm.

To enable mod_auth_dbm (non-default module), you just need to append enable-module=auth_dbm and additionally append --disable-module=auth_db. (Don't enable auth_db and auth_dbm together).

Thanks FreeBSD.

I configured with this command:

env CC=gcc CFLAGS="-O2 -Wall" ./configure --enable-module=most --disable-module=auth_dbm --enable-shared=max --with-layout=Apache --prefix=/usr/local/apache --with-port=80

It worked fine. Then make and make install worked fine, too.

Now, the problem is the server doesn't start:

[root@spongebob apache_1.3.20]# /usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl start
Syntax error on line 221 of /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf:
Cannot load /usr/local/apache/libexec/mod_userdir.so into server: undefined symbol: ap_os_is_path_absolute
/usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl start: httpd could not be started
[root@spongebob apache_1.3.20]#

Any ideas?

Thanks again.

Ed.

Do not set this env CC=gcc CFLAGS="-O2 -Wall" .

Thanks FreeBSD. It works great!

Ed.