mod_ruby configuration error

[PavementPounder]

Hi,

I went through the Perfect Server CentOS 5.2 tutorial but when I got to the mod_ruby installation step (12.2) I had this trouble:

[root@viktor mod_ruby-1.2.6]# ./configure.rb --with-apr-includes=/usr/include/apr-1
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether we are using gcc... yes
checking Ruby version... 1.8.5
checking for static Apache module support... no
checking for dynamic Apache module support... cannot open /httpd/build/config_vars.mk: No such file or directory at /usr/sbin/apxs line 201.
cannot open /httpd/build/config_vars.mk: No such file or directory at /usr/sbin/apxs line 201.
configure.rb: error: failed to exec /usr/sbin/apxs

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

[falko]

Did you install the httpd-devel package?

[PavementPounder]

Yeah, Here is what I did:

[root@viktor ~]# yum install httpd-devel ruby ruby-devel
Loading "fastestmirror" plugin
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * base: centos.arcticnetwork.ca
 * updates: centos.arcticnetwork.ca
 * addons: centos.arcticnetwork.ca
 * extras: centos.arcticnetwork.ca
Setting up Install Process
Parsing package install arguments
Package httpd-devel - 2.2.3-11.el5_1.centos.3.x86_64 is already installed.
Package httpd-devel - 2.2.3-11.el5_1.centos.3.i386 is already installed.
Package ruby - 1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.x86_64 is already installed.
Package ruby-devel - 1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.x86_64 is already installed.
Package ruby-devel - 1.8.5-5.el5_2.3.i386 is already installed.
Nothing to do

[PavementPounder]

Is mod_ruby needed by ISPConfig, or can I get by without installing it?

[falko]

You can get by without installing it.

Does /usr/sbin/apxs exist?

[PavementPounder]

yeah, apxs is what's having the problem. Apxs tries to look for some make rules files under /httpd/build/ instead of /usr/lib64/httpd/build/ or /usr/lib/httpd/build/. I made a symbolic link /httpd to /usr/lib64/httpd just to see what would happen but then the compile failed, Although the configure seemed to run fine.

[falko]

Instead of creating the symlink, you can try to copy the files from /usr/lib64/httpd/build to /httpd/build.

[romsworld]

Hi,

To resolv the configure problem :

Change in vim /usr/sbin/apxs

#my $installbuilddir = $libdir . "/httpd/build";
my $installbuilddir = "/usr/lib64/httpd/build";

But after this, we have an another problem with make !

To fix it, we must install apr-devel-1.2.7-11.x86_64.rpm
http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat...86_64.rpm.html

Enjoy with make install.