Re: rpm doesn't recognize that apache installed

["Desmond Lee" <desmond60 hotmail com>]

Hi Thomas

> At first glance it looks like you're installing apache2 from another
> distribution than redhat.  It looks like PLD to me.


Ahhh... your right, i was getting it off of rpmfind.net and your so right.


> rpmfind.net is your friend; you can type in most dependencies there and
> find a package that provides them.  Don't start installing packages from a
> whole range of vendors however; in general, stick to redhat packages, as a
> second choice freshrpms, and as third choices PLD and sourceforge stuff.

I've looked on the sites you've mentioned and can't find any rpms for apache 
2 on redhat 7.3

> As an alternative in your situation, you could always write a spec file
> that doesn't actually contains files, but has
> Provides: apache
> in it.

I already have apache2 installed (because i installed it from source) 
however, i had to remove the old apache 1.3 and that involved removing some 
of the dependencies. In particular apacheconf, mod_dav, mod_perl, mod_ssl, 
and webalizer.
I'm just trying to reinstalle them because i don't wanna break anything when 
i removed apache 1.3. Where can you find out more about writting a spec 
file? Or is it really simple. Learn how to write a spec file, then dump it 
where? and run the rpms?

> You probably need to make it provide other stuff, like webserver, as well,
> under Red Hat.
>
> This way you as the user tell the rpm database that apache exists on your
> system.  As an administrator you will have to remember that this is a
> DUMMY package and doesn't actually contain anything, but is just there to
> satisfy the dependencies.
>
> The BEST way to fix this is to just get a REAL Red Hat package of apache
> 2, and I'm sure someone out there will at least have made some.

I'll keep on looking,.. the search continues.


Thanks

Desmond

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