On Wed, 3 Oct 2001, Ged Haywood wrote: > Hi there, > > On Tue, 2 Oct 2001, Yeo Puay Hoon wrote: > > > steps suggested in the apache readme file: > > # gunzip apache_1.3.19.tar.gz > > # tar -xvf apache_1.3.19.tar > > # gunzip mod_perl-1.24_01.tar.gz > > # tar -xvf mod_perl-1.24.01.tar > > # cd mod_perl-1.24_01 > > # perl Makefile.PL \ > [snip] > > Don't install and compile as root, it can cause troubles. > Only use the root account to "make install". Better still, if your system is set up for it, do something like:
$ tar -xvzf apache_1.3.19.tar.gz # the -z flag decompresses for you $ tar -xvzf mod_perl-1.24_01.tar.gz $ cd mod_perl-1.24_01 $ perl Makefile.PL && make && make test && sudo make install # if each step is successful, it succeeds automagically, # otherwise it fails. also more importantly, it wraps # 'make install' in a sudo call, so the work gets logged # and you only get to do that one command as root. if # your system supports it, sudo is often safer than su. -- Chris Devers [EMAIL PROTECTED]
