Apache v2.2.4 - Installation Problems

[crazyphire]

Hey there, I'm new to Linux. I have SuSe installed on my computer, I've read a few articles similar to my problem but haven't been able to fix it by myself. In those articles I discovered Apache 2 is likely to be pre-installed on my OS, but it isn't.

So anyway, after I use ./configure (either with the default prefix, or with my own prefix) it fails to configure itself, I'm fairly sure the problem lies in these lines from the terminal:

cheking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cc... no
checking for cl... no
configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH

I heard someone got their Apache configured properly after installing something called the GCC. Also, after this step I get this problem when I try and use make.

make: *** No targets specified and no make file found.

Long story short, don't know what I'm doing. Would appreciate help

[smolloy]

This is a dependency problem. Basically, you need a C compiler to compile apache, and you don't have one. You could go through the process of installing all the dependencies one by one, or you could install apache through yast (which will figure out the dependencies for you).

Go to yast, software, software management, and then search for apache. It should be really easy from that point on

[crazyphire]

My Linux computer is not connected to the internet..

[gogalthorp]

Apache comes with the distribution it is just not installed by default.

go to Yast-Software-Software Management

search for apache

also while you are at it install the gcc compiler also you will eventually need it I don't know why it is not installed by default.

[smolloy]

My Linux computer is not connected to the internet..

You should still be able to do as I said if your installation CD is set up as a repository. In that case, it will install apache and its dependencies from the CD instead of the internet.

[felipe1982]

You should still be able to do as I said if your installation CD is set up as a repository. In that case, it will install apache and its dependencies from the CD instead of the internet.

exactly - just use your install CD/DVD.

[crazyphire]

I was missing the 4th and 5th CD's, but I've installed Apache and the PHP moduled, as well as MySQL.

Is there anything I need to do to enable PHP use in Apache, or does Yast automatically configure the apache configuration file? I also don't know how to start Apache

I'm sorry for my lack of knowledge on the subject but I have just switched from windows, for obvious reasons.

[smolloy]

To start apache,

service apache2 start

Then open port 80 in your firewall.

Are you sure you wanna do some so inherently risky from the point of view of security without doing a bit of reading up on how apache/php/mysql work? I reckon you should spend a bit of time reading, and finding out the common security holes in apache/php/mysql, before you decide to go ahead with this.

[crazyphire]

Well as I posted before, it's not connected to the internet

The computer is just an experiment for me, but thank you for your concern and your reply.

[smolloy]

Well as I posted before, it's not connected to the internet

The computer is just an experiment for me, but thank you for your concern and your reply.

Apologies. I remember you mentioning that the computer wasn't connected to the net.

I thought you were trying to start a webserver without thinking of the risks, but I can see the sense in the way you are doing things. Good luck!