How to configure Apache from source

1) Download the httpd tar ball from httpd.apache.org/download.cgi

2) untar the tar ball tar -xvzf http….tar

3)create a directory apache by command mkdir /usr/local/apache

4) cd httpd-2.2

sudo apt-get install build-essential //for ubuntu

5)./configure –prefix=/usr/local/apache – -enable-module=so – -enable-rule=SHARED_CORE –enable-shared=max

6) Make

7)Make install

8)/usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl restart

9) http://localhost //this will give a apache welcome page.