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

• Download (HTTP): http://archive.apache.org/dist/apr/apr-1.4.8.tar.bz2
• Download (FTP): ftp://ftp.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.apache.org/apr/apr-1.4.8.tar.bz2
• Download MD5 sum: ce2ab01a0c3cdb71cf0a6326b8654f41
• Download size: 760 KB
• Estimated disk space required: 14 MB
• Estimated build time: 0.2 SBU (1.4 with tests)

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/apr

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.