Re: rpm doesn't recognize that apache installed

["James P. Blanding" <blandingj cs uri edu>]

On Wed, 3 Jul 2002, Desmond Lee wrote:

> Hi Thomas
> 
[...]
> 
> >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

yeah...i wouldn't think there'd be a compelling reason for redhat to put 
out apache 2.0 rpms unless they're for rawhide.  1.3.x is still stable and 
secure.

> 
> >
> >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?

learning to write spec files can be a bit intimidating, especially for
fairly complex software like apache.  the best resource to start with,
though its current iteration is from the 3.0.x days, is the book "Maximum
RPM" by Ed Bailey.  you can actually download the full text of the book
from http://www.rpm.org/ (it's also available in dead-tree form).  
personally, i would recommend sticking with source-based installs for
apache and its extra components until either a) you get some experience
with writing spec files and building rpms or b) someone releases a redhat
or redhat-compatible set of apache 2.0.x rpm's.  i've always found
installation from the source to be fairly well documented.

good luck,

--james

>
[...]
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Desmond
> 
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