Hey mike, Forget about the warning message I mentioned in my previous mail, I solved it by following steps as Aparna suggested me to set the *ServerName* section.
But I still have that last question about starting the server without specifying *httpd.conf* file path. On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 10:11 PM, Mike Rumph <mike.ru...@oracle.com> wrote: > Hello Padmahas, > > It looks like your two installations of Apache httpd 2.4 are conflicting > with each other. > If I understand correctly, you first installed into /user and then into > /usr/local/apache2. > Then you tried to remove the /user installation by deleting files manually. > (As you've seen, /user is not a good choice, because this is used for many > other things as well.) > It would probably help to do a fresh installation. > But let's try a few things first. > > When tried *" sudo /usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl -k start "* > It gave " *httpd: Could not open configuration file /usr/conf/httpd.conf: > No such file or directory ".* > You are probably wanting to use /usr/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf instead. > > What results do you get from *sudo /usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl -V * > ? > Look inside */usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl * > What is the variable HTTPD set to? > You could try using *sudo /usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl -k start -f* > * /usr/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf *to override the config file > location. > > See the following links for further options on the apachectl or httpd > commands: > - http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/programs/apachectl.html > - http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/programs/httpd.html > > Thanks, > > Mike Rumph > > > On 3/31/2015 3:36 AM, Padmahas Bn wrote: > > > > *If anyone finds this as a big question please let me know. I'll precise > my problem. Steps I followed:* > > I installed apr and apr-utils package in the path *"/usr"* using the > --prefix option. > > Both were installed successfully. Hence I installed apache 2.4 to the > same path ("/usr") using --prefix option while running > > *"./configure" . * > > > *Later I came to know if prefix is not mentioned for apache2.4 > installation, it will be installed inside /usr/local/apache2 by default. * > Hence I again installed without specifying --prefix option which does > installed the apache2 into /usr/local/apache2. > > Now I cd to /usr/local/apache2/bin and run *sudo apachectl -k start *and > the apache server was started successfully. > > *Only later I came to know the server is running from the /usr files > installed at first time. * > Instead of having 2 installations I thought of removing the one installed > inside /usr and deleted all files manually and carefully from all sub > folders of /usr. > > *Now when I run the server from /usr/local/apache2 using "* *sudo > apachectl -k start " *it says *sudo: apachectl: command not found* > > So I supplied full path using *" sudo /usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl > -k start "* > > But its giving " *httpd: Could not open configuration file > /usr/conf/httpd.conf: No such file or directory ".* > > Thank you. > > >
