Apache Problem

[Kylej866]

I tried to install apache today on my Ubuntu server, the source came in a tar.gz package. To install it I did this:

tar xvzf httpd-2.2.11.tar.gz
cd httpd-2.2.11
sudo ./configure
sudo make
sudo make install

Everything went ok but not really sure its installed. No sign of it. How can I tell if its installed and how can i locate/use it? or did I not enter the right information?

thanks in advanced!

[Kylej866]

help please

[digerati]

Start the apache server if it is not started already...

apache2ctl start

or

/etc/init.d/apache2 start

you can configure you apache server at

/etc/apache2/httpd.conf

Once you have started the server successfully you can check and see if it is working by navigating to your ip address in a browser. Please note that you server root by default in ubuntu is /var/www/.

[Kylej866]

i'm having another problem. I tried to edit the .conf. I opened its directory and clicked the file and it was blank. Then I tried to edit through the terminal.

/etc/apache2/httpd.conf

error message:

bash: /etc/apache2/httpd.conf: Permission denied

then I tried sudo and got the error message:

sudo: /etc/apache2/httpd.conf: command not found

any ideas?

[digerati]

use the following commands inline...

sudo -s
<enter your password, if access is denied you are not a sudoer else continue with the commands>
gedit /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
<Edit the file as needed and save>

[Kylej866]

Ok that worked thanks! but the file is blank. Do I need to manually add info or should there be text already there?

[Kylej866]

help please

[digerati]

which distribution of linux are you using...

if its not there it should probably be in etc itself...

sudo -s
gedit /etc/httpd.conf