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[[Category:Installing EPrints Dependancies]]
Apache is the most commonly used webserver in the world, and it's free! EPrints requires Apache to be configured with mod_perl, as this allows Apache modules that are entirely written in perl, hence providing much improved efficiency.

Get Apache from http://httpd.apache.org/dist/httpd/

EPrints requires that the apache module '''mod_perl''' is enabled.

===Apache with mod_perl Installation - Step by Step===

* Download mod_perl and apache sources

* Make mod_perl, I use this command (in the modperl src dir): 

<code>
 % perl Makefile.PL APACHE_PREFIX=/usr/local/apache \
 APACHE_SRC=../apache-1.3.14/src DO_HTTPD=1 USE_APACI=1 \
 EVERYTHING=1
</code>

Remeber to change <tt>../apache-1.3.14/src</tt> to wherever your apache source is relative to this directory. The back slashes at the end of the line allow a single command to be split over multiple lines.

* Make and install apache. From the mod_perl src dir, I use: 
<code>
 % make
 % make install
</code>

( mod perl should have already run the apache ./configure script for us. )

=== Compatability notes ===

EPrints 2.3 Tested with: apache 1.3.14 with mod_perl 1.25