Thanks. That confirms what I thought, but I wanted to be sure before going through the hassle of reinstalling Apache (actually, reinstalling WAMP for that matter).
Alain -----Original Message----- From: André Warnier [mailto:a...@ice-sa.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 10:48 AM To: mod_perl list Subject: Re: Installing mod_perl on Windows 7 Desilets, Alain wrote: > Hi folks, > > This is my first post on this list. > > I am trying to install mod_perl on Windows 7, and am running into some > problems. > > Here's what I did. > > First, I ran the following commands to get the mod_perl package and install > it: > > ---------------- > ppm rep add http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca/PPMPackages/12xx > ppm install mod_perl > ---------------- > > Then I added the following lines at the start of my httpd.conf file: > > ---------------- > LoadFile "C:/Perl/bin/perl512.dll" > LoadModule perl_module modules/mod_perl.so > ---------------- > > But since then, Apache won't restart, unless I comment out those two lines. > To diagnose the problem, I ran the command: > > ---------------- > httpd.exe -t -c httpd.conf > ---------------- > > And it gives me the following error message: > > ---------------- > httpd: Syntax error on line 29 of > C:/wamp/bin/apache/Apache2.2.17/conf/httpd.conf: Cannot load > C:/Perl/bin/perl512.dll into server: %1 is not a valid Win32 application. > ---------------- > > The file C:/Perl/bin/perl512.dll does exist. > > I am wondering if the problem is not due to a difference between 32 and 64 > bits applications. I ran a small perl script which looks at the DOS headers > of executables, to find the architecture that the executable was compiled > for, and here's what it tells me: > > httpd.exe: AMD64 > perl512.dll: i386 > mod_perl.so: i386 > > I would think that a 64 Apache is able to load a 32 bit DLL, no? No. > > Does anyone have some ideas or suggestions? a 64-bit Windows can run 32 and 64 applications. But within an application, you cannot mix and match. So either get a 64-bit perl and mod_perl, or get a 32-bit Apache. I would suggest a 32-bit Apache, as for a workstation, you are unlikely to need the extra memory that 64-bit would allow you to use; and your 32-bit applications will use less memory in vain.
