Compiling Apache on Solaris

Apache is slightly tricky if you want to compile your own. Here is one way to compile apache and related modules in a step-by-step format:

1. Configure apache from within the source tree as follows:

   ./configure \
   --prefix=/usr/local/apache \
   --enable-module=so \
   --enable-rule=SHARED_CORE \
   --enable-rule=SHARED_CHAIN \
   --enable-shared=access \
   --enable-shared=actions \
   --enable-shared=alias \
   --enable-shared=asis \
   --enable-shared=auth \
   --enable-shared=autoindex \
   --enable-shared=cgi \
   --enable-shared=dir \
   --enable-shared=env \
   --enable-shared=imap \
   --enable-shared=include \
   --enable-shared=log_config \
   --enable-shared=log_agent \
   --enable-shared=log_referer \
   --enable-shared=mime \
   --enable-shared=mime_magic \
   --enable-shared=negotiation \
   --enable-shared=proxy \
   --enable-shared=rewrite \
   --enable-shared=setenvif \
   --enable-shared=speling \
   --enable-shared=status \
   --enable-shared=unique_id \
   --enable-shared=userdir \
   --enable-shared=usertrack \
   --enable-shared=vhost_alias
   

2. make; make install
3. Compile modules with a line like so:

   ./configure --with-apxs=/usr/local/apache/bin/apxs
   

4. `make`; `make install` on the modules
5. Modules installed on the Solaris system include: mod_php and mod_python
6. Edit the /usr/local/apache/etc/conf/httpd.conf file and make sure everything is set up properly.