[mythtv-users] Apache 2.2 upgrade

Khanh Tran khanh at khanh.net
Sat Mar 11 18:29:39 UTC 2006


On 3/11/06, Thomas Repetti <trepetti at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Remember....I'm a newbie.....
>
> This is what I get when I do the find.
>
>  [root at video-1 /]# find -name httpd
> ./usr/lib/httpd
> ./usr/sbin/httpd
> ./var/log/httpd
> ./var/lock/subsys/httpd
> ./etc/httpd
> ./etc/logrotate.d/httpd
> ./etc/sysconfig/httpd
> ./etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd
>
> I'm guessing that the sbin directory is the target (I type sbin/services
> httpd start|stop to toggle the web server now).  If I install the new Apache
> 2.2 using /usr/sbin as the 'PREFIX' variable, will I keep my old settings
> and content?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org
> [mailto:mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org] On Behalf Of Khanh Tran
> Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 9:16 AM
> To: Discussion about mythtv
> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Apache 2.2 upgrade
>
> On 3/9/06, Thomas Repetti <trepetti at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > I am a Linux newbe, and I installed MythTV using Jarod Wilson's 'yum
> > install myth-suite' method.  Everything is running fine, but I want to
> > upgrade to Apache 2.2. to take advantage of the large file support.
> >
> > I am confused by the installation docs from Apache.  They show a default
> > installation going to /usr/local/apache2 directory.   But it looks like
> > Jarod drops the install into /var/www and /usr/sbin directory (and
> others?).
> > Can anyone tell me what to use as the 'PREFIX' value in the Apache 2.2
> > installation to properly upgrade the existing Apache installation?
> >
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>
> You'll want to figure out where your existing one is installed.  Do a "find
> / -name httpd" to find your existing apache binary.  Better yet, your
> existing apache install was probably done via a package that can be upgraded
> with yum...

I think you're better off finding the RPM package for your distro to
upgrade then...


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