Apache 2.2.24 installation on Linux

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Hi All,

Hope you all are doing good.

I was trying to instal Apache HTTP server 2.2.24 on Linux.
I used the following command to instal it:

$ gzip -d httpd-NN.tar.gz
$ tar xvf httpd-NN.tar
$ cd httpd-NN
$ ./configure --prefix=PREFIX
$ make
$ make install
$ PREFIX/bin/apachectl -k start

NN must be replaced with the current version number, and PREFIX must be replaced with the filesystem path under which the server should be installed.

I could install it without any errors.

But under serverFolder/Modules I cant see any modules (*.so files)
and also, the modules are not loaded from httpd.conf(ServerFolder/conf/httpd.conf) file ( LoadModule lines)

I started the server, and when I tried opening the start page by host:port, it is throwing me the error:
“Forbidden You don’t have permission to access / on this server”

I am not sure, it is an installation issue or some permission issue post installation.

Can you please let me know what must be going wrong here.

Thanks in advance
Chandru

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Hi and velcome to the forum.

Any particular reason for compiling it from source?
Version 2.2.22 is in the Debian 7 repos. There could be later versions in other distros, with the advantage of using the package manager to install it.
What distro are you using?

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Hi Sezo,

Thanks for the reply.
I compiled it again as part of standard steps provided by Apache.
http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/install.html

I followed the above link for unstallation.

I am not sure which distribution it is.
I tried instllation using root user as well, but ended up with the same problem.

Thanks & Regards
Chandru

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Let’s see if we can work out which distro/version you’re using.

Can you post the output from:

cat /etc/*release

and

lsb_release -a

is apache2 running?:

ps aux | grep apache

What happens if you open a browser on the websever, and navigate to:

http://localhost/