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Installing Apache by Compiling the Source Code

Software Version

Whether to Support CentOS 7.6

Whether to Support CentOS 8.1

Whether to Support openEuler 20.03 (LTS-SP1)

Apache httpd 2.4.39

Yes

Yes

Yes
  1. Obtain the Apache source code.
    1. Download the source code from the local browser.

      Download address: https://archive.apache.org/dist/httpd/httpd-2.4.39.tar.bz2

    2. Upload the source package to the /home directory on the server.
      If the server is connected to the Internet, run the wget command to download the source code. 
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      cd /home
wget https://archive.apache.org/dist/httpd/httpd-2.4.39.tar.bz2 --no-check-certificate
  2. Decompress the Apache installation package.
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    cd /home/
tar -xvf httpd-2.4.39.tar.bz2

  3. Go to the httpd-2.4.39 directory and view files in it.
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    cd /home/httpd-2.4.39/
ls

  4. Configure Apache.
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    ./configure --build=arm --prefix=/usr/local/apache2 --enable-so  --with-mpm=worker
    • --prefix=PATH: specifies the Apache installation directory.
    • --with-mpm=worker: specifies the Apache working mode.
  5. Perform compilation.
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    make -j60

    -j60 leverages the multi-core CPUs to speed up the compilation.

  6. Start the installation.
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    make install

  7. View the installation directory.
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    ls /usr/local/apache2
  8. View the version.
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    /usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl -v
Parent topic: Installing Apache