[Herefordshire] Apache Versions

[Mark Broadbent]

Hi Gary,

On Sun, 2004-10-31 at 15:04, Gary Watts wrote:
> I put /usr/local/apache2/bin at the front of the path in /etc/.bash_profile
> and now when I type httpd -v I get the right version.  httpd service seems
> to have started OK, presumably with the right version now (although I don't
> know how I can tell just by looking at the default page at http://localhost)

You can do it through telnet if you need make sure:

# telnet localhost 80

Type the following in:

GET / HTTP/1.0

After the 0 press return twice and then look for a line near the top of
the response starting with 'Server:'

Thanks
Mark

> -----Original Message-----
> From: herefordshire-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
> [mailto:herefordshire-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk]On Behalf Of Mark
> Broadbent
> Sent: 31 October 2004 14:24
> To: gwatts at cmconsultancy.co.uk; Herefordshire Linux Users Group.
> Subject: RE: [Herefordshire] Apache Versions
> 
> 
> Hi Gary,
> 
> On Sun, 2004-10-31 at 12:14, Gary Watts wrote:
> > 2.0.49 was installed on te system as part of the Fedora Core 2 distro,
> > but I couldn't upgrade it to 2.0.52 (or rather I didn't know how to).
> > I ran rpm -e httpd-2.0.49 to get rid of it but then I didn't have a
> > web server at all.  I think I got round the problem in the end by
> > using Webmin (as suggested by Julian), so then at least I could point
> > the system to /usr/local/apache2, which is where 2.0.52 is installed.
> >
> > I reinstalled 2.0.49 from the distro, just to get a web server running
> > again, so now when I type httpd -v I get 2.0.49, even though Webmin
> > says I'm on 2.0.52.
> 
> If you /usr/local/apache2/bin/apache -v it will get 2.0.52.  It's either
> because /usr/local/apache2/bin isn't in your path or it appears after
> /usr/bin in the path variable so 2.0.49 gets picked up first.
> 
> > So, how do I get rid of 2.0.49 in favour of 2.0.52?
> 
> See:
> 
> http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/archive/index.php/t-25462.html
> 
> Someone has asked almost the same question here.
> 
> Thanks
> Mark
> 
> >         -----Original Message-----
> >         From: herefordshire-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk
> >         [mailto:herefordshire-bounces at mailman.lug.org.uk]On Behalf Of
> >         Mark Broadbent
> >         Sent: 30 October 2004 12:52
> >         To: herefordshire at mailman.lug.org.uk
> >         Subject: Re: [Herefordshire] Apache Versions
> >
> >
> >         On Fri, 2004-10-29 at 23:50 +0100, Gary Watts wrote:
> >         > Good evening all
> >         >
> >         > I've just spent some considerable time installing Apache 2.0.52
> by following
> >         > the instructions on www.developerside.net.  It all seemed to go
> through OK,
> >         > but when I type httpd -v I'm told it's still running 2.0.49!
> I've set my
> >         > doc_root to /usr/local/apache2/htdocs, but of course 2.0.49
> still treats
> >         > /var/www/html as the doc_root, so if I create a test file in
> >         > /usr/local/apache2/htdocs and point my browser to localhost it
> doesn't find
> >         > it.
> >         >
> >         > Any ideas?
> >         Daft question, but you don't have Apache 2.0.49 installed on
> >         your machine already do you?  Type:
> >
> >         # whereis httpd
> >
> >         and that should tell you where all the httpd executables are.
> >         You should be able to locate the older version.  Alternatively
> >         you could use you package manager to search for installed
> >         versions of apache.
> >
> >         # rpm -qa | grep -E 'httpd|apache'
> >
> >         Thanks
> >         Mark
> >
> >         --
> >         Mark Broadbent <markb at wetlettuce.com>
> >
> >
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