Friday, November 15, 2013

Compile httpd 2.4.6-P3

Introduction to Apr

The Apache Portable Runtime (APR) is a supporting library for the Apache web server. It provides a set of application programming interfaces (APIs) that map to the underlying Operating System (OS). Where the OS doesn't support a particular function, APR will provide an emulation. Thus programmers can use the APR to make a program portable across different platforms.
This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.4 platform.

Package Information

Installation of Apr

Install Apr by running the following commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr    \
            --disable-static \
            --with-installbuilddir=/usr/share/apr-1/build &&
make
To test the results, issue: make test.
Now, as the root user:
make install

Command Explanations

--disable-static: This switch prevents installation of static versions of the libraries.

Contents

Installed Program:apr-1-config
Installed Library:libapr-1.so
Installed Directories:/usr/include/apr-1 and /usr/share/apr-1

Short Descriptions

apr-1-config
is a shell script used to retrieve information about the apr library in the system. It is typically used to compile and link against the library.
libapr-1.so
is the Apache Portable Runtime library.