Hi,
I would download apache, perl and mod_perl and compile it my own. I would not uninstall anything from your 7.3-rpm-packages. You said that you want to switch to a newer OS version.
Please also keep in mind if you want to switch e.g. to Fedora, Mandrake, SuSE that they ship with apache2 + mod_perl2 as standard-apaches. You should develop your mp2-modules for this target platform else you maybe have to port them when switching :-(.
The additional diskspace needed is not very big: apache-1.3: ~12MB apache-2.0: ~27MB perl-5.8.4+CPAN-Modules: ~50MB + 10-20MB
You could run the apache e.g. on port 8080 instead of the standard port 80.
Tom
David Arnold wrote:
All,
I've been encouraged on this list to update my versions of Apache and mod_perl, which I think a good suggestion. However, I am no operating system guru (just a math teacher), so I get quite fearful with these updates. Still, I do have an office machine that is quite behind the times, operating system wise:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# cat /proc/version Linux version 2.4.18-3 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Red Hat Linux 7.3 2.96-110)) #1 Thu Apr 18 07:37:53 EDT 2002
Note the Red Hat Linux 7.3. It's my intent to update the operating system
on this machine this summer, so this would be a good machine on which to do
an experimental update of Apache and mod_perl. If I mangle things badly, I
can just resinstall a new version of Red Hat.
However, what is the best way to proceed. On Windows, I go the the Uninstall Software tool in the control panel and remove the older piece of software before installing the update. In linux, particularly RedHat, I know that the Apache installation is spread out all over the distribution tree, which is probably far from ideal (why do they do that). To conserve disk space, I'd rather not have two distributions of Apache on the hard drive. So, how do I uninstall the older version before installing the new one?
I know it probably has something to do with the rpm utility, but from what
I've read over the years, what will probably happen is I will get asked a
bunch of questions like "you'll have to remove this or that" which I never
know whether to answer "yes" or "no."
So, can anyone offer some step-by-step help about uninstalling the older versions of Apache and mod_perl on this machine. Secondly, what do I need to do after that (remember, I have Red Hat 7.3) prior to installing the latest versions of Apache and mod_perl.
Once I get to this spot, I think I'll be OK, as the instructions for installing Apache and mod_perl seem pretty good. What I need help with is the uninstall and the other preparation that will be needed before starting the install of Apache and mod_perl.
Thanks to anyone kind enough to help me out with this. :-)
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